#tryin

I think a lot of times people design restaurants with flash in mind. I think you should design restaurants with function in mind. Make sure it's functional and works with what you're trying to accomplish. Design can come later. ↗

— Bobby Flay

#come #design #flash #function #functional

When you believe in God, you've got to believe in the all-powerful God. He's not just God, He's the all-powerful God and He has total control over everyone's life. The Devil, on the other hand, is a real character that's trying his hardest to tear your life apart. ↗

— Alice Cooper

#apart #believe #character #control #devil

I think he was trying to produce more of a... sort of a cheaper image. ↗

— Alice Cooper

#i #i think #image #more #produce

I think long and hard about what it is I'm actually trying to do, and then I kind of have to narrow my focus into that. If I don't, I'm too all over the place. ↗

— Billy Corgan

#actually #focus #hard #i #i think

I was trying to be this person who is cool, eternally rocking. ↗

— Billy Corgan

#eternally #i #person #rocking #trying

In these times of the 'Great Recession', we shouldn't be trying to shift the benefits of wealth behind some curtain. We should be celebrating and encouraging people to make as much money as they can. Profits equal tax money. While some people might find it distasteful to pay taxes, I don't. I find it patriotic. ↗

— Mark Cuban

#benefits #celebrating #curtain #distasteful #encouraging

What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying to know what's going on. ↗

— Jacques Yves Cousteau

#after #curious #going #keyhole #know

Lesbian humor isn't trying to sell anything, it doesn't have to sell out. Coming out as a lesbian onstage is still a very political act; if it weren't, more women would do it. ↗

— Kate Clinton

#anything #coming #humor #lesbian #more

Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#death #here #how #i #i am

The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, the finish by loading honors on your head. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#beat #begins #fails #finish #first