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

I always tried to live my life as though nothing changed. People would say, ‘You can have a Rolls-Royce’. I’d say to that, ‘What do I want with a Rolls-Royce when I can have a...

Before I got divorced, I was personally unfamiliar with trial, or at least trial of serious, heart-wrenching proportions. I figured that life went smoothly if you tried hard, and if you messed up, or things...

I have never tried to compare myself to anyone else.

For more than 30 years the Islamic regime and its apologists have tried to dismiss women’s struggle in Iran as part of a western ploy.

I am so tired – so tired of being of being whirled on through all these phases of my life, in which nothing abides by me, no creature, no place; it is like the circle...

I tried to do the commercial thing. But I don’t want to keep shoving Twinkies down everyone’s throat. People are hungry for something of more substance.

I always thought there were some people who were just destined to be disengaged in their jobs because that was their personality, and no matter how hard managers tried, there wasn’t much they could do...

I didn’t try and do fashion pictures. I tried to do portraits of girls wearing dresses.

I couldn’t sleep for two years, they tried to break my nerves. They used a lot of psychology to brainwash.

‘The Sound of Music’ did more damage to the industry than any other picture. Everyone tried to copy it. We were the biggest offenders.

I tried to contribute to the defeat of the Soviets. If I contributed 1%, it is 1% of something enormous.

The cinema is there to heighten the imagination; I have always tried to make sure it does so.

The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried.

I’ve never tried to manipulate my image.

Every time I went into the studio some engineer tried to impress me with how they’re going to capture my sound with all kinds of tricks. But they limited the sound and never allowed me...

They would almost throw the cops in jail when they tried to arrest me.

I’ve always tried to do pictures that don’t date.

I can dance. I like hip hop and stuff and jazz movements, but I’m horrible in ballet. I tried.

I’m a massive believer in brands. Silicon Valley has tried to reprogram everybody to think brands aren’t valuable. Or theirs are, but yours aren’t.

The more people pointed at me in scorn the more stubborn I got and when they began calling me the Bad Girl of West Seattle High, I tried to live up to it.

There’s something honorable about holding out for love and not breaking up for the sake of the baby. I see people get divorced, and there is a part of me that thinks, I wonder how...

With my human rights advocacy, that’s always been through my writing. I’ve always tried to write articles and contribute to journals and a lot of online journals – about human rights, especially Palestinian human rights....

All I’ve ever tried to do is play real people.

If I didn’t start singing in the cabarets and on my albums, I could have never even tried something like ‘Capone.’

Stay away from drugs. They’re not worth it. I’ve tried, but there’s none of them that’s worth it.

I tried to use the questions and answers as an armature on which to build a sculpture of genuine conversation.

I had not picked up a tennis racket in 15 years, so I tried.

I’ve always tried to explore the humorous aspects of life.

It’s not for me. I tried human flesh and it’s too salty for my taste.

So what we have tried to do in our later buildings is to try to be completely consistent, as a painter is consistent or as a sculptor is consistent. Architecture also must be very consistent.

My idol is Bea Arthur. I really tried to follow her example. She is one of my comedy ‘she-roes.’

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.