Trying Quotes - Page 259

People always try to find base motives behind every good action. We are afraid of pure goodness and of pure evil.

I might say that what amateurs call a style is usually only the unavoidable awkwardnesses in first trying to make something that has not heretofore been made.

For a true writer each book should be a new beginning, where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment.

Before you quit, you have to try

Why are we trying to measure social media like a traditional channel anyway? Social media touches every facet of business and is more an extension of good business ethics.

We will cut programs, we will try to rein in the size of the bureaucracy. We will bring federal pay scales that have become so exaggerated into line with market rates.

While many people are trying to be in tune with infinite, what they really are is in tune with the indefinite.

We know there are a lot of good secondaries out there. We are just trying to focus on what we can do to get better. We've got some new, young guys coming in and we are trying to catch them up to speed. We are trying to make sure that we have depth, making sure the guys behind us know what is going on. We are going to keep pushing each other to raise the standard for our secondary.

Too much knowledge could be a bad thing. I was lead to the Szemerédi theorem by proving a result, about squares, that Euler had already proven, and I relied on an "obvious" fact, about arithmetical progressions, that was unproved at the time. But that lead me to try and prove that formerly unproved statement- about arithmetical progressions-and that ultimately lead to the Szemerédi Theorem.

I more remember the periods of time when I wasn't getting any auditions. That's more what I find painful in memory; that feeling of not even getting the chance to try and be rejected.

That's why we seize the moment try to freeze it and own it, squeeze it and hold it.

Yeah, it's been a ride I guess I had to go to that place to get to this one Now some of you might still be in that place If you're trying to get out, just follow me I'll get you there

I try to treat all the money I'm making like it's the last time I'm going to make it.

I do nothing, granted. But I see the hours pass - which is better than trying to fill them.

Try to be free: you will die of hunger.

You have to be cautious of eating continuously the same thing. Beef comes to mind right away, and there's nothing wrong with beef, but you've got to do whatever you're doing in moderation. So try to break it up a little bit. Eat some fish or some shellfish at least a couple of times a week.

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 now, I've just kind of backed off a little.

Don't be afraid to let her into your heart and when your down, don't try to carry the whole world on your shoulders.

Maybe it's just me but I would suspect that a man trying to impress a woman would be more likely to bring out the steak - "I killed this for you, now I'm grilling it for you."

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

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

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

The makers of entertainment must try, in our field, to be honest and grown-up.

People who want alternative information have to try so hard to find it.

We have to stop harming children in child care. I'm trying to make us stop. I wouldn't know what to do otherwise.