Famous Quotes & Sayings

Salman Rushdie

I make no complaint. I am a writer. I do not accept my condition; I will strive to change it; but I inhabit it, I am trying to learn from it.

Salman Rushdie

If somebody's trying to shut you up, sing louder, and if possible, better.

Wesley Snipes

I've always been paying my taxes and I've always been trying to comply.

Whitney Houston

I would stay in my room for days, for days at times, just trying to get it together, to know what my next phase was going to be.

Joseph Chamberlain

If we fail, let us try again and again until we succeed.

Joss Whedon

Try taking a stand on just one leg. You need to see both sides.

Kobe Bryant

Twitter is great to connect with fans and be transparent. I enjoy that aspect about it. But really, I'm still trying to figure it out.

Kim Kardashian

I am confident and not trying to hide my bump. I actually want to accentuate it.

Kevin Kline

I've never felt completely satisfied with what I've done. I tend to see things too critically. I'm trying to get over that.

Kevin Kelly

But in fact, when you try to model that on a computer you find that because of the very structure of matter and of the chemical bonds that are the basis of every organism, evolution is not random at all. It will tend to follow certain paths.

Kevin Kelly

Each system is trying to anticipate change in the environment.

Kevin Hart

Expect me to continue what I've been doing, which is trying to take over the world.

Kenneth Branagh

I certainly have been guilty of trying to sweep things under the carpet.

Keith Haring

The dripping... well, if it happens, it happens; it does not take anything from the work. The dripping just proves that you were not trying to control the work, but the work was developing by itself and if it drips, its a natural part in the evolution of the work.

Katy Perry

I'm not coming out trying to prove anything to anyone, like, 'Oh, I'm in assless chaps!' or 'I can't be tamed!' I've already been through that phase. I started at 23, you know?

Ramana Maharshi

Whatever is destined not to happen will not happen, try as you may. Whatever is destined to happen will happen, do what you may to prevent it. This is certain. The best course, therefore, is to remain silent.

Ralph Ellison

The clock ticked with empty urgency, as though trying to catch up with the time. In the street a siren howled.

Ralph Ellison

What and how much had I lost by trying to do only what was expected of me instead of what I myself had wished to do?

Ralph Fiennes

I veer away from trying to understand why I act. I just know I need to do it.

Rachelle Lefevre

I go to various boot camps 4-5 times a week, and I try to get some Pilates in there to thin and tone.

Rachel Zoe

We've had Audrey Hepburn, we've had Twiggy, we've had Veruschka, we've had Kate Moss. I'm trying to figure out why I am to blame for skinniness.

Rainbow Rowell

I'd rather pour myself into a world I love and understand than try to make something up out of nothing.

Rain

I want to be an actor who always tries the best regardless of roles.

Rafe Spall

As an actor, you try and be cool, but one of the reasons you become an actor is because you're a film fan. And then you're like, 'Oh my God, Ridley Scott just spoke to me!'

Rahul Dravid

I have failed at times, but I never stopped trying.

Radhanath Swami

To the degree we try to create peace around us, we will find peace within ourselves. And to the degree we find peace within ourselves, we will actually have the power to create peace around us.

Radhanath Swami

Trying to be happy in this world is greatest illusion.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

You cannot sincerely try to help another without helping yourself

Sean William Scott

I'm still trying to figure myself out as an actor.

Sean Penn

You try to do your best at what you're getting paid for.

Lily Tomlin

If trying harder doesn't work, try softer.

Liam McIntyre

As an actor, you never try to be someone else. You can't.

Liam Hemsworth

Gary Ross is amazing. He's just - he always has a billion ideas of what he wants, but has a very clear perspective also; he just makes it work. He really does. He's trying different things and making everything look amazing.