Famous Quotes & Sayings

Martin Scorsese

All I can do is try to do the best work I can. I need to work, I like to work... although I complain about it, but I do like it - and I just need to make the best film I can.

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

He who tries to forget a woman, never loved her

Mariano Rivera

You're just trying to throw the best pitch you can and make sure you hit your spots. I don't have to force nobody.

Mariah Carey

Never listen to anybody who try to discourage you.

Maria Sharapova

I don't have to follow any special diet or count calories. I try to eat healthily and before a match I load up on pasta and salads. But I pretty much do what I want.

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.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

If you hear a "prominent" economist using the word 'equilibrium,' or 'normal distribution,' do not argue with him; just ignore him, or try to put a rat down his shirt.

N. T. Wright

Someone who is determinedly trying to show God how good he or she is is likely to become an insufferable prig.

Monta Ellis

I'm not trying to put any more pressure on me because it's the playoffs.

Monica Lewinsky

I did though at least expect him to correct the false statements he made when he was trying to protect the Presidency. Instead, he talked about it as though I had laid it all out there for the taking. I was the buffet and he just couldn't resist the dessert.

Miranda Kerr

My beauty routine stays the same; I try to be well hydrated and rested. Most importantly, I always try to make a little time for myself!

Miranda Kerr

Never say never! I'm open to trying new things.

Mignon McLaughlin

Nobody knows the trouble we've seen-but we keep trying to tell them.

Johnny Mathis

Too much, too little, too late, to ever try again. Too much, too little, too late, let's end it being friends.

John Wooden

Approval is a greater motivator than disapproval, but we have to disapprove on occasion when we correct. It’s necessary. I make corrections only after I have proved to the individual that I highly value him. If they know we care for them, our correction won’t be seen as judgmental. I also try to never make it personal.

John Wooden

I've never stopped trying to do what's right. I'm not doing it to earn favor with God. I'm doing it because it's the right thing to do.

John Wooden

Stay the course. When thwarted try again; harder; smarter. Persevere relentlessly.

John Wooden

We are all equal in that we can all strive to become the best we are capable of becoming. We can always improve but we shouldn't compare ourselves to others. We get in trouble when we start trying to measure up to someone else.

John Wooden

You should never try to be better than someone else, you should always be learning from others. But you should never cease trying to be the best you could be because that's under your control and the other isn't.