In my case, vertical food was less about standing things up than layering things: more an attempt to gain texture by weaving things together.
The true scientist no longer attempts to disprove the pull of gravity, or the rotation of the earth, or the motion of heavenly bodies, or the sequence of the seasons, or man's need of food and water, or the function of the heart.
As the fly bangs against the window attempting freedom while the door stands open, so we bang against death ignoring heaven.
Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.
There will always be those little minds who, out of vanity or intellectual display, will attempt to destroy faith in the very foundations of life.
I think of religion as man's attempt to reach God, and you can't do that.
Real Christians revel in desperate ventures for Christ, expecting from God great things and attempting the same with exhilaration.
Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God.
I may attempt a novel. I think that no matter what you write, it requires being honest with oneself, and you have to pull yourself out of the whirlwind of daily life.
The balloons only have one life and the only way of finding out whether they work is to attempt to fly around the world.
Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
The idea of God, infinity, or spirit stands for the possible attempt at an impossible conception.
All of my career has been an attempt to educate myself and get paid for it.
There exists no politician in India daring enough to attempt to explain to the masses that cows can be eaten.
The National League was born the following year, as an attempt to exert the control of capital over labor.
When someone attempts to insult you know that they are inadvertently giving away what would insult them.
The scene was attempted a second time, up on top of the fort, and cameras didn't even roll. Michael, though he wasn't admitting it, wasn't sure how to shoot the scene.
[on Sid's clumsy attempts to scale a cliff] Manfred: You're an embarrassment to nature. Ya know that?
Often people attempt to live their lives backwards; they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want, so they will be happier.
As a general thing, I have not 'duped the world' nor attempted to do so... I have generally given people the worth of their money twice told.
I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the next day and not reopen it for five years.
