Attempt Quotes

Only the more rugged mortals should attempt to keep up with current literature.

The mere attempt to examine my own confusion would consume volumes.

The attempt and not the deed confounds us.

I will always find even the worst paintings that attempt some kind of representation better than the best invented paintings.

For over 20 years, the federal and provincial governments have made enormous efforts employing a variety of approaches in an attempt to stimulate Montreal's economy.

You have to attempt to be objective about yourself.

Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible. I think it's in my basement... let me go upstairs and check.

In my own recent String Trio I attempt to superimpose two quite different sets of formal strategies, both of which, ultimately, refer back to historical precedent.

All laws are an attempt to domesticate the natural ferocity of the species.

I do think the attempt to raise consciousness has succeeded. People are very aware of gender concerns now.

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

Any attempt to dilute my support for Sen. Obama will not succeed.

Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates.

Well I don't write, I attempt to scribble here and there. And no, nothing ever so grand as being published.

Either do not attempt at all, or go through with it.

I could feel his muscle tissues collapse under my force. It's ludicrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm.

There's nothing I won't attempt.

Any serious attempt to try to do something worthwhile is ritualistic.

People always overdo the matter when they attempt deception.

If the United Nations does not attempt to chart a course for the world's people in the first decades of the new millennium, who will?

Art is an attempt to integrate evil.

We have to be mindful that there is the certainty that terrorists will attempt to launch multiple attacks against their enemy, which is us and our allies.

There should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting to combat.

In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

I do things like hem a pair of pants, I do my own tailoring but I wouldn't attempt a jacket.