Trying Quotes

I'm trying to stay as calm as possible and focus one day at a time, but when reality sets in, I feel everything: anxiety, excitement, nerves, pressure and joy.

Sanctions and negotiations can be very ineffective, and indeed foolish, unless the people you are talking with and negotiating with and trying to reach agreements with are people who can be trusted to keep their word.

I feel more confident about what we're doing as a band and what we're trying to do as a band and the way we're looking at it as a band.

My success was due to good luck, hard work, and support and advice from friends and mentors. But most importantly, it depended on me to keep trying after I had failed.

You never know with these things when you're trying something new what can happen. This is all experimental.

People are struggling. They're trying to make ends meet, and they're looking for Washington to deliver for them. And they don't feel that that's been happening as quickly as it should. We share that frustration. There's no one more frustrated than President Obama.

My dad keeps referring to me playing the piano when he's trying to teach me something in archery.

The Syrians are trying to say that the Lebanese are not capable of ruling themselves.

If, as is natural, you focus on the corruption and on those threatened institutions that are trying to prevent change - even though they don't really know what they're trying to prevent - then you can get pessimistic.

I'm concentrating on staying healthy, having peace, being happy, remembering what is important, taking in nature and animals, spending time reading, trying to understand the universe, where science and the spiritual meet.

It's been crazy trying to tour with a baby. But it's actually working out okay.

I think the press gets lazy once a certain kind of image is out there. It just adheres, rather than the press trying to break that down.

I think that everyone at any age should ask themselves, 'where do I want to be today, where do I want to be tomorrow, and where do I want to be in a hundred years?' We all have clear answers to those questions. We only have so much time. It's a real shame if we don't spend our lives trying to do that.

Once you achieve one goal, you should be looking forward to trying to build onto the next thing, and not just getting comfortable with what you're doing.

Because of the tension and difficulty, I remember trying to do the silliest things when we weren't rolling cameras, anything to lift the spirits. But once on set, it was important to have full concentration.

The secret to understanding me is, I'm not trying to be anybody other than who I actually am. People want candid, refreshing leadership. And I've always tried to go with solutions. You know, I've always tried to say, here's how we get our economy growing, here's why we get our debt under control. That's what Mitt Romney is offering.

I think everybody must be aware that this society is a whole lot shakier now than it was before the war. I was trying to examine, in 'Dog Soldiers,' the process of that blow falling on America.

The world record will come to me when I run the world record race. I'm just trying to perfect my race. I'm looking for perfection.

I can't find my car keys in the morning. Trying to get out of my house is a nightmare. "Where's my wallet? Where are my keys? I have to go find a missing person."

I'm just trying to keep my mind and my body active. The tough part about it is that physically I'm sort of limited.

Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful or to discover something that is true.

And while I might not always agree with the viewpoint I have to portray, because I play a district attorney, as an actress I can always tell myself that my character is trying to take the moral high ground.

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

I am consciously trying not to make it sound Celtic or African.

You can't say that being a fan is more serious, because players are trying to do better in order to get paid better.

Our party cannot be all things to all people. It can't be. Our loudest opponents on the left are never going to like us so let's stop trying to curry favor with them.

Now, I talk to athletes who answer questions with a 'yeah'. I realize I used to do that. Or they answer very quickly and you stand there trying to come up with another question to ask. I've seen both sides and it's been very educational.

I see myself as a flashlight in the dark. I'm not trying to be overlooked anymore.

Art doesn't just happen by accident. It is about pulling out new tricks and trying new things.

Leave the President's family business to him. You will have plenty to do without trying to manage the First Family. They are likely to do fine without your help.