Famous Quotes & Sayings

Natalie Portman

I don't want to be a celebrity who's trying to like say, «look at this charity work I'm doing».

Natalie Portman

I'm trying to use whatever attention is focused on me and divert it to something that really deserves the attention and try and sort of stay out of the way of the rest of the stuff.

MyAnna Buring

I always joke that I'm a British actress trying to break into Scandinavian TV.

Taylor Swift

One thing I've tried to never do is make wish lists. I try to have a very steppingstone mentality about this whole thing, where as soon as you make one step you visualize the next step, not five steps ahead.

Taylor Swift

When you see something bad happening out in the world, you should try to help in whatever way you can.

Taylor Swift

I love trying to beat what I've done so far.

Taylor Swift

It’s okay to wonder how you could try so hard and still get stomped all over. Just don’t let them change you.

Tavi Gevinson

I try not to do anything I don't like, so I stay motivated pretty easily.

Judy Blume

I'm an e-mail junkie though I'm trying to read my in-box only twice a day and to answer all at once.

Judy Blume

Do not let anyone discourage you. If they try: get determined, not depressed.

Joseph Conrad

I have been called romantic. Well, that can't be helped. But stay. I seem to remember that I have been called a realist also. And as that charge too can be made out, let us try to live up to it, at whatever cost, for a change.

Josh Young

I am never happy with what I do, so I try not to watch stuff that is filmed with me in it because I am always like, 'Oh, I could have done that a little bit better,' or, 'I could have done that differently - that riff could have been a little better.'

Joshua Bell

You only live once, so I try to say yes to everything.

Joshua Bell

I like trying things, I am kind of adventurous and I like thrill seeking.

Joshua Homme

If you're trying to do something different, you can't ask someone to help, because they'll want to make it not different.

Joseph Fiennes

I can only put myself in the process and try to learn through the process. Sometimes it will go well and sometimes it won't.

Kate Moss

I try and be as normal as I can, but it's all pretty mental to be honest.

Kate Moss

You try and remember, but it never works.

Karlheinz Stockhausen

And I'm always interested when other musicians are trying to discover new worlds of sound.

Leona Lewis

I'm a positive person, and I try to look at the good side of everything.

Leonard Cohen

I always considered myself a minor writer. My province is small, and I try to explore it very, very thoroughly.

Leighton Meester

I’m not trying to satisfy anybody but myself and the role that I’m playing.

Leighton Meester

Don’t try to be anything but yourself, and find success as yourself. Otherwise, you won’t be happy.

Leighton Meester

There's no sense in trying to be or look like anyone other than yourself.

Lawrence Taylor

I like companies that try and break away from the norm.

Lawrence Welk

For a while we had trouble trying to get the sound of a champagne cork exploding out of the bottle. I solved the problem by sticking my finger in my mouth and popping it out.

Lars Ulrich

The day Metallica's over, i'm not going to put an ad looking for another band. I'll put my drumsticks on the shelf and there's 14 other things I wanna try. Metallica's the only band I've ever been and it's the only I ever wanna be in.

John Kasich

I try to keep what I say. And I - I'm not deviated from this position at all.

Lester B. Pearson

The only failures are those who fail to try.

Pema Chodron

We're not trying to be something we aren't; rather, we're reconnecting with who we are.

Peter Jackson

I adore physical miniatures and try to use them as much as I can and have a bit of a fetish about that.

Pete Rose

The thing I would like most to leave behind is to be remembered for trying hard.

Pete Rose

If you have someone equal in ability to me I will beat him every time because I will try harder.