Quotes by Trying There is no excuse for not trying. Barack Obama no-excusesexcusetrying Winston Churchill used to say that we, Americans, try every other option before we finally do the right thing. After everything else is exhausted we eventually do the right thing and I think that's true for Congress as well. And it's important for Americans to remember that politics has always been messy. Barack Obama importanttryingthinking I'm trying to move an aircraft carrier here, I'm not just steering the speedboat. Barack Obama aircraft-carrierstryingmoving My experience is that our intelligence officials try to do the right thing, but even with good intentions, sometimes they make mistakes. Sometimes they can be overzealous. Barack Obama good-intentionsmistaketrying The Iranians may simply try to run out the clock. Barack Obama mayrunningtrying When what you’re doing doesn’t work for 50 years, it’s time to try something new. Barack Obama something-newtryingyears When you start just focusing exclusively on trying to tear the other person down instead of what you are going to do on behalf of the American people to deal with this economy, then that's not serving Democrats, that's not serving Republicans, that's not serving anybody. Barack Obama tearstryingpeople I try never to get too high when things are going well. I try never to get too low when things are going poorly. I try to keep an even keel. Barack Obama motivationlowstrying Of course, violence will not end with our combat mission. Extremists will continue to set off bombs, attack Iraqi civilians and try to spark sectarian strife. But ultimately, these terrorists will fail to achieve their goals. Barack Obama bombsgoaltrying We were still able to see the phone records of a potential terrorist cause, we held them, now you have to hope the phone company still has them, you have to argue with their chief counsel by the time you get access to it, and try to find out who they've been talking to before it's too late. Barack Obama phonestryingtalking It is legitimate for the Turks to try to defend themselves. Barack Obama trying If we're trying to protect the American public, we should not put in place a travel ban. Barack Obama bansshouldtrying If you look at how I've tried to and how I'll continue to try to govern, I'm not driven by some ideological agenda. I'm a pretty practical guy and I just want to make sure that things work. Barack Obama guytryinglooks If you listen to the rhetoric, it is so over-the-top and so overheated, and most importantly, is not acknowledging the fact that there's nothing else [like guns] in our lives that we purchase where we don't try to make it a little safer if we can. Barack Obama gunlittlestrying When I was in Washington, I would usually get home from the Capitol at about 7:30 or 8, and I would try to write as much as possible. It was almost all in the wee hours. Barack Obama homewritingtrying The truth is that, in trying to get at terrorists who are in countries that either are unwilling or unable to capture those terrorists or disable them themselves, there are a lot of situations where the use of a drone is going to result in much fewer civilian casualties and much less collateral damage than if I send in a battalion of marines. Barack Obama marinetryingcountry We have to have better intelligence. We have to have better interdiction capabilities. And so the issue is not how much we spend or how hard we try; the issue is are we doing it the right way? Are we being smart about it? Barack Obama issuessmarttrying I remember having meetings with Republican senators who initially had been trying to engage [Obamacare] but saw that the politics of 'no' were growing inside the Republican Party. Barack Obama obamacarepartytrying With the world's unprecedented inspections and access to Iran's program, we'll know if Iran ever tries to break out. Barack Obama iranbreak-outtrying If Democrats are not showing up in those [rural] places even if you're not gonna win right away but if you're not in there at least making an argument that, "Hey, you know what? It's the Democrats who are trying to raise your minimum wage." Barack Obama heywinningtrying«6263646566676869707172»
