Trying Quotes - Page 89

I get reminded a lot of the time that my life is a little bit different, but I'm just trying to keep it as regular as possible because I like it that way

If you try to copy something exactly you won't get it correct, because you don't share the same tradition and context.

It is hopeless for the occasional visitor to try to keep up with Chicago-she outgrows his prophecies faster than he can make them. She is always a novelty; for she is never the Chicago you saw when you passed through the last time.

It used to be about trying to do something. Now it's about trying to be someone.

I'm trying to get at this. That is, a man may know that he belongs to, say, a group - this group or that group - but he feels himself lost within that group, trapped within his own deficiencies and without personal purpose.

I think you have to try and fail, because failure gets you closer to what you're good at.

I have so much music to release, but I'm meticulous. I'm like, "You've got to redo that part, redo that part." And people are like, "Just forget that and go ahead with it." But it's all about perfection, about trying to make it as good as you can.

I think that I was slightly naive. I thought that if I showed people the beauty of the Arctic and the beauty of the polar bears that they would care so much that they would stand up and try to make a change.

I have work, and then I have a dinner thing. And then I am busy, trying to become who I am.

Never try to wear a hat that has more character than you do.

If you want to learn about an organization, try to change it.

We try to solve very complicated problems without letting people know how complicated the problem was.

Never try to be better than somebody else. But most importantly, never cease trying to be the best you can be.

Oh, I could spend my life having this conversation - look - please try to understand before one of us dies

Maybe tweeting is a more appealing method of getting your thoughts out to the masses a little bit more often. That's the only way I consider it. Otherwise, I do it for the fans' purposes; it's definitely not to try to empty my brain out to anybody else.

An activist is someone who makes an effort to see problems that are not being addressed and then makes an effort to make their voice heard. Sometimes there are so many things that it's almost impossible to make your voice heard in every area, but you can sure try.

Never try to sell at the top. It isn't wise. Sell after a reaction if there is no rally.

I'm hungry for knowledge. The whole thing is to learn every day, to get brighter and brighter. That's what this world is about. You look at someone like Gandhi, and he glowed. Martin Luther King glowed. Muhammad Ali glows. I think that's from being bright all the time, and trying to be brighter.

The Mayans have predicted the world is supposed to end on December 21. If the world doesn't end on December 21, you can bet the next day the malls will be overrun with Mayans trying to buy last-minute gifts.

Toddlers are active explorers. They eagerly try new things and use materials in different ways. Toddlers want to be independent and they have a strong sense of ownership.

Girls didn't really take much interest in me until I was about 14. But I knew how to talk to them very quickly. What I figured out - that my friends didn't - was you have to talk to women like you're not constantly trying to have sex with them. That seemed to work.

We should try to be happy, just to set an example

I'm trying to knock the medical profession into accepting its responsibilities, and those responsibilities include assisting their patients with death.

My caddie dared me to try it, but I didn't think it was worth losing a ball.

Formula for failure: Try to please everybody.