Try Quotes

All I try to do is as earnestly and as acutely as I can, conceive a character and try to portray this character just honestly. If the humor is within the absurdity and the awfulness of situations, then let it be seen that way.

~ Patrick Warburton

We have always had gross humor. But we try for funny, not gross.

~ Shawn Wayans

If something's important enough, you should try. Even if you - the probable outcome is failure.

~ Elon Musk

Rather than viewing a brief relapse back to inactivity as a failure, treat it as a challenge and try to get back on track as soon as possible.

~ Jimmy Connors

As kids we're not taught how to deal with success; we're taught how to deal with failure. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. If at first you succeed, then what?

~ Charlie Sheen

The only failure is not to try.

~ George Clooney

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

~ Frederick W. Smith

I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure - which is: Try to please everybody.

~ Herbert Bayard Swope

I realized that I was afraid to really, really try something, 100%, because I had never reached true failure.

~ Trent Reznor

Try not to say, 'I'm a failure.' Instead, ask, 'What can I do better? What did I do wrong?' Then re-approach.

~ Jillian Michaels

We decided to try in vitro, because both Peter and I felt we couldn't handle another failure. When I miscarried after that, we had to come to terms with the possibility that this wasn't meant to be.

~ Christie Brinkley

A failure doesn't mean you are unworthy, nor does it preclude success on the next try.

~ Leonard Mlodinow

How absurd and delicious it is to be in love with somebody younger than yourself. Everybody should try it.

~ Barbara Pym

Being a chef isn't the ideal career to intersect with parenting, but I try to be in my kids' lives as much as possible.

~ Wylie Dufresne

My main focus is to always try to be myself first, and then, hey, if I wear a cool jacket, that's a bonus.

~ John Krasinski

I try to be cool with everybody, but sometimes, everybody just has different personalities, motives, and different characters.

~ Tyga

I try not to name too many labels - not because it's not cool, but because it starts getting political.

~ Nelly

There's something very cool about that indie spirit that I try to hang on to even now with the bigger films that I'm working on.

~ James Wan

Once I started singing, I didn't have to try to be cool. I was just one of the coolest guys around.

~ R. Kelly

I try to look cool. I strategize. Sometimes it's like - that's part of the strategizing, to make it seem like I don't think about it.

~ Future

Gucci is a rapper that doesn't try and be anything he's not - he's straight up. Yeah, maybe it's ironic and all, but I'm just a fan and have been one since day one. Gucci Mane is the cool uncle I never had, even though I'm sure I'm probably older than him.

~ Diplo

I don't need to hang out in a posse and try to act cool.

~ Jeremy London

I do love email. Wherever possible I try to communicate asynchronously. I'm really good at email.

~ Elon Musk

Teenagers try to hide what's really going on in their communication online.

~ Ethan Zuckerman

I speak onstage to try to establish some method of communication. The songs are supposed to be a way of communicating. But speech and drinks and sometimes chocolates are also a way of communicating.

~ Jarvis Cocker

I try to just communicate what I want done as clearly and simply as possible.

~ Dick Wolf

I try not to put messages in my songs. My only message is man's communication with his fellow man. I want to narrow the gap of strangeness and alienation.

~ Rod Mckuen

I work on OpenBSD fulltime, as the project leader. I set some directions, increase communication between the developers, and try to be involved in nearly every aspect of the base system.

~ Theo De Raadt

I like a deep sports massage - a casual beating up. I try to get them whenever I can, usually more if I'm getting in shape for a role.

~ Chris Pine

Oh God, I'm awful at sports. In gym I just try and avoid getting hit in the face.

~ Tavi Gevinson

Judo was one of those sports where they give you guidelines but then try to tell you to develop your own style.

~ Ronda Rousey

To try to really land a spacecraft really on another world is really difficult, and if we lose that ability, it's going to be heartbreaking.

~ Bill Nye

The question we ask is - if there is life on other planets, should we expect it to be based on the same molecules, i.e. be universal - or should we expect it to depend on the local conditions, i.e. on the planet's geochemistry. So to find out, we try experiments on biomolecules, starting with such geochemistry conditions.

~ Dimitar Sasselov

Don't try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie. Study computers instead.

~ Jackie Chan

Even when I work with computers, with high technology, I always try to put in the touch of the hand.

~ Issey Miyake

I'm like everybody: I gain the Christmas 10 or so, and then I try to exercise more and dial it back.

~ Trisha Yearwood

I've been playing on Christmas for the last 10, 11, 12 years. So just got to get up early with the babies, and give them their toys and try to get a nap in and just come to play.

~ Shaquille O'neal

So many Christmas films either are twee, or try and go super edgy, then stick on something Christmassy at the end of the movie.

~ Peter Baynham

What I like to do is try to make a difference with the work I do.

~ David Bowie

I try to not work too many Sundays. At least on Sunday nights, I try to chill out a little bit. I call it Sunday Funday.

~ Miley Cyrus