Top 1200 Trying To Be Perfect Quotes & Sayings - Page 19

I'm trying to put on for my city. I'm trying to do what Drake did for Toronto.

Everybody's out trying to be commercial. I'm not trying to be anything, really.

I'm not sure I'm trying to communicate a message. I'm just trying to be part of the movement away from the unacceptable present.

I'm trying to be myself, trying and be aggressive no matter what percentage I'm shooting.

Trying to explain music is like trying to dance architecture.

I'm not trying to top anything. I'm trying to be useful, to play a positive role, to serve the public interest.

On one-on-one, I'm either trying to get the first down or trying to score.

If you want to understand a difficult or trying person, begin by asking the question: 'What is the wound they are trying to heal?'

People make a mistake saying I'm trying to break down barriers and change the game. I'm not trying to do any of that.

I'm trying to talk about challenging subjects people might not like and trying to find relief as we discuss it.

I'm not just trying to be a good game manager. I'm trying to be great.

When you are trying to do something when you are getting started and you are trying to make records for the first time, you want it to be the best.

By this method thousands of humans have been brought to think that humility means pretty women trying to believe they are ugly and clever men trying to believe they are fools. And since what they are trying to believe may, in some cases, be manifest nonsense, they cannot succeed in believing it and we have the chance of keeping their minds endlessly revolving on themselves in an effort to achieve the the impossible.

Trying to demonstrate good leadership was not our raison d'etre. We're still just trying to make a comedy.

There's something about football that's exciting. The defense is trying to shut you down and you're trying to blow people up.

I love the quality of TIDAL. I appreciate what they're trying to do and what they're trying to accomplish.

When I was coming up, we weren't trying to get a hit or get paid, we were just trying to do our thing. The only thing we were really trying to do was to be recognized for our originality.

Ruth and I don't have a perfect marriage, but we have a great one. How can I say two things that seem so contradictory? In a perfect marriage, everything is always the finest and best imaginable; like a Greek statue, the proportions are exact and the finish is unblemished. Who knows any human being lke that? For a marriage couple to expect perfection in each other is unrealistic.

Trying to compromise EXCELLENCE, is like trying to let a little bit of air out of a balloon with a hat pin.

Trying to trade during a losing streak is emotionally devastating. Trying to play 'catch up' is lethal.

Half of the misery in the world comes from trying to look, instead of trying to be, what one is not.

Lenny Bruce is a very moral man trying to improve the world and trying to make audiences think

It doesn't matter who you are in this league: You're always trying to have a bigger role. Anybody who said they weren't trying to do that would be lying.

I'm trying to be inspiring! I'm trying to lift your grubby soul for the great adventure that lies ahead of you!

My production company, what we are trying to do is I'm trying to create content that speaks to me, and it's not one color. It's not one size fits all.

The people on this planet that are trying to live their life, that aren't trying to destroy things, are in the 99.9-percent majority.

I've always hated the feeling of trying to be cool or trying to fit in.

Black musicians were either trying to be American or trying to play down their Caribbean roots.

We're not trying to take power away or rule anybody - we're just trying to get up from under the rulers.

Someone once accused me of trying to turn the sitcom into an art form, and I really believe that's what I was trying to do.

Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.

I'm not trying to be the younger, blonder version of anyone. I'm trying to be Tomi.

If you could learn how to make a perfect lemon tart then you got a story. If you don't feel like that, make a perfect chocolate chip cookie, but have five go-to dishes like that and you can move them around, change them up just a little bit, and always have something in the can.

I'm not trying to be modest of self-deprecating or in any way trying to do that.

trying to squash a rumor is like trying to unring a bell.

I have progressed. I have worked a lot in front of goal, trying to keep a cool head, trying not to force things.

I'm not trying to find answers anymore. I'm trying to live what I know.

I'm not trying to convey a message, I'm just trying to tell a story.

Trying to help an oppressed person is like trying to put your arm around somebody with a sunburn.

I'm not trying to get five medals. I'm not trying to be Michael Phelps.

The first mistake is trying to explain morality to a terrorist. Like trying to teach a rock to drive. It is impossible.

We're trying to impress ourselves in a way. That's why we keep trying to do things better... we never get satisfied.

Lenny Bruce is a very moral man trying to improve the world and trying to make audiences think.

TRYING TO BE POPULAR IN HIGH SCHOOL IS LIKE TRYING TO BE MAYOR OF A CITY THAT WON'T EXIST IN FOUR YEARS.

It's a league where guys are trying to play to the best of their ability, whether you're a superstar or trying to make the NBA.

Part of innovation is, fake it until you make it. Keep trying things, but it's not just the random trying.

I'm not trying to be an action star, and I'm not trying to be a romantic-comedy guy.

My greatest sense comes from the experience of performing in the movie. When I have a great experience, that becomes a perfect movie. If it makes a nickel, it's still perfect. The same is true with a movie that's a bad experience. If it makes a bejillion dollars, I will hate it till the end of time.

I'm not trying to represent all Muslim women. I'm trying to give voice to the silent majority. Unfortunately, I'm a bit loony.

I'm trying to escape by forming my own kind of world. Basically, I'm trying to encourage others to do the same.

I don't want to be known as someone who is deliberately trying to do things that are not commercial! That is not a good reputation to have when you're trying to be a working actor.

You never build the perfect building. Only Allah is perfect. Life is such. You make decisions on conclusions, then some guy invents something else and the world changes. That's comforting. There's no one way to use museums, no one way to do art. That also means there is no one way to build museums.

I'm not trying to be Tom Brady. I'm just trying to be Matt Cassel.

You're trying to bring a character to an audience, and tell stories. That's what we're all trying do.

Trying to make things work in government is sometimes like trying to sew a button on a custard pie.

I'm not trying to put on airs for anybody. I'm only trying to impress myself by doing the best job I can do.

What I'm trying to do, in my own small way, is trying to bring African and Afro-Cuban rhythms into rock.

I've kept my sanity in this business by trying out for a role and then going home and trying to forget about it.

The trouble with most of us is that we stop trying in trying times.

When a storm blows, you must stand firm. For it is not trying to knock you down, it is really trying to teach you to be strong.