Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rick Riordan

Teach you to try marrying me, you idiot!

Taylor Hanson

You can say we're trying too hard or that we didn't try hard enough, but we're not trying at all; we're just doing what we do.

Tamora Pierce

Hello," he greeted her cheerfully. "You must be Alan of Trebond. You're very hardy to have made it this far the first day. Has anyone said what we try to learn in here?" Alanna said the first thing that came to her lips. "The only thing I know is that I jump when I'm told to and I have no free time.

Sylvia Plath

If only I knew what I wanted I could try to see about getting it.

Sylvia Plath

One thing, I try to be honest. And what is revealed is often rather hideously unflattering.

Sylvia Plath

Why can’t I try on different lives, like dresses, to see which fits best and is more becoming?

Rosanne Cash

Being in the studio is like painting, you know, you can really take your time, and try different things, and kind of go deep into it.

Ron Ziegler

Certain elements may try to stretch this beyond what it is.

Ron White

Other states are trying to abolish the death penalty... mine's putting in an express lane.

Rupert Graves

The urge to act became the overriding force in my life. It thrilled me. There's a moment with acting when you're in the groove, and you and what you're trying to do are seamlessly one. That happens sometimes, and I'm really happy it can happen to me.

Rumi

Listen . Keep silent . You are not gods mouthpiece. Try to be an ear.

Rumi

Earth tries to work sorcery on us, saying Tomorrow, Tomorrow, but we outwit that spell by enjoying this now.

Rumi

However much I might try to expound or explain Love, when I come to Love itself, I am ashamed of my explanations... Love alone can explain the mysteries of love and lovers.

Rumi

Don't try to steer the boat. Don't open shop for yourself. Listen. Keep silent. You are not God's mouthpiece. Try to be an ear, And if you do speak, ask for explanations.

Rumi

Where you are, whatever your condition is; Always try to be a lover.

Rumi

Although I may try to describe Love, When I experience it, I am speechless.

Rumi

Whatever purifies you is the right path, I will not try to define it.

Tom Peters

In today's economy there are no experts, no 'best and brightest' with all the answers. It's up to each one of us. The only way to screw up is to not try anything.

Tom Peters

But there's no substitute for getting smarter faster. And the way you get smarter is to screw around vigorously. Try stuff. See what works. See what fails miserably. Learn. Rinse. Repeat.

Tom Robbins

Life is too small a container for certain individuals. Some of them, such as Alobar, huff and puff and try to expand the container. Others, such as Kudra, seek to pry the lid off and hop out.

Tom G. Palmer

Abstraction is a mental process we use when trying to discern what is essential or relevant to a problem; it does not require a belief in abstract entities.

Tom Felton

I'm a little bit of a geek - I have to be the first person to get new things when they come out. I always want to buy and try new gadgets.

Tom Ford

I know one day I'll be irrelevant. No matter how hard you try there is a cultural moment, but eventually that window's gone, your time on Earth is finished, and you might as well leave. I could absolutely die tomorrow - I would not care. I feel like I've lived, I feel like I've had a great life.

Tom Bergeron

I'm responsible for what I am and what I want to be. I'm not trying to live by another's standards.

Tony Gilroy

You just try to find something that interests you, and particular something that interests you that's gonna consume you the way that these big movies just really eat you up.

Toni Cade Bambara

I try to live [the Golden Rule] and I certainly expect it of some particular others. But I'll be damned if I want most folk out there to do unto me what they do unto themselves.

Toni Braxton

I'm not a diva. I'm a tadpole trying to be a frog.

Steve Prefontaine

Having a true faith is the most difficult thing in the world. Many will try to take it from you.

Steve Lacy

Nobody was playing the soprano saxophone and certainly nobody was trying to do anything with it. So I was all alone. I didn't know that at first.

Steve Forbert

I'm not trying to be the new anybody.

Steve Guttenberg

Someone's just told me the English are still trying to take over the United States - is that true?

Stephen Dunn

I will try to disappoint you better than anyone ever has.

Spencer Smith

We heard about the Smiths later, through friends. What attracted us was how they could get across the meaning of the lyric through the tone of the vocal. A lot of bands just try to be catchy. The Smiths wanted to be more.