Try Quotes

There is only one way in which one can endure man's inhumanity to man and that is to try, in one's own life, to exemplify man's humanity to man.

I'm content with the fact that I made a decent effort. That's what I've always worried about: that I wouldn't try hard enough.

Why not try thinking of your life as hilarious rather than nightmarish?

How absurd and delicious it is to be in love with somebody younger than yourself. Everybody should try it.

I want every man on the force to try his best, his level best, to try to avoid arresting anyone. I know that this going to take great will power but try.

I try and have a relaxed attitude and stay quite switched off until about an hour before kick-off.

They don't allow you to go any further unless you can do this bomb suit training, because it puts such a mental strain on your spirit. It dumbs you down about 25 to 30 IQ points. You start to hallucinate in the heat inside the suit after 20-30 minutes. So you try not to stay in it too dang long. So the preparation for that - it's either you have it, or you do not.

And one thing I can be proud of is we have a 'Come and Try Fishing' day every year. And there's 20 venues throughout the state, and see, these thousands of kids who've never been fishing come along.

I usually do one con a year as a GoH and try to make the World Fantasy Convention for business purposes. Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.

I try to learn from both, from features and documentaries. In both cases you have to find a way to make the camera as discreet as possible, and flexible enough to be able to capture the moment when it happens. I know from documentary how to not have a preconceived idea of what the scene could be.

I try to give people hope. Even though life is bleak, there's hope out there.

When you try to avoid the pain, it creates greater pain.

We'll try and be very aggressive, we'll try and speed up and change gears, and we'll see who's going to win.

My childhood was influenced by the roles my father played in his movies. Whether Abraham Lincoln or Tom Joad in the 'Grapes of Wrath,' his characters communicated certain values which I try to carry with me to this day.

I don't have to try to be perfect at everything.

My earliest memories are the best. I always try to remember the good times when Daddy was alive.

But we try to pretend, you see, that the external world exists altogether independently of us.

Well, I'm going to try to make a real difference in Washington's spending patterns.

Investment banking has, in recent years, resembled a casino, and the massive scale of gambling losses has dragged down traditional business and retail lending activities as banks try to rebuild their balance sheets. This was one aspect of modern financial liberalisation that had dire consequences.

But I also like to be in control, like anyone else. I try to achieve a balance.

I try to find little things that you can do to move the song along and things that serve the song.

It is better to not even try it than to endure the ramifications of either quitting smoking or dying.

Housekeeping is incredibly difficult with three kids. I'm trying to be more relaxed. You'll go insane if you try to have a picture-book house.

I do think that's so much a part of what being a director is - in working with actors - to really try and be sensitive to what each actor needs to get to where he wants to be.

If you have issues with family, friends, and people at work, try and solve these issues head on so you can move on and concentrate on having the life you want.

I like to try to make the characters I play be as human as possible.

I try not to drink too much because when I'm drunk, I bite.

I try not to look for messages in films.

I would try doing a dish 30 different ways.

I always try to tell a good story, one with a compelling plot that will keep the pages turning. That is my first and primary goal. Sometimes I can tackle an issue-homelessness, tobacco litigation, insurance fraud, the death penalty-and wrap a good story around it.