If you don't make mistakes, you aren't really trying.

Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.

Sex at age 90 is like trying to shoot pool with a rope.

Other states are trying to abolish the death penalty... mine's putting in an express lane.

Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.

Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.

If you're not cheating, you're not trying.

I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am just a small girl in a big world trying to find someone to love.

I'm not trying to be sexy. It's just my way of expressing myself when I move around.

It's remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent.

If you're you, it doesn't matter if you're the most boring person in the world: someone will like you. You're not trying to be anyone else.

I intend to live forever, or die trying.

It's basically the story of my life. Trying to paint the prettiest picture I can with the colors I have.

I'm not trying to be different. To me, I'm just being myself.

Don't stop until you get where you're trying to go.

History isn't just the story of bad people doing bad things. It's quite as much a story of people trying to do good things. But somehow, something goes wrong.

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.

I was trying to daydream, but my mind kept wandering.

If you're interested in 'balancing' work and pleasure, stop trying to balance them. Instead make your work more pleasurable.

A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.