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Trying Quotes

Sometimes the effort matters more than the outcome.

This collection finds humor and sincerity in the act of trying - baseball becoming enjoyable again only after quitting the attempt to play it, and a small reading ritual used to get through a demanding project. Related reading in I Am Quotes.

I want my money to be different. I'm not trying to have rapper money. My goal is to be able to get everything from the world that I can get.

Quotes by Future

The Bible, that powerful book, has many effects: it comforts, counsels, instructs, and brings us into the presence of God. But trying to erase offense as one of its functions is a fundamentally misguided task.

Quotes by Frederica Mathewes-Green

It's a major part of world history that men are trying to kill each other. It's just one slaughter after the other. We talk about it, but no one's really listening.

Quotes by Fred Ward

If I don't get hits, I don't get hits, but I'm trying to get hits.

Quotes by Freddie Freeman

I'm going to go out there and just keep trying to get better.

Quotes by Freddie Freeman

I'm trying to bring gangster rap back to the forefront, like in the early '90s.

Quotes by Freddie Gibbs

I'm not trying to obey the rules of radio.

Quotes by Freddie Gibbs

Hollywood is just a bunch of middlemen, people trying to facilitate content transfer between creators and viewers.

Quotes by Freddie Wong

I play a lot of Playstation, and always trying to look pretty for the girls.

Quotes by Freddy Adu

This drama between Dean and Ehrlichman took place while I was trying to give the contents to the FBI.

Quotes by Fred F. Fielding

When we were trying to get 'Jersey Boys' off the ground, I'd get, 'The Four Seasons? Who's going to care? There's the Beatles, there's the Rolling Stones.' But people know those stories. Here was a story no one knew.

Quotes by Frankie Valli

I was trying to become a legitimate trumpet player, and I had a scholarship to Eastman School of Music. I was really on my way. But I didn't take the scholarship. I got sidetracked, because when summers came around, I...

Quotes by Frankie Avalon

When the Beatles came in, I really concentrated on making a lot of movies. Those beach films that we did were a lot fun. They hit with an audience that related to what we were trying to do on the...

Quotes by Frankie Avalon

If you're an activist trying to do something important, I salute you. Most of us just give ourselves ethical brownie points for watching Channel 2 instead of Channel 3, like characters in a broad dystopian satire.

Quotes by Frankie Boyle

I try to not assume things are sexism. I'm trying to be good natured about why things are happening.

Quotes by Frankie Cosmos

The Dutch public always wants to see a team that is trying to be dominant, trying to play attractive football, and after that, hopefully, a team that is winning.

Quotes by Frank Rijkaard

As a player, you are more concerned with the moments when you have possession of the ball or are about to receive the ball. You are watching your team-mates and trying to decide what the possibilities are.

Quotes by Frank Rijkaard

I'm trying to treat it as a hobby. Making bread and butter as an actor is tough.

Quotes by Frank Silva

I'm trying to figure out, Chairman of what Board? People come up to me and seriously say: 'Well, what are you Chairman of?' And I can't answer them.

Quotes by Frank Sinatra

If you hear Bing Crosby trying to swing, it doesn't work. He swings like a rusty gate.

Quotes by Frank Stallone

Frequently Asked Questions

What different situations involve 'trying' in these quotes?
They range from quitting the attempt to play a sport, to trying to make a film while reading Jane Austen on breaks, to trying to comply with tax obligations, to always trying to find creative inspiration.
Is there a quote about giving up trying to play a sport?
Yes. One speaker jokes that "Baseball has been good to me since I quit trying to play it," suggesting a career benefited more from stepping back than continuing to play. For more first-person humor, see Me quotes.
Is there a quote about reading during a break from filming?
Yes - one speaker recalls trying to make 'Metropolitan' and reading "a page of two of Jane Austen as a palate-cleanser" during breaks. Browse Like quotes for more personal anecdotes.
Is there a quote about trying to comply with taxes?
Yes. One speaker says, "I've always been paying my taxes and I've always been trying to comply," describing an ongoing effort to stay compliant. For more on consistent effort, see Always quotes.
Is there a quote about trying to find creative inspiration?
Yes - one speaker says they're "always looking at other artists and trying to get inspired by different things." For more first-person creative reflections, see I Am quotes.

Other lines cover the ongoing effort to stay compliant with obligations and to keep finding fresh inspiration from other artists. Continue with Always Quotes or Me Quotes.