Top 1200 Trying Quotes & Sayings - Page 3

Trying to hit Sandy Koufax was like trying to drink coffee with a fork.

I'm the world number one, so everyone is trying to attack me and trying to speed up.

Ultimately, in my mind, that's what I'm trying to do with my fiction; I'm trying to transport my reader into a different world.

I'm not trying to fall in love on the Jersey Shore. I'm just trying to hook up.

I'm not trying to set the bar high. We're just trying to compete. We want to grind. This is what we do.

It is the excitement of becoming - always becoming, trying, probing, falling, resting, and trying again- but always trying and always gaining

It's a question of trying to take down by dictation what's already there. I'm not making something, I'm trying to hear it.

I have goals, so you're always trying to see if you're on the right path to get where you're trying to go.

Trying to coach kindergarteners in soccer is like trying to herd cats.

Trying to be number one and trying to do a task well are two different things.

I am simply trying to struggle through life trying to do God's bidding.

Obviously you've got God-given talent to do things that a lot of people can't do but I actually put the body of work in to get stronger, get faster, trying to work on my technique, trying to do little things that people usually don't do, just trying to improve my game.

Trying to make sense of love is like trying to dissect a rainbow.

I don't like movies that are trying to preach and trying to tell you how to feel.

While I'm trying to be different, I'm trying to be very conservative at this point in my career.

'AVP' is not trying to be 'Alien' or 'Aliens,' and it's not trying to be 'Predator.' Those are genius movies.

I'm always trying to do something different and trying to keep myself amused.

Trying to be Supermom is as futile as trying to be Perfect Mom. Not going to happen.

I feel like I was trying to imitate other people or trying to be something I wasn't.

Trying to be Sherlock Holmes is like trying to catch an arrow in mid-flight.

I'm not trying to be this cool girl. If you're trying to be something you're not, it's slowly going to bite you in the butt.

Stock speculation is largely a matter of A trying to decide what B, C and D are likely to think-with B, C and D trying to do the same.

Negative energy? Sure, there are awkward moments, but you're in 'Big Brother.' Everybody is trying to win, everybody is trying to form alliances, everybody is trying to kick everybody out of the house. If there wasn't negative energy, then we weren't playing the game.

I don't look to save the world with any of the movies that I make. I'm not trying to make any political statement with the movies I make. I'm trying to have a good time. I'm trying to entertain people.

Telling a story is like trying to eat grapes with a fork. It's always trying to get away from you. And if you're a good author, and you've challenged yourself, and you're telling big stories, there's more and more that's trying to get away from you simultaneously.

I was really sick of bands just ignoring the audience as a posture in rock music. And I think we fed off each other in terms of trying to engage the audience, not in a hammy way, but actually trying to be aware of the space that you are playing in and trying to connect in some way through the music.

I do think I was trying to entertain the reader more than I was trying to purge myself.

I'm not trying to write a perfect record. I'm just trying to nail a moment in time.

The Democrats are the architects of the mess we're in that we are trying to get out of, that we're trying extricate ourselves from.

I'm not trying to minimize things; I'm trying to bring them back to reality.

Anyone who's trying to be there for their family and trying to take care of their children is a hero to me.

I'm just trying to be a part of something I can help win. I ain't trying to be no big shot.

The value of experimentation is not the trying. It's the trying again after the experiment fails.

I'm not trying to please everybody. I'm just trying to play for one team and do it the right way.

I know every coach is trying to do the best for his team and trying to win.

I'm not trying to copy Nature, I'm trying to find the principles she's using.

Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.

I don't like that putdown: that when you're trying to achieve, you're trying to be white. That makes me mad.

I'm not trying to take on any title. I'm just trying to do my thing and be myself.

I've got a defensive responsibility as well as trying to get goals and assists. I'm trying to do that.

I spent so many years trying to become an actor, trying to be a person that I wasn't.

I watch 'Entourage.' I aspire the good life that they live and lead. Honestly, I am just trying to be me by trying to do good films, have fun at it and trying to work with good directors, and, of course, I am a bit of a silent party boy, also. I have my share of fun sometime, too.

When I'm writing, I'm never trying to teach anything - maybe I'm trying to illuminate.

I'm not moving from an ideological standpoint. Sometimes I'm trying to make my life better. Sometimes I'm trying to make my life worse! I'm trying to find a happy medium that I can make some sense of.

I'm not trying to become a pop artist, and I'm not trying to make sure I stay a country artist. I'm just trying to make sure I make the best music I can, according to my way.

Nobody's perfect and I don't want to try and portray that but I'm genuinely doing the best I can out here; trying to support my family the best that I can, trying to make them proud and happy and everybody having the best life they can live. I'm trying to provide a better life for them than I had.

I'm not trying to prove anything. I'm just here with the Panthers, trying to help them win.

The Greeks got into Troy by trying, my pretties; everything's done by trying.

Trying to find a buddha or enlightenment is like trying to grab space.

I am simply trying to struggle through life; trying to do God's bidding.

Trying to save a hater is like trying to teach astrophysics to a wino!

Negative feelings are in you, not in reality. Stop trying to change reality. That's crazy! Stop trying to change the other person. We spend all our time and energy trying to change external circumstances, trying to change our spouses, our bosses, our friends, our enemies, and everybody else. We don't have to change anything. Negative feelings are in you.

We're not the only ones out there trying to get good players and trying to help kids.

I'm not trying to twist people's heads around. I'm not trying to say, "Believe in me."

Trying to reason with an addict was like trying to blow out a lightbulb.

My own belief is that most people are trying to do their best. It doesn't mean they have no nasty side, or that they don't have a bad temper, or that they have never done anything they feel ashamed of. But fiction operates on people waking up trying to be horrible, and I don't think most people are trying to be horrible.

The solutions the non-profits are trying to provide aren't keeping pace with the problems they're trying to survive.

I wasn't trying to do a play or do what Kevin Spacey did. I was trying to do my own thing with it.

This is what playing football is all about - trying to reach finals and trying to lift trophies.

One thing I'm not is a moralistic filmmaker. I'm not trying to tell people what to do, and I'm not trying to lead.