Life is like sex. It's not always good, but its always worth trying. - Pamela Anderson Any experiment that can benefit by one hairsbreadth any single human life is a thousand times worth trying. - Henry Drummond We can't save the past or solve the riddle of love. But to me, it's worth trying. - Diane Keaton If you are only what you are, You at least have a chance Not to outsmart, But be on a par with yourself And that is worth trying. - Dejan Stojanovic I think it's worth trying to be a mother who delights in who her children are, in their knock-knock jokes and earnest questions. A mother who spends less time obsessing about what will happen, or what has happened, and more time reveling in what is. - Ayelet Waldman If you think you're good people, and if you are, how would you know? Is it something you always knew? Or was it something you found? Some people are naturally good at it [...]. Is it worth trying to be something you're not? Just because it's...

No dragon can resist the fascination of riddling talk and of wasting time trying to understand it. - J R R Tolkien The act of writing... is the act of trying to understand why my opinion is what it is. And ultimately, I think that's the same experience the reader has when they pick up one of my books. - Jodi Picoult And as I stood there in the hallway--alone--trying to understand what had just happened and why, I realized the truth: I wasn't worth an explanation--not even a reaction. Not in your eyes. - Jay Asher We're forever teetering on the brink of the unknowable, and trying to understand what can't be understood. - Isaac Asimov I'm not a propagandist, I'm not a polemicist; my primary interest is just looking at and trying to understand how animals work. - David Attenborough I gave up trying to understand people long ago. Now I let them try to understand me! - Charles M Schulz Now, Anne, don't look as if you were trying to understand. Seventeen ca...

Or so we don't think about how we're just vulnerable specks trying to survive on a violent, tumultuous planet, at the mercy of hurricanes and volcanoes and asteroids and terrorists and disease and a million other things. We concentrate on having little thoughts so we don't have BIG THOUGHTS.... You've got to ignore the one big truth - life is fatal. - Deb Caletti But I love the idea - whether it's in my work or where I live - exploring new frontier, and I like putting myself in strange places and trying to survive and figure things out and gather up an infrastructure. I like knowing that I could figure out a way to live anywhere. - Madonna Ciccone I'd learned long ago you had to block out the rush of regrets that followed the adrenaline dip after a fight. Otherwise the loop of thoughts could pull you under. Did you just kill someone? Or was it a monster, plain and simple? Did that make you a monster? Was it murder if you were defending yourself? Was it a war ...

To fail is a natural consequence of trying, To succeed takes time and prolonged effort in the face of unfriendly odds. To think it will be any other way, no matter what you do, is to invite yourself to be hurt and to limit your enthusiasm for trying again. - David Viscott I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed. - Booker T Washington Do not contemplate what lies beyond failure while you are still trying to succeed. - Salman Rushdie

That's all this job is, Daine," she explained. "Trying to please everyone and pleasing no one. And it will only get worse, not better. - Tamora Pierce If you're trying to please everyone, then you're not going to make anything that is honestly yours, I don't think, in the long run. - Viggo Mortensen Everyone's so timid and afraid to insult anybody, but in the end, it's like we're all trying to please everyone. In the end, we please no one. - Olivia Munn

May I ask you what these questions tend?' 'Merely to the illustration of your character,' said she, endeavouring to shake off her gravity. 'I am trying to make it out.' 'And what is your success?' She shook her head. 'I do not get on at all. I hear such different accounts of you as puzzle me exceedingly. - Jane Austen ...They spoil every romance by trying to make it last for ever. It is a meaningless word, too. The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer. - Oscar Wilde Always! That is a dreadful word. It makes me shudder when I hear it. Women are so fond of using it. They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever. It is a meaningless word, too. The only difference between a caprice and a life-long passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer. - Oscar Wilde It's the worst when you're kissing someone who's not a good kisser, and you're trying to make it look goo...

I love healthy stuff and junk an equal amount. Whatever I'm craving, I go for it. I'm never trying to lose weight - or gain it. I'm just being. - Kelly Clarkson Often times when you face such an overwhelming challenge as global climate change, it can be somewhat daunting - it's kind of like trying to lose weight, which I know something about. - Hillary Clinton The rules themselves are clear enough, and within everyone's reach. But many forces, both within ourselves and in the environment, stand in the way. It is a little like trying to lose weight: everyone knows what it takes, everyone wants to do it, yet it is next to impossible for so many. - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi I have been trying to lose weight for the last two-three months and it has gone really well. In the last 6-12 months I have been in the best form in quite a while. - Shane Warne

I think there's an ongoing effort involved in trying to get a bigger perspective, trying to let go of things that limit your capacity to love and be loved or your capacity to hear and to really speak. - Meg Ryan I was just talking about women, just in terms of understanding them as much as we can ever understand the opposite sex. I'm trying to let go of certain male approaches to things that you inherit, that you grow up with. - Fred Ward

