Quotes of: Trying Keyword

Trying to guess what the (mass) audience wants and then trying to satisfy that is usually a bad recipe for getting something good.

Aaron Sorkin

You lead with direction, and you try to lead by example. I try to be there when things are not good and obviously share the spoils of success.

Roger Penske

I made some good pictures, and I made some bad ones. I wasn't trying to build an image, though; I was trying to build a life for myself.

Sal Mineo

Fame is something I think happens as a result of trying to do good work. If you're trying to be famous, your work usually suffers.

Justin Theroux

Being funny with a funny voice is more my comfort zone, a broader character that I try to humanize, a kind of silly or wacky persona that I try to fill in.

Hank Azaria

So often, I read scripts and am like, 'This would never happen in real life. It's not trying to be funny. It's trying to be serious.'

Shailene Woodley

I would say I try to make my comedy really personal. I try to tell stories that happened to me, experiences from my life.

Kumail Nanjiani

No matter what we're trying to accomplish in life, or what career path we're trying to take, sometimes we get caught up and lose perspective on what's important in life.

Lucas Black

I try to find nice chord changes, that's how I love to start, and then I start trying to knock it into a song, knock it into shape.

Jeff Lynne

I'm trying to learn to smoke, which is rather weird when everyone is trying to stop. I'm not a smoker. But my character only smokes as an affectation.

Francesca Annis

Maybe what I'm trying to do is heal others. I think what we're trying to do in theater is heal someone.

Colman Domingo

My approach to every game was to try to erase the games that were before and try to focus on the game at hand.

Cal Ripken, Jr.

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

Curtis Sittenfeld

I try and write the way things happen. I don't try and fulfill people's wishes.

Harvey Pekar

The minute I stopped trying to find the right girl, and started trying to become the right guy...the girl came.

Jonathan Antin

Never try to be happy but always try to make someone happy. All the happiness in the world will be yours.

Debasish Mridha

I like to challenge myself. I like to learn - so I like to try new things and try to keep growing.

David Schwimmer

Before you try to keep up with the Joneses, be sure they're not trying to keep up with you.

Erma Bombeck

If you keep pushing away the ones who are trying to love you, eventually, they'll stop trying.

Elizabeth Bourgeret

I don't copy recipes without trying them out. I don't reprint without trying them again.

Elizabeth David

I don't try to just be a blues singer - I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.

B. B. King