#tried

We tried to have diplomas without learning, we tried to have jobs without work, we tried to have houses without savings, we tried to have government without responsibility. ↗

— Newt Gingrich

#government #houses #jobs #learning #responsibility

I've always just shown up and tried to figure out what's for lunch and am I going to get to play some racquetball that night. ↗

— Robert Downey, Jr.

#am #figure #get #going #i

I was baptized alongside my mother when I was 8 years old. Since then, I have tried to walk a Christian life. And now that I'm getting older, I realized that I'm walking even closer with my God. ↗

— Andy Griffith

#baptized #christian #christian life #closer #even

I used to want the words "She tried" on my tombstone. Now I want "She did it." ↗

— Katherine Dunham

#i #now #she #tombstone #tried

That certainly is one approach to take. My own is to acknowledge the inner child and try to work with my first fascination with science fiction. I have tried to build on its idea content and narrative drive rather than to discard them. ↗

— James Gunn

#approach #build #certainly #child #content

Obviously, because of my disability, I need assistance. But I have always tried to overcome the limitations of my condition and lead as full a life as possible. I have traveled the world, from the Antarctic to zero gravity. ↗

— Stephen Hawking

#assistance #because #condition #disability #full

So much about living life, to me, is about humility and gratitude. And I've tried very hard to have those qualities and be that person and I'm just so disappointed in myself that I allowed it to slip. ↗

— Katherine Heigl

#allowed #disappointed #gratitude #hard #humility

I have tried at every point to seek God's wisdom on the decisions I made, and I made it my business to speak up on behalf of the things God tells us are important to Him. ↗

— Jesse Helms

#business #decisions #every #god #him

Well, I know that I'll never forget that, but also I won't forget the hundreds of people who sent me letters, telegrams, and postcards during that World Series. There wasn't a single nasty message. Everybody tried to say something nice. ↗

— Gil Hodges

#during #everybody #forget #hundreds #i

Then we tried to come up with ideas for the sketches, and then, when we actually shot the movie, we really just sat down - never previewed the movie - we just really winged it. ↗

— Joel Hodgson

#come #down #ideas #just #movie