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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.

At the Home Run Derby, you're expected to hit home runs. You're up there trying to hit home runs.

Quotes by Frank Thomas

I'm trying to move a little more toward literary fiction while still retaining a popular feel.

Quotes by Frank Peretti

I watch actors destroy themselves by trying to get it right.

Quotes by Frank Langella

The more we are consuming oil that either comes from places that are bent on our destruction or helping those who are... the more we are enabling those who are trying to kill us.

Quotes by Frank Gaffney

I don't make records that way, where I'm trying to please the marketplace or anything. Not because I have anything against that, it's just never been a part of my aesthetic, even when I was with the Pixies.

Quotes by Frank Black

A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.

Quotes by Frank Capra

We went into Iraq because Iraq posed a threat to the stability of the region and was engaged in the process of trying to develop weapons of mass destruction and had links to terrorists.

Quotes by Frank Carlucci

One falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools.

Quotes by Francois Rabelais

Everyone is trying to accomplish something big, not realizing that life is made up of little things.

Quotes by Frank A. Clark

Modern man is frantically trying to earn enough to buy things he's too busy to enjoy.

Quotes by Frank A. Clark

'Say Her Name' was a book I never wanted to write and never expected to write. I wasn't trying to do anything except write a book for Aura - a book that I thought I had to write.

Quotes by Francisco Goldman

There's no reason trying to fit in: Just be you. That was the biggest thing for me, just being me, and finding what works for me.

Quotes by Frances Tiafoe

I'm really trying to understand my game.

Quotes by Frances Tiafoe

I'm trying to... stay humble and keep doing what I do.

Quotes by Frances Tiafoe

I'm trying to learn to smoke, which is rather weird when everyone is trying to stop. I'm not a smoker. But my character only smokes as an affectation.

Quotes by Francesca Annis

There's no person I aspire to be. I'm just doing my own thing and seeing what happens - not looking to something and trying to be that.

Quotes by Flume

In high school, I was that guy who was trying to be cool with everybody, but I never really had a core group of friends.

Quotes by Flying Lotus

We're all trying so hard to be beautiful, but the people in 'Kuso' are trying so hard to be disgusting.

Quotes by Flying Lotus

I have been running since I was 7. I was trying to restructure the way my body was made instead of trying to master the way I ran. I would get so frustrated with my starts in practices that I...

Quotes by Florence Griffith Joyner

I had an instinct to gravitate towards people who were smarter than I was, teachers that were nice people that were trying to do things in life that were constructive, and that's what I gravitated to instead of what I...

Quotes by Florence Henderson

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.