One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses. - Dale Carnegie To me, if you're trying to impress a girl, get a date, they're gonna like that more because you're a confident guy. That's what it comes down to. - Tom Brady That's why I loved being with you. We could do the simplest things, like toss starfish into the ocean and share a burger and talk and even then I knew that I was fortunate. Because you were the first guy who wasn't constantly trying to impress me. You accepted who you were, but more than that, you accepted me for me. And nothing else mattered-- not my family or your family or anyone else in the world. It was just us. - Nicholas Sparks I loved performing; I was always trying to impress my siblings by being a clown. I think that came from being the runt of the litter. - Rose Byrne There was a pause. I was still scared by every gap in our conversation, fearing that this was it,...

Nearly everyone has had a box of secret pain, shared with no one. Will [Hamilton] had concealed his well, laughed loud, exploited perverse virtues, and never let his jealousy go wandering He was always on the edge, trying to hold on to the rim of the family with what gifts he had - care, and reason, application. He kept the books, hired the attorneys, called the undertaker, and eventually paid the bills. The others didn't even know they needed him. - John Steinbeck If you are not trying to hold on to time, you are not so afraid of losing it. - Suzanne Collins You see, I tired of constant fear, so I made a decision. Every day when I wake I tell myself that it will be my last. If you are not trying to hold on to time, you are not so afraid of losing it. - Suzanne Collins Every day when I wake I tell myself that it will be my last. If you are not trying to hold on to time, you are not so afraid of losing it... And then, if you make it to bedtime, you feel the joy of cheating death...

Being an actress is similar to trying to fit in with the popular kids in high school. You're expected to drive the right car, wear the right clothes and say the right things. - Lauren Ambrose At a certain point, I got into the older, cooler crowd, and they listened to hip-hop. I was desperately trying to fit in. - Rose Byrne We're all just trying to fit in and find ourselves, particularly when we're growing up. - Geri Halliwell I'd spent so long trying to fit in,trying to be someone i wasn't,that i had no idea who i was any more. - Dorothy Koomson Memphis is a great town, man. There's a great musical community here. I'm trying to fit in. - Charles Moore We moved to Australia for two years though and that was a little bit tough trying to fit in. - Kelly Preston I'm partly somebody else trying to fit in and say the right things and do the right thing and be in the right place and wear what everybody else is wearing. Sometimes I think we're all t...

It's not an epitaph. I felt I could look back at my life and get a good story out of it. It's a picture of somebody trying to figure things out. I'm not trying to create some impression about myself. That doesn't interest me. - Alan Alda I didn't think I was in a morbid mood, but it appears I am. My mind goes round and round trying to figure things out, but I always come back to the same two things: Loneliness and Death. Life ends before we figure anything out, most importantly how not to be lonely. Solitude is fine. But feeling like you have no one to love - abject lonliness - is not alright. - Jonathan Ames Joy said she hadn't really understood the meaning of life until Tyffanie had come along, but now she understood it perfectly. Well, great, I felt like saying. Make sure you share the news with Plato and Kierkegaard and all those other philosophers who'd banged their heads against the wall, trying to figure things out. - Wally Lamb

I just felt from personal observation that there is nothing more dislocated or alienated than a lifelong military person trying to cope in civilian life. It's like two completely separate planets. - Lee Child She had realised that they couldn't be together. She didn't want to make a romantic drama out of it, she didn't want to sigh and mope or scream hysterically to impress others with how awful it all was, even though she felt as if something fundamental, deep within her, had been taken away from her. She was simply trying to cope, to get on with her own normal life. Which, she knew, was something he could not be a part of. - Harriet Evans Marriage made more sense when it was indissoluble. It's the woman trying to cope with the strains of a one-parent family who will suffer most from the relaxation of the divorce laws. - Germaine Greer Keep in mind, hurting people often hurt other people as a result of their own pain. If somebody is rude and inconsiderate, you ...

I didn't have to scramble up and down the ladder from despair to euphoria anymore, trying to convince myself that life was either painful and terrible or joyous and wonderful. The simple truth was that life was both. p 214 - Melody Beattie Humans are creatures, who spent their lifes trying to convince themselves, that their existence is not absurd - Albert Camus We're family," Alyss said. Redd snorted. "Is that supposed to mean something?" Family," Alyss said again, trying to convince herself more than Redd. Don't talk to me about family! You were never disowned by your parents!" I'd rather have been disowned by them then see them murdered. - Frank Beddor The one thing that offends me the most is when I walk by a bank and see ads trying to convince people to take out second mortgages on their home so they can go on vacation. That's approaching evil. - Jeff Bezos I was trying to convince all these men to try to make a product that they ...

