Quotes by Trying I don't know whether we will find ourselves in the cross hairs, pulled by the short hairs, or just trying to find the next inane hairstyle. But change is coming; it is inevitable. It is as steady and reliable as a ticking clock. Corey Taylor memorablehairtrying I left Stone Sour in '97 because, by that time, we'd been together for about five years and I was kind of getting to the point where I wanted to do something different. I loved the music that we did and I loved the guys that I was with, but I was 24 and just felt like I needed to go and try something different so I didn't get stuck where I was, you know, just doing the same thing. And, coincidentally, that's when Slipknot came and asked me to join. I'd never done anything like Slipknot up until then, so I was like, "Okay, we'll try this and we'll see what happens." And it worked out. Corey Taylor guytryingyears Too many people chase dreams that they don't understand. Too many people try to go for things that they'd like to do, but they're not realistic enough to know they don't have the talent. Corey Taylor dreamtryingpeople As a writer, as a lyricist, you're just trying to make sure that you're not repeating yourself. And that's a danger for a lot of people. So for me, I just try to keep taking corners and trying to find new paths. Corey Taylor pathtryingpeople It would be far to general a statement to try and describe the daily life of an actor in Hollywood, but I am quite certain that cappucinos have something to do with it. Corin Nemec hollywoodwould-betrying I try to find what is closest to me in the character. There's many sides to personality, but it's a matter of, do you entertain those specific areas of your personality, or are you afraid to entertain them? Corin Nemec personalitytryingcharacter Find a place you trust and then try trusting it for a while. Corita Kent trying All the time you spend tryin to get back what's been took from you there's more goin out the door. After a while you just try and get a tourniquet on it. Cormac McCarthy get-backdoorstrying I know that I set an example so I don't want niggas following my steps. I don't want anybody to go do the things that I did cuz for real at times I didn't even think I was gonna make it. I was hoping I didn't get killed. I don't want nobody to try to live my life. Cormega realtryingthinking A rich life consists fundamentally of serving others, trying to leave the world a little better than you found it. Cornel West rich-lifetryingworld I try to, in my own fallible way, speak the truth. Cornel West speaktryingway I think, Tom Friedman is right, and I think that we have to - we have to have a serious public dialogue to try to shift public policy in that regard. Cornel West serioustryingthinking Part of the challenge of the Barack Obama campaign was to try to neutralize that white backlash, and of course, he was masterful in doing that. Cornel West challengeswhitetrying We're learning lessons from Africa. And the lesson that we need to learn is, how do we straighten our backs up in the face of these oligarchs and plutocrats who are trying to snatch the best of our democracy away? Cornel West democracytryingneeds I just don't want the fear from the right to be used by the [Barack] Obama administration to silence critics. We have to be willing to tell the truth because we're trying to speak about conditions that are being rendered invisible in our prisons and schools in the hood and so forth and so on. Cornel West silencetryingschool Try to just be true to ourselves, whoever we are, but willing to grow, even as we're true to ourselves. Cornel West being-truegrowstrying You're trying to just leave the world a little better. Cornel West littlestryingworld I will try to write books until I drop dead. Cornelia Funke writingtryingbook Public opinion which, to be sure, can at times be helpful, must never for an instant swerve us from what we know in our heart we are trying to convey. For honesty is the great requisite of art. If we remain honest with ourselves, art, which is always there, never lets us down. Cornelia Otis Skinner honestytryingart There's only a certain amount of works you can make, so you have to make only the ones you really want to make. It's all about trying to be as productive as possible. Cornelia Parker certainwanttrying«159160161162163164165166167168169»
