Trying Quotes - Page 592

I did come to L.A. to try to get on TV and get in front of a camera, so I could have a stage career in New York.

The idea of trying to fight against extremism was written off as naive.

Don't be satisfied... always try to strive for more.

To me, figure skating is an art form, and that's what I always try to bring in, even to my competitive programs.

In figure skating, your body can only last for so long. I can't be 50 and trying to skate but I can be 50 and be in fashion, so I have to look to my future and what I want to achieve.

Everybody has a stunt except me. Every single person has a stunt, but I don't have a stunt, there's nothing. No wire, no pulling. I try to get in on the danger, but there's nothing.

When I do an album I try to find a producer that's excited about something that they want me to sing, and I check with the record company to find out what they think they can sell - which is their No. 1 priority.

Too much, too little, too late, to ever try again. Too much, too little, too late, let's end it being friends.

Don't try to transport something you don't possess...I want this truth to be incarnational.

I don't want to run around and look at a shot through a monitor. That doesn't improve what I'm trying to do. I figure, once I've done my job, it's none of my business.

I'm not even born yet. I'm still trying. I'm still pushing. I don't ever want to get to a place where I feel satisfied.

I think, for me as an actor, if you get to a place where you're satisfied, you're happy with it, then you're dead. It's over. You're not hungry anymore. You won't try things anymore.

I'm relaxed at the plate. I'm not trying to do too much.

I try to walk around with a smile on my face.

Could it be the girls and boys are trying to be heard above your noise?

If you're afraid of something, you definitely have to try to tackle it.

What I always say with these things, when you`re trying to do comprehensive things like tax reform, there will be 20,000 lobbyists in Washington trying to work their will on that piece of legislation so, you know, people think it`s going to be a lot easier than it will end up being.

You control the terms of the conflict. Make them play your game. Don't try to play theirs.

Approval is a greater motivator than disapproval, but we have to disapprove on occasion when we correct. It’s necessary. I make corrections only after I have proved to the individual that I highly value him. If they know we care for them, our correction won’t be seen as judgmental. I also try to never make it personal.

We are all equal in that we can all strive to become the best we are capable of becoming. We can always improve but we shouldn't compare ourselves to others. We get in trouble when we start trying to measure up to someone else.

The true leader isn't really looking for leadership. He's trying to set an example and be in the proper way to get the most productive results and don't realize it. When the followers get something done, if the leader has been what he should, they'll feel like they did it, not him. That's the way it should be.

I try to write the most embarrassing thing I can think of.

I used to joke that I was trying to sell out, and nobody would buy me.

Many hundred-million-dollar Hollywood comedies aren't any good. They're trying to shock you.

If you think someone's trying too hard, that's the worst thing they can do. To me, it's just desperate, never funny and never witty. It's kind of really old hat because just being shocking isn't enough. It has to change how you think about something. It has to startle you. It has to make you look at something and reconsider whether you're right. That's the whole point.