I tried marijuana once. I did not inhale.
William J. Clinton

For gold is tried in the fire and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity.
George Santayana

I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good feeling.
Frida Kahlo

I never thought I was normal, never tried to be normal.
Charles Manson

These children that come at you with knives, they are your children. You taught them. I didn't teach them. I just tried to help them stand up.
Charles Manson

Since the child knew his parents would give in, he tried the same trick again and again.
Jackie Chan

I had all the usual ambition growing up. I wanted to be a writer, a musician, a hockey player. I wanted to do something that wasn't nine to five. Acting was the first thing I tried that clicked.
Michael J. Fox

The challenge for me has first been to see things as they are, whether a portrait, a city street, or a bouncing ball. In a word, I have tried to be objective.
Berenice Abbott

I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many things, and I have succeeded fairly well.
Robert Benchley

Watergate had become the center of the media's universe, and during the remaining year of my presidency the media tried to force everything else to revolve around it.
Richard M. Nixon

I didn't hesitate to kiss my father in public. And that's how I tried to raise my children. We're physical.
Payne Stewart

I'd always tried not to worry about the size of the role or the size of the film.
Kevin Bacon

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
Samuel Beckett

To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.
Homer

We have not invaded anyone. We have not conquered anyone. We have not grabbed their land, their culture, their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them.
Abdul Kalam

The fact that the Prophet cared for every human being and tried his best to ensure their security in the hereafter must be the most telling of his compassionate and merciful characteristics.
Cat Stevens

To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. No great and enduring volume can ever be written on the flea, though many there be that have tried it.
Herman Melville

Trust one who has tried.
Virgil

As soon as my trial was over, we tried to use the energy that had developed around my case to create another organization, which we called the National Alliance against Racist and Political Repression.
Angela Davis

I have a very steadfast tendency to parent myself, to monitor my development into the person I want to be. I've tried to keep the corruption minimal.
Fiona Apple