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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 tried to help a shirtless man who was being arrested in Starbucks. He obviously wasn't right in the head, but the police thought I was trying to make things worse.

Quotes by Emma Healey

I'm trying to hold my head high and not apologize and be nice all the time because that's not always necessary.

Quotes by Emma Mackey

I'm my own person, and am trying to carve out a career on my own.

Quotes by Emma Roberts

What was important was trying to create something that families could watch together and enjoy together.

Quotes by Emma Thompson

We're not telling you that you need a concealer. We're providing a concealer in case you want it. We're trying to give you the tools to be able to make whatever decision you want.

Quotes by Emily Weiss

There are actually times when there are crimes out there in the world and I find myself trying to figure it out and I ask myself, what am I doing?

Quotes by Emily Procter

I do strive to find projects that are trying to carve out some new space. I enjoy projects that leap away from the crowd a little bit.

Quotes by Emily Blunt

I'm not staying away from any genre. I'm trying to get scripts that I like.

Quotes by Emile Hirsch

I was so young when I started, my taste has changed and developed, and I've gone from being a little bit safe to trying different things.

Quotes by Emilia Wickstead

I have been trying to find out exactly when listeners and performers decided that applause between movements would not be allowed, but nobody seems to have been willing to admit that they were the culprit.

Quotes by Emanuel Ax

Anytime I write something that's trying to be too smart, it doesn't work.

Quotes by Emeli Sande

I tried to bang down a lot of doors but Virgin were the only label who believed in what I was doing. I ended up with the label that understood what I was trying to do.

Quotes by Emeli Sande

What I'm trying to do is, is to make a significant difference in space flight. And help make space flight accessible to almost anyone.

Quotes by Elon Musk

Trying to read our DNA is like trying to understand software code - with only 90% of the code riddled with errors. It's very difficult in that case to understand and predict what that software code is going to do.

Quotes by Elon Musk

I trained and trained and went up against Kurt, then being a world champion in '94, and after that I did Tommy's tour and then my tour and all this stuff and just trying to deal with it all. And...

Quotes by Elvis Stojko

But tending machinery was one thing; defining what we were trying to do and why we were doing it, and developing ways to measure how well the job was done - this was something else again.

Quotes by Elliot Richardson

I was trying to do the same thing that I always do which is make an interesting record.

Quotes by Elliott Smith

And I'm not trying to write heavy songs.

Quotes by Elliott Smith

When I was a kid, I remember trying to emulate Stevie Wonder's sound, and Donny Hathaway's sound. It's just part of who I am - I'm just a soulful kind of dude.

Quotes by Elliott Yamin

Shading is more like copying. And certainly I do copy, but I'm making drawings, and I'm not trying to make them with the shading.

Quotes by Ellsworth Kelly

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.