KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

Quotes for topic: Attempting


Share this page on

Showing 31-40 of 57 quotes in the topic Attempting

The first time I thought about attempting a body suspension was after watching a documentary on rites-of-passage ceremonies from other cultures. I was completely intrigued by what these people put their bodies through.

~Criss Angel

Topics: About After Attempting Bodies Body Ceremonies Cultures Documentary First First Time Intrigued Other People Put Suspension Thought Through Time Watching

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


China is attempting the death-defying feat, which no one has attempted in the history of the world, which is to move a billion people out of poverty. When I speak to Chinese policy-makers, the thing that annoys them the most about Western policy-makers is that they're not given any credit for anything.

~Dambisa Moyo

Topics: About Annoys Any Anything Attempted Attempting Billion China Chinese Credit Feat Given History Most Move Out People Poverty Speak The History Of Them Thing Western Which World

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Faith is a continuum, and we each fall on that line where we may. By attempting to rigidly classify ethereal concepts like faith, we end up debating semantics to the point where we entirely miss the obvious - that is, that we are all trying to decipher life's big mysteries, and we're each following our own paths of enlightenment.

~Dan Brown

Topics: Attempting Big Classify Concepts Continuum Debating Decipher Each End Enlightenment Entirely Faith Fall Following Life Like Line May Miss Mysteries Obvious Our Own Paths Point Semantics Trying Up Where

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


In between shooting for 'Awake,' I was attempting to have my own pilot season. The audition for 'Anger Management' actually came during a week that I was already testing for a couple other shows and we weren't really letting any other shows into the mix.

~Daniela Bobadilla

Topics: Actually Anger Any Attempting Audition Awake Between Came Couple Letting Management Mix My Own Other Own Pilot Really Season Shooting Shows Testing Week Were

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


The fact that I was black and desirous to do my work, the other kids would call me a coconut, as if I were somehow attempting to be white. The bullying was real: I'd get punched, spat at, terrible things.

~David Oyelowo

Topics: Attempting Black Bullying Call Coconut Fact Get Kids Me Other Other Kids Punched Real Somehow Terrible Things Were White Work Would

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Stop trying to change reality by attempting to eliminate complexity.

~David Whyte

Topics: Attempting Change Complexity Eliminate Reality Stop Trying

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


There are many tough conversations, but one of the most difficult is between a parent and an adolescent daughter, partly because as a parent we are almost always attempting to relate to someone who is no longer there.

~David Whyte

Topics: Adolescent Almost Always Attempting Because Between Conversations Daughter Difficult Longer Many Most Parent Partly Relate Someone Tough Who

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I value an entrepreneur I can get behind and trust, because I know they are attempting to move forward in life.

~Daymond John

Topics: Attempting Because Behind Entrepreneur Forward Get Know Life Move Move Forward Trust Value I Can

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


You have to realize, making movies is the weirdest thing you could ever do. It's a contrivance, but you're attempting to reach people's hearts in the dark, and there are so many factors that are out of your control.

~Diane Lane

Topics: Attempting Control Could Dark Ever Factors Hearts Making Making Movies Many Movies Out People Reach Realize Thing Weirdest You Your

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


What I'm attempting to do is to show people that if I can spend some time with very dangerous spiders and snakes and scorpions, then maybe they'll feel different about the spiders and snakes they find around their areas. I don't need people to keep them as pets. I just like them to be respectful and see that everything in nature has its place.

~Dominic Monaghan

Topics: About Area Around Attempting Dangerous Different Everything Feel Find Just Keep Like Maybe Nature Need People Pets Place Respectful Scorpions See Show Show People Snakes Some Spend Spiders Them Then Time Very I Can

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Popular Authors

Alexander Graham Bell Sandra Cisneros Steve Harvey John Locke Franklin D. Roosevelt Margaret Thatcher Mark Twain Alan Watts

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1883 - Coco Chanel

1631 - John Dryden

1686 - Eustace Budgell

1689 - Samuel Richardson

1780 - Pierre Jean De Beranger

1808 - James Nasmyth

1835 - Richard Parks Bland

1856 - John Cotton Dana

1870 - Bernard Baruch

1871 - Orville Wright

Birthdays on August 19th
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Alone Anger Attitude Birthday Business Hope Time Wedding