T Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with T. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Trying to engage with an unapproachable person can lead to embarrassment, alienation, and resistance. Why would we set ourselves up for that kind of pain and failure? It’s no wonder that people may avoid them—the risk of rejection is too great.”
Source: The Art of Body Language: 8 Ways to Optimize Non-Verbal Communication for Positive Impact
“Trying to execute that kind of intricate staging in the West Wing at the same time you're doing intricate dialogue - it's like patting your head and rubbing your stomach!”
“Trying to exhaust himself, Vaughan devised an endless almanac of terrifying wounds and insane collisions: The lungs of elderly men punctured by door-handles; the chests of young women impaled on steering-columns; the cheek of handsome youths torn on the chromium latches of quarter-lights. To Vaughan, these wounds formed the key to a new sexuality, born from a perverse technology. The images of these wounds hung in the gallery of his mind, like exhibits in the museum of a slaughterhouse.”
“Trying to explain feelings that are foreign to your heart, make communication daunting, even frightful. How does one express sensations that cower in the corners, fearful they will not be accepted by their inspiration?”
Source: Abandoned Breaths
“Trying to explain music is like trying to dance architecture.”
“Trying to explain or define grace is like catching the wind in a cardboard box or describing the color green.”
Source: Sin Boldly: A Field Guide for Grace
“Trying to express implicit and fuzzy relationships in ways that are explicit and sharp doesn't clarify the meaning, it destroys it.”
“Trying to fall out of love is like trying to climb a mountain. Blindfolded, on crutches, naked in a hail storm.”
“Trying to figure out God is like trying to catch a fish in the Pacific Ocean with an inch of dental floss.”
“Trying to figure things out was my gig. Without the human condition, there's no struggle, no pain and that means no laughter.”
“TRYING TO FILL THE empty SPACE i don't know if I will ever understand this Ache. Perhaps it is simpley and completely Love and what HAPPENS. at the end. Loss November 17, early morning”
“Trying to fill the God-sized hole in our hearts with things other than God is like trying to fill the Grand Canyon with marbles.”
“Trying to film a movie on a diet is hard enough, I can't imagine how it would be on drugs.”
“Trying to find a buddha or enlightenment is like trying to grab space.”
Source: The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma
“Trying to find a heart that's not walking away.”
“Trying to find a human side to the character is a way to give them a chance to have people like them.”
“Trying to find answers to my many questions on life, I sought my answers in the scriptures, in religion and philosophy, but they only confused me further. Stories, on the other hand, helped me cope, heal and recover.”
Source: The Reengineers
“Trying to find comfort in perpetual discomfort has been my life's work.”
“Trying to find equivalents for things in words helps me find equivalents in painting.”
Source: Hundreds and Thousands: The Journals of Emily Carr
“Trying to find my flaws is like trying to find a black person at one of our concerts”
“Trying to find my way around the Rayburn building is always a challenge. Combining my poor sense of direction with a confusing design is not good.”
“Trying to find something solid to hold on to in this rolling sea of thoughts”
Source: Turtles All the Way Down
“Trying to find the proper care in a civilization where only a small part of the population will ever understand what you are going through is a burden many first responders are saddled with. PTSI, injuries, and politics weigh heavily on the officer, yet we continue to turn a blind eye to them. We have made officers into robotic super heroes that aren’t allowed feelings, intellect, or human error. They have been ostracized by society and stripped of their basic human behaviors.
We also have yet to admit there are husbands, wives, children, and parents actively involved in these officers’ lives hoping to help them cope with their trauma. Families who do more than make sure they get enough sleep, a hot meal and fresh uniforms in the closet. The faces of the families are yet to be seen.”
Source: The Price They Pay
“Trying to find the story within the story was hard. Filmmaking is such a reductive process in a strange way and you keep whittling away to what is essential.”
“Trying to find this industry's tendency to celebrate the physical is a waste of time. So I'm happy to play the game. But I am also thirsty for input. I'm not a dunce whose only skill is knowing how to take a photograph, you know? And at the end of the day, I think it makes me slightly less replaceable.”
“Trying to fix all mistakes is a mistake.”
Source: Master of Stupidity
“Trying to fix another person will only add to my anxiety. Letting Jesus work on me is where real progress can happen.”
“Trying to fix ourselves while pretending to love ourselves doesn’t work. We don’t heal through objectification. We heal through understanding. We need to feel appreciated by the people who help us—ourselves included.”
Source: The Art of Talking to Yourself
“Trying to fix the shortcoming of others while ignoring your own flaws results in little if no improvement―not to mention bitter feelings. Concentrating on personal growth sets a good example and results in the improvement of one life if not more.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“Trying to focus your energy on identifying the things that are within your control and seeing what you can do about them help building self-esteem and confidence.”
Source: small wins BIG SUCCESS: A handbook for exemplary success in post Covid19 Outbreak Era
“Trying to follow in the footsteps of the masters, but it's a lot harder than it looks because even though they had the same size feet as us, they weren't looking down the whole time while they walked to make sure they were doing it right”
“trying to force another flower to close will never help you bloom, and trying to put out someone else's fire will never help you burn... waging war on other women is never going to give you peace inside of yourself... and that's what you're truly looking for.”
“Trying to force creativity is never good.”
“Trying to force something is the best way to stop it happening.”
Source: The Commanding Self
“Trying to force things only disturbs your goals. Forcing will not help. Everything happens in its right time.”
“Trying to forget really doesn't work. In fact, it's pretty much the same as remembering. But I tried to forget anyway, and to ignore the fact that I was remembering you all the time.”
Source: When You Reach Me
“Trying to forget someone whom you love, is like trying to remember someone you have never known.”
“Trying to frame prostitution as legitimate and normal work opposes logic on innumerable levels, one of the most obvious (and almost laughable) being that European Union health and safety legislation prohibits sexual harassment, violence, and work that causes work-related stress!”
Source: Paid For: My Journey Through Prostitution
“Trying to get a common set of trading rules right down to very simple things like paperless customs arrangements and telecommunications services and all those things that will help lower the cost and increase the ease of doing business across the region.”
“Trying to get a good sleep at high altitude during the daytime between extreme night shifts generally required sleeping tablets.”
“Trying to get a read on Apple Computer is a lot like learning about quantum physics; you can never know Apple's position on a technology, and its direction, simultaneously.”
“Trying to get Dartmouth College to acknowledge the behavioral problems in all staff that I supervised got me a final warning of dismissal, when no previous warnings had been received.”
“Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity.”
“Trying to get famous, so one day I can afford to live in full anonymity.”
“Trying to get government to be as efficient as business is as hopeless as trying to teach cats to bark and dogs to meow.”
“Trying to get people to face reality and see the world the way it really is is an absolutely critical aspect of leadership, in my view.”
“Trying to get someone interested in us (who is not) is a painful and pointless endeavour. There are many people in the world. Some are for us. Most are not.”
Source: Faith
“Trying to get something for nothing?' - even mother nature abhors it.”
“Trying to get stuff straight right at the end when you never cared all through your life. Trying to get into heaven on the affirmative action plan.”
Source: Before I Forget
“Trying to get the sentences right and the structure of the narration right is about as big a job as I can handle. But I also know that if you handle that job properly, everything else just clicks into place.”