When you do find humor in trying times, one of the first and most important changes you experience is that you see your perplexing problems in a new way - you suddenly have a new perspective on them. - Allen Klein There will be trying times during Obama's presidency, and liberty will need staunch defenders. Can Obama reshape liberalism to be, as it was under F.D.R., a fighting faith, unapologetically patriotic and strong in the defense of liberty? That would be a service to our country. - Bill Kristol Americans appreciate the way our friends around the world are sticking by us, and we all hope for their continued support in what's going to be some very trying times. - Joe Lando If the future's looking dark, We're the ones who have to shine. If there's no one in control, We're the ones who draw the line. Though we live in trying times, We're the ones who have to try. And we know that time has wings, So we're the ones who have to fly. - Neil Peart ...

What do you miss about being alive?" The sound of my mom singing, a little off-key. The way my dad went to all my swim meets and I could hear his whistle when my head was underwater, even if he did yell at me afterward for not trying harder. I miss going to the library. I miss the smell of clothes fresh out of the dryer. I miss diving off the highest board and nailing the landing. I miss waffles" - p. 272. - Laurie Halse Anderson A baseball manager recognizes a nonphysical talent, hustle, as an essential gift of great players and great teams. It is the characteristic of running faster than necessary, moving sooner than necessary, trying harder than necessary. It is essential for great programming teams, too. - Frederick P Brooks Jr The park grass looked greener, the park benches looked better and the flowers were trying harder. - Charles Bukowski Failure is not an option if success is just a matter of trying harder - W Bruce Cameron Things just happen in the right way, a...

Sometimes, there just isn't the opportunity or willingness to make things better. Sometime you can't simply have another go. You make a choice, and its a bad one, and you're left with it. No amount of trying again will fix it. Don't expect anyone to feel sorry for you, to cut you slack; you made a mistake and you'll have to live with it. - Dan Abnett To fail is a natural consequence of trying, To succeed takes time and prolonged effort in the face of unfriendly odds. To think it will be any other way, no matter what you do, is to invite yourself to be hurt and to limit your enthusiasm for trying again. - David Viscott All of us have failed to match our dream of perfection. I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible. If I could write all my work again, I'm convinced I could do it better. This is the healthiest condition for an artist. That's why he keeps working, trying again: he believes each time that this time he will do it, bri...

We are all human and fall short of where we need to be. We must never stop trying to be the best we can be. - Richard Adams Sometimes it's better to stop trying to make sense of things. Life isn't clear cut, there are always gray areas. - Alexandra Adornetto Slow down. Stop trying to do everything now, now, now. Hold up the people behind you for all you care, feel them kicking at your heels but maintain your pace. Don't let anybody dictate your speed. - Cecelia Ahern Now that we know you're not a hundred percent vampire you should stop trying to suck necks," I said to Ziggy. "I'll try," Ziggy said, "but it's a hard habit to break. - Janet Evanovich Georgie, stop trying to resurrect the shoes. They were never alive in the first place. - Ilona Andrews You're damned if you're too thin and you're damned if you're too heavy. According to the press I've been both. Its impossible to satisfy everyone and I suggest we stop tr...

I really hope he shapes up, you know? He's got a good head on his shoulders when he's not trying to give himself alcohol poisoning. - Hailey Abbott Maybe learning to be human was about learning to live in pain, not trying to figure out how to live pain-free. (156) - Keith Ablow You are not trying to find the answer to a question, you are simply trying to confirm something you desperately want to believe; That everyone is evil. Chantal - Paulo Coelho It's not an epitaph. I felt I could look back at my life and get a good story out of it. It's a picture of somebody trying to figure things out. I'm not trying to create some impression about myself. That doesn't interest me. - Alan Alda For me, you've got to play football first. We're not trying to be accountants. The money takes care of itself. That's kind of how I think anyway. - Shaun Alexander You look lousy,' he said. Jace blinked. 'Seems an odd time to start an insult contest, but if...

Weeks later, she said: 'The guy was about middle-aged. All his things right there in his yard. No lie. We got real pissed and danced. In the driveway. Oh, my God. Don't laugh. He played us these records. Look at this record-player. The old guy gave it to us. And all these crappy records. Will you look at this shit?' She kept talking. She told everyone. There was more to it, and she was trying to get it talked out. After a time, she quit trying - Raymond Carver Nothing could go wrong because nothing had...I meant "nothing would." No - Then I quit trying to phrase it, realizing that if time travel ever became widespread, English grammar was going to have to add a whole new set of tenses to describe reflexive situations - conjugations that would make the French literary tenses and the Latin historical tenses look simple. - Robert A Heinlein You're never a loser until you quit trying. - Mike Ditka You never really lose until you quit trying. - Mike Ditka A ma...