Trying Quotes - Page 348

Prosperity tries the souls even of the wise.

If you think you fit into a situation, it's worth trying.

No matter what you're doing, try to work at that task like it's your dream job.

I don't tend to look at myself through the rearview mirror where dates are concerned. I have blinders on the past and try to look forward.

The urge to act became the overriding force in my life. It thrilled me. There's a moment with acting when you're in the groove, and you and what you're trying to do are seamlessly one. That happens sometimes, and I'm really happy it can happen to me.

I want to say words that flame as I say them, but I keep quiet and don't try to make both words fit in one mouthful.

Earth tries to work sorcery on us, saying Tomorrow, Tomorrow, but we outwit that spell by enjoying this now.

Where you are, whatever your condition is; Always try to be a lover.

The Soul is a stranger trying to find a Home somewhere that is not a where.

I say, don't read the classics - try to discover your own classics; every life has its own.

It's an odd feeling, knowing someone is trying to kill you. On the front line, you learn quickly that if you're in the path of a bullet, you will get hit.

One of the things I try to do is take seriously some of the forms of American religion that people consider to be shallow and try and figure out why they have such a strong appeal and tease out the theology they actually represent.

I know the best moments can never be captured on film, even as I spend nearly half my life trying to do just that.

There's not much you can do about the bias of the media other than try to counteract it by putting the truth out best you can, and the Internet has been a great weapon for holding the media accountable.

I have a very strong, probably slightly aggressive personality, and so that just ends up coming out regardless of what I try to do.

I try to address my audiences intelligently. The man in the street counts, but sometimes he forgets that he counts.

They're not trying to prevent Hollywood from making movies. They're asking that the most powerful image-building machinery in the world stop grinding out killer dykes and twisted homo sex fiends as if sexual orientation had anything to do with criminal behavior.

It was the kind of crying that comes from the pit of the stomach and brings a headache with it. The kind that makes a person snort and gasp, and no matter how idiotic you feel or how hard you try, you can't stop.

For the weakest has but to try his strength to find it, and then he shall be strong.

Anybody who thinks pop music's easy should try to make a pop single and find out that it isn't.

I'm always moving forward and trying new things.

All the time. A few months ago I came really close to losing it, I was getting really paranoid. And then I started a new job, things fixed themselves. I can't turn my back on the situation and ignore it. If tomorrow I say: "Okay, I've had enough, we're stopping everything" it won't change anything. Might as well try to accept it and stay zen as I have no control over it.

I mean, we're all trying to find out who the hell we are, aren't we?

It would be helpful to be able to see the layout and for the maps to label what exits to use to get to nearby sites/buildings so you aren't wandering the station trying to read the signs in the crowds.

We [in the MBA] get to create a situation where we're really choosing the students to join our environment based upon what we think they can teach the rest of us. We're always trying to attract people who are going to bring excitement and intellectual curiosity into our classrooms in our environment.