Trying Quotes - Page 265

I like to think that I try to learn something every day - and change my views, modify my views as I learn.

In every area of the world where there is earthquake risk, there are still many buildings of this type; it is very frustrating to try to get rid of them.

There is a vast territory between what we're trying to leave behind, and where we want to go - and we don't have any maps for that territory.

If you are going to try, go all the way or don't even start. If you follow it you will be alive with the gods. It is the only good fight there is.

To be always doubting your ability to get what you long for is like trying to reach east by traveling west.

I've found that in now having experienced what it's like to make records and just through growing up in general that you should be expressive about what's affecting you instead of trying to sing about a subject just for the sake of other people getting something from it.

Together on the path of love, we can try to make a small difference in someone's life. What else is there to do?

I just try to do me, and I feel like it works.

I just sit there and try to think of stuff that I could do that's a little different but still not step outside of who I am.

In 1976 I wrote a lot about women trying to claim the right to work.

You can't really just think, "Oh, I want to make something that is going to appeal to every single person in the world." You have to just try to make a movie that comes from your heart.

Ever since I became a Muslim ... I've had to deal with attempts to damage my reputation and countless insinuations seeking to cast doubt on my character and trying to connect me to causes, concepts or sayings which I do not and would never wilfully subscribe to.

The most fatal thing a man can do is try to stand alone.

I smile all the time, even when I'm in a bad mood. I always try to keep a smile on my face.

We are in this period now where we all are trying to be in shape physically and deny ourselves any pleasure.

Technology is going to transform people's lives and society everywhere in the world. I spend most of my time studying new technologies. My main task is to understand what's going on and try to see where we can fit in.

As one grows older one must try not to work oneself to death unnecessarily. At least that's how it is with me... I can scarcely keep pace and must watch out that the creative forces do not chase me around the universe in a wallop.

I am glad that people are trying to have a rational conversation about drugs.

Most of us... are simply just trying to get through the day. And wait for those times in their life that are markers, that put things into relief. That's why we like movies and books so much.

My suggestion for a fast style upgrade would be to embrace a pop of color or pattern. Try layering a bright, pullover knit on top of a dress shirt with a subtle or bold pattern.

The food in such places is so tasteless because the members associate spices and garlic with just the sort of people they're trying to keep out.

As with most things governmental, failure does not mean having to try something else. It means spending more money.

No man who values originality will ever be original. But try to tell the truth as you see it, try to do any bit of work as well as it can be done for the work's sake, and what men call originality will come unsought.

Now the trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed.

That was where my dream began to take hold, of not havin' to pick cotton and potatoes, and not havin' to be uncomfortable, too hot or too cold. That in itself had driven me to try to find some better way of life.