Trying Quotes - Page 674

We were trying to get all of the planes down out of the sky. And we watched as the towers of the World Trade Center collapsed - something no one expected and anticipated. And you could sit there and see and be aware that thousands of people were at that moment being killed as a result of the terrorist attacks that struck the United States.

I would not ever try to be a show intellectual, which I was accused of doing a while on ABC. I thought you were supposed to read the guests' books.

Nobody is going to try to confiscate guns, although some Web sites know better: President Obama, they are certain, wants to.

I thought it was amazing to work with authors, to get a manuscript and try to make up a cover for it.

The best-dressed man is an Italian who is trying to look English, or an Englishman who is trying to look Italian.

If you're trying to lose weight, you just have to eat less. I mean that.

I don't lie. I would never stuff my bra because it's going to come off and the truth is going to be revealed. I don't like that padding. I try to be completely - if not brutally - honest.

I try not to be overly analytical.

I have three goddaughters - I'm not sure why they trust me, because I have no experience with children - but I try.

The reason I stopped modeling was because I wasn't pleased with trying to portray something that is impossible to reach. Even when I do photo shoots now for films, I'm just not interested in trying to look my best all the time anymore. That pursuit of an impossible perfection seems ridiculous to me now. I'd rather show my vulnerabilities or my doubts than try to be something that no one is.

Very quickly, without really looking back or trying, I was just suddenly lifted into another sphere.

I never had that desire to start or join a rock band. Nor did I ever have a desire to see my idols in concert. I would have loved to see The Cure. I didn't understand the whole concept of: you love music, you buy the album, and then you go see them in concert. It felt like something that was so untouchable that I didn't even attempt to try and bring it to any place other than my headphones.

Mystery causes a mental itch, which the brain tries to soothe with the balm of reasonable talk.

Just remember, I am not going anywhere,” he said, still watching her lips. “And if you ever try to hide from me, I will not believe you are dead. I will find you. Count on it.

Women are the cradles of life. What sort of man tries to break a cradle (Marc)

And Finally I put down the last and the best advice I knew, on growing older. 'Stand up straight and try not to get fat.

Once you've chosen a man, don't try to change him', I wrote with more confidence. 'It can't be done. More important-don't let him try to change you.

My heritage will always be an element in my work but as I've written, traveled, and lived more, I've found that the questions and the search - for meaning, for "home," for tribe - consume me more than trying to crank out one identity or one homeland.

I absolutely relate to being alone in squalor, trying to come up with something adequate. I relate to that, and I've been known to crawl out of bed and drink out of a 2-liter bottle of Diet Coke.

I try to avoid Twitter. I occasionally can't resist the siren call of email.

When you're trying to come up with an idea for a movie it's actually the hardest part - the germ of the idea. Inevitably you think of something that would be great and then discover that it was on an episode of The Simpsons.

I'm trying to go through the whole process of high school to college to work.

I don’t know how to explain it.” “Try words. If that doesn’t work, we’ll move on to interpretive dance.

I try to use all aspects of media and my gifting and calling to help as many people as I can.

Things happen in NFL games. I don't try to dwell on it. I try to say, It happened. Let's move onto the next one.