Famous Quotes & Sayings

Liev Schreiber

You are what you know, as an actor, so you gotta try to know as much as you possibly can.

Libba Bray

I know because I read. Might I suggest you try it?

Libba Bray

If you tell them what they want to hear, they don't bother to try to see.

Libba Bray

And now I understand that truth casts a spell of its own, one I'm not sure of how to hold on to, though I'm desperate to try.

Lester Bowie

We just can't go and try to turn the clock back, that's not happening anymore. You've got to figure something else out.

Gary Chapman

We cannot rely on our native tongue if our spouse does not understand it. If we want them to feel the love we are trying to communicate, we must express it in his or her primary love language.

Frederick W. Smith

Fear of failure must never be a reason not to try something.

Jon Ronson

Trying to prove you’re not a psychopath is even harder than trying to prove you’re not mentally ill,’ said Tony.

Jon Krakauer

the sad end he met in Afghanistan was more accurately a function of his stubborn idealism--his insistence on trying to do the right thing. In which case it wasn't a tragic flaw that brought Tillman down, but a tragic virtue.

Jon Kabat-Zinn

There is just this moment. We are not trying to improve or to get anywhere else.

Johnny Weir

Figure skating is a bit dated - it's like that tweed jacket you pull out of the back of your closet from time to time, and I'm going to try to Chanel it up a little bit.

Johnny Damon

I try to walk around with a smile on my face.

Johnny Damon

I'm relaxed at the plate. I'm not trying to do too much.

John Zorn

And I try to be as diplomatic as I can, but it always ends up being a psychodrama up there on stage.

Johnny Cash

For you I know I'd even try to turn the tide.

Luc Montagnier

That is why it is so important not only to have excellent treatment but also to try to get back the immune defense, because there you have a natural defense that takes place everywhere.

Sherrilyn Kenyon

When someone is drowning and you try to save them, they're more likely to drown you before you pull them out.

Sherrilyn Kenyon

If you’re trying to Seduce me, Vane, you’re a bit late. At his point I’m pretty much a sure thing for you.

Shawn Ryan

I still feel driven to try to make great shows and to make each episode great.

Sherrilyn Kenyon

Why is it when you want the ground to swallow you whole, it decides to stop trying? -Ethon

Niki Taylor

I try to live by the rule do what makes you happy.

Nick Vujicic

You do not know what you can achieve until you try.

Nick Vujicic

If I fail, I try again, and again, and again

Nick Vujicic

Defeat happens only to those who refuse to try again.

Nick Goepper

I'm pretty well-rounded. I can do most of my tricks left and right, in both directions. I try to be smooth and confident. But it's still developing. I'm still trying to find my own personal touch in the way I ski.

Nicholson Baker

In the novel, I can change things and simplify, and make events work towards whatever meanings I'm trying to get at more efficiently.

Nicholson Baker

The question any novel is really trying to answer is, Is life worth living?

Norah Jones

I just want to keep making music, recording and trying different things. I don't want to do the same thing all the time.

Norah Jones

The pop world is cool, but I never really thought of myself as part of it or wanting to be a part of it because I'm on a label that's not really like that. They're not trying to dress me up, they're not trying to do things like that. I feel like I'm sort of separate from that, actually.

Norah Jones

I don't try to sound like anyone but me anymore. If something is out of my element, I try to avoid it.

Nicole Kidman

I always try to push through fear.

Nas

When I try to sound like the contemporary sound, it never turns out that way. That's just me.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Someone who says "I am busy" is either declaring incompetence (and lack of control of his life) or trying to get rid of you.