In my writing, as much as I could, I tried to find the good, and praise it.
Alex Haley

I know, because I tried all sorts of ways of being in character, and the best way is to be totally straight.
Tommy Chong

This girl wanted me to experience something I'd never experienced. She tried three times to get me high. Finally it worked, and I had the most incredible sex I'd ever had.
Jack Herer

The faith of the church must be tried by God's word, and not God's word by the church; neither yet my faith.
Jane Grey

God grant you all your desires and accept my own hearty thanks for all your attention to me. Although indeed, those attentions have tried me more than death can now terrify me.
Jane Grey

With Zeppelin, I tried to play something different every night in my solos. I'd play for 20 minutes but the longest ever was 30 minutes. It's a long time, but whenI was playing it seemed to fly by.
John Bonham

There were times when I blundered and got the dreaded look from the lads. But that was a good sign. It showed I'd attempted something I'd not tried before.
John Bonham

When I tried to branch out into comedy, I didn't do very well at it, so I went back to doing what I do naturally well, or what the audience expects from me - action pictures.
Sylvester Stallone

I have never tried to compare myself to anyone else.
Sachin Tendulkar

I have tried to do what is true and not ideal.
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

I have often tried to tell the story of a place through people there.
Nicholas D. Kristof

We tried not to age, but time had its rage.
Pete Townshend

Zhang Yimou tried to use martial arts to talk about Chinese culture, Chinese people. What do they think, what do they want and what do they hope.
Jet Li

I tried to give up drugs by drinking.
Lou Reed

I'm not going to deny the fact that I've tried pot. I hated it.
Lindsay Lohan

It was a very emotional dinner... Everyone shared personal stories about her and gave her words of encouragement and inspiration. Everyone tried to remain positive.
Lil' Kim

I tried to look presentable for a show, but not for sexual attraction. It was strictly for show business.
Little Richard

I also thought of playing improