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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 was the kid who was sat in his room, trying to move objects across the room with my eyes or my mind.

Quotes by Elliot Knight

Oh, she just happened to be a friend of the producer's. Or, oh, they've been trying to get her from the beginning and she just had a spot open up. There are always little loopholes, so I don't take anything...

Quotes by Ellen Muth

The way I process things, they way I express myself, is in comics, just as poets process things that they are trying to understand.

Quotes by Ellen Forney

Because trying to see all sides, such an instinct is particularly Jewish.

Quotes by Elizabeth Wurtzel

Trying to find a way to represent something that is truly frightening on stage is a fascinating challenge.

Quotes by Elizabeth Marvel

It's interesting to watch myself with an audience; I'm trying hard to learn from it.

Quotes by Elizabeth Olsen

I myself have suffered periodically from hearing voices at night when I'm trying to sleep.

Quotes by Elizabeth George

I don't copy recipes without trying them out. I don't reprint without trying them again.

Quotes by Elizabeth David

There is something about a theatre room that is really like a laboratory for trying things and failing, because you have time to do that, and you can explore something deeply and discard it if it's not working.

Quotes by Elizabeth Debicki

I think we need to have more women in the Republican Party talking about what it is we're trying to do for families.

Quotes by Elizabeth Emken

Color is everything. It's another piece of the visual language to express what you're trying to say.

Quotes by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

Mysteries always have the potential for interesting connections between the elements. I'm also most interested in the relationship between the characters. As in 'Masterpiece,' I'm trying to create characters who not only are solving a mystery but are solving the...

Quotes by Elise Broach

I just don't like showing everything I've got. I don't want to look like I'm trying too hard to be sexy.

Quotes by Elisha Cuthbert

I guess there's a vulnerability in seeing a female character trying to get out of something really drastic.

Quotes by Elisha Cuthbert

I've always been against trying to make a movie like another movie. That's lame. It's already been done, so why do it again?

Quotes by Elisha Cuthbert

Where people are trying to split Americans from each other I want there desperately to be bipartisanship.

Quotes by Elissa Slotkin

I spent my whole life trying to play the games males play.

Quotes by Elisabeth Shue

I do not think we should be trying to save our freedom by killing the safeguards that keep our liberties.

Quotes by Eliot Engel

Men do not fail; they give up trying.

Quotes by Elihu Root

So much time is wasted on trying to be better than others.

Quotes by Elijah Wood

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.