I always say that I don’t believe I’m a chef. I try to be a storyteller.
I try to treat all the money I’m making like it’s the last time I’m going to make it.
Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
Instead of stubbornly attempting to use surrealism for purposes of subversion, it is necessary to try to make of surrealism something as solid, complete and classic as the works of museums.
Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.
I can’t go against my nature because I am what I am. I don’t try to be anyone different to who I am.
Life is not easy for anyone. You have to have ups and downs. You can make mistakes. You learn and try not to make them again. That’s pretty much my principle.
Now, I’m not saying I’m fashionable, but there are sociological interests that matter to me, things that are theoretical, political, intellectual and also concerned with vanity and beauty that we all think about but that I try to mix up and translate into fashion.
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
One would like to be grand and heroic, if one could; but if not, why try at all? One wants to be very something, very great, very heroic; or if not that, then at least very stylish and very fashionable. It is this everlasting mediocrity that bores me.
Different people in different parts of the world can be thinking the same thoughts at the same time. It’s an obsession of mine: that different people in different places are thinking the same thing but for different reasons. I try to make films which connect people.
I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing.
Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.
The secret to gaining the upper hand in a negotiation is to give the other side the illusion of control. Don’t try to force your opponent to admit that you are right. Ask questions, that begin with ‘How?’ or ‘What?’ so your opponent uses mental energy to figure out the answer.
I wouldn’t change myself for anybody. I am who I am; people accept me, or they don’t. I have my strengths and my weaknesses, which I can try to improve upon, of course. I’m still not the finished product.
I’m going to try to unite all Americans.
The only real lawyers are trial lawyers, and trial lawyers try cases to juries.
I think you have to be what you are. Don’t try to be somebody else. You have to be yourself at all times.
Before you try to keep up with the Joneses, be sure they’re not trying to keep up with you.
I try to make myself happy, no, because I know that if I’m not happy, my colleagues are not happy and my shareholders are not happy and my customers are not happy.
If two wrongs don’t make a right, try three.
Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.
Drink lots of water and get enough sleep. Try not to stress. Positive thoughts only!
I tell the kids, somebody’s gotta win, somebody’s gotta lose. Just don’t fight about it. Just try to get better.
I try not so much to create new characters and worlds but to create new game-play experiences.
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There’s no point in being a damn fool about it.
I think the secret is really observation. Well, if you observe what’s going on and try to figure out how people are thinking, I think you can always write something that people will understand.
Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
Good soul music should make you feel something in your heart, in your body, and in your spirit. That’s what I try to do both in the studio and on stage.
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
The things that have always been important: to be a good man, to try to live my life the way God would have me, to turn it over to Him that His will might be worked in my life, to do my work without looking back, to give it all I’ve got, and to take pride in my work as an honest performer.
The only failure is not to try.
Watch the mouth, it reveals what the eyes try to hide.
Sleep is huge. That’s your biggest way of recovering. In baseball, it’s such a hard sleep schedule during the season, but you try to do the best you can. Because you can take all the protein drinks, you can do all these things, but your recovery is your sleep.
Life’s philosophy, hm… I just say, ‘Do what you do and have fun doing it and try not to be too miserable.’
No matter how much we try to run away from this thirst for the answer to life, for the meaning of life, the intensity only gets stronger and stronger. We cannot escape these spiritual hungers.
I try to start drinking water as soon as my feet hit the floor in the morning.
I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure – which is: Try to please everybody.
Being Mormon is a big part of who I am, and I try very hard to live the right way, but I don’t know that I’m an example. I hate to say, ‘Yes, look at me. I’m a good example of being Mormon.’ I want to be the best person I can be, so in that aspect, maybe I’m a good example.
I don’t want to advise anyone to do anything, apart from try and stay alive. That’s my advice – don’t die.
