“I am the god of being messy - I'm trying to get better. I was terrible in my 20s. My kids are much tidier than I am, I don't know where they get it from, maybe their mother.” KnowsTryingKidsMotherTerribleGet BetterMessyBeing Me Author:Kevin McKidd
“I was constantly, always and forever, trying to perform the musical 'Annie' for anyone who would listen, and I have a terrible singing voice. It was the first thing that made me think I wanted to be an actress.” ThinkingTryingFirstsMadeWantedVoiceForeverTerribleSingingMusicalActressesAnnieAlways And Forever Author:Sarah Paulson
“Usually people have gone through years of in vitro, just trying. The dilemma that faces infertile couples right now in America, there's so many of them. That's why - you know that's why I started talking about it, so that they didn't hear just the terrible stories.” PeopleKnowsTryingYearsStoriesAmericaFacesTalkingGoneCoupleTerribleRight NowDilemmaThrough The Years Author:Joan Lunden
“Trying to use the power of yoga to improve your life, this is a terrible mistake. Because all you are doing is binding yourself more. You're putting more of your attention into the transient world.” WorldTryingUseAttentionMistakeTerribleYogaHinduismTransientBindingImprove Your Life Author:Frederick Lenz
“There is something universal in the theme of a man trying to save his family in the midst of the most terrible circumstances. It is not limited to Sierra Leone. This story could apply to any number of places where ordinary people have been caught up in political events beyond their control.” PeopleMenTryingHas BeensStoriesPoliticalNumbersEventsCircumstancesTerribleOrdinaryUniversalCaughtThemeMidstCaught UpOrdinary PeopleSierraSierra Leone Author:Edward Zwick
“We have this terrible struggle to try to explain things to people who have no reason to want to know.” PeopleKnowsWantTryingReasonStruggleCommunicationTerribleNo Reason Book:The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman Source: The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman
“Even though you try very hard, the progress you make is always little by little. It is not like going out in a shower in which you know when you get wet. In a fog, you do not know you are getting wet, but as you keep walking you get wet little by little. If your mind has ideas of progress, you may say, 'Oh, this pace is terrible!' But actually it is not. When you get wet in a fog it is very difficult to dry yourself.” IfsKnowsTryingMindMayLittlesIdeasHardDifficultProgressTerribleWalkingDryPaceWetGoing OutShowersFog Book:Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind Source: Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
“This is a terrible confession to make, but after I left the Army I had a number of things to try. I had a great conceit to think that if all else failed I could always go to Hollywood. So when all else did fail I really went to Hollywood. And then I found out how wrong I was.” IfsThinkingTryingFoundLeftNumbersFailingTerribleHollywoodArmyConfessionConceit Author:David Niven
“You don't want to continue to do one thing and only one thing. You want to keep challenging yourself and if you do well at it, great, if you fall on your face, you tried. Like, she's really terrible at comedy! Who knew? But if you didn't try and put yourself out there you'd never know.” IfsKnowsWantTryingWellsFacesFallChallengesComedyOne ThingTerribleYour FaceChallenge YourselfPutting Yourself Out There Author:Lucy Liu