I never wanted to be a statistic. I never wanted to be that cat who tried and never made it.

I tried. But not everybody thought so.

To try to raise a son from inside the prison walls is a very difficult thing. But I want to say to the world my son at 16 was the one who tried the most...

I hated school because I liked to daydream and the system tried to stop me from that.

We tried to create advantages. We were never complacent.

First we attacked the Russian soldiers with our gases, and then when we saw the poor fellows lying there, dying slowly, we tried to make breathing easier for them by using our own life-saving devices...

I always tried to do the best for my kid.

It’s impossible to write and produce a record when your parents are dying. I really tried, I really, really tried, but it just wouldn’t come.

What I have tried to do is involve the people I was photographing… if they were willing to give, I was willing to photograph.

I’ve always tried to stay out of the fray and not be an object of controversy.

The whole issue of healthcare is very complicated. There have been seven Presidents who’ve tried to get healthcare reform passed.

In my writing, as much as I could, I tried to find the good, and praise it.

I’ve tried to be active in civic organizations as well as the Church.

I tried to write with someone else once before, but it was not successful.

I have a very steadfast tendency to parent myself, to monitor my development into the person I want to be. I’ve tried to keep the corruption minimal.

I think I have always tried to connect my comedy to my art.

I tried to film ‘Leaves of Grass’ in Oklahoma, but it was literally about a million dollars less to shoot in Louisiana.

A person who never made a mistake, never tried anything new

I never tried to emulate my father. Anyone trying to do that would be a second-rate carbon copy.

I think I did very well against everyone who tried to defend me.

I tried martial arts classes for three weeks, but I quit because you actually get hit. I just want to do the movie kind of martial arts.

The dead do not needaspirin orsorrow,I suppose.but they might needrain.not shoesbut a place towalk.not cigarettes,they tell us,but a place to burn.or we’re told:space and a place to flymight be thesame.the dead don’t need me.nor do...

If I wasn’t an actor, I probably would’ve tried to get a job with the Braves.

I never thought of having cancer as something that was unfair. I just braced myself and tried to get through it.

I’m not keen on cars and motorbikes. I tried to be a biker, but it wasn’t me – I bought a Harley-Davidson and dumped it.

Journaling is something that I’ve always tried to get into.

Anyway, I tried liking Jimmy Corrigan but I couldn’t.

My search for ways to improve my touch has never ended. We players tried a lot of different things and compared notes. Little fads would set in.

I tried to go to Kosovo to establish a statue to commemorate those who died during the wars, and to discuss moving on, so we could move into a new era. But I was banned...

Well, I think we tried very hard not to be overconfident, because when you get overconfident, that’s when something snaps up and bites you.

We actually tried to invest in Twitter in April 2007, right when it launched. At the time, the company was wary of having a classic, tier-one traditional venture firm involved.

I could have done a hundred songs, really. It was hard to narrow them down, because I tried to pick songs for the most part that actually did have some effect on me or influenced...

I have tried to kill sectarianism, whether in Catholics or Protestants.

I tried being a mechanic and I tried catering, but I realized I had even less aptitude for semi-skilled labour than for academic work.

I’ve tried writing. Two days later I’d go visit it and say, Jesus Christ, who wrote this crap?

I tried my best to ensure I kept the respect for the middleweight division in the tradition of Sugar Ray Robinson and Jake La Motta.

We always admire the other person more after we’ve tried to do his job.

I was a pitcher, shortstop and outfielder, and the Yankees tried to sign me out of high school as a first-round draft pick in 1981. I turned them down to go to college.

I’ve never sat down and tried to write something for some occasion. You just write the tune and stay totally wide open to everything. It’ll find the person or persons who are supposed to do...

The opponents of this process have always tried to vilify westernization as a poor imitation.

‘XIII’ is a spy show. I think the comic book is a little too similar to ‘The Bourne Identity.’ I tried to take it away from that. I believe there was, many years ago, before...

I have tried lately to read Shakespeare, and found it so intolerably dull that it nauseated me.

Go ahead, work hard and never be afraid to try something. Even if you don’t make it, at least you can say you tried.

I have always tried to stay current.

I am sorry for when I do it hopefully one day you’ll realise why. Please do not be angry; just understand that today I tried.

For the most part, I’ve been influenced by black singers and singers I couldn’t sound like. Whenever I tried to do a dark note or a bent note, I would just sound like Hootie And...

I’ve never tried to be something I’m not.

I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.

I think I tried to steal a Mars bar once from a shop but then I went and put it back.

I’ve never really tried to copy anyone; I like to have my own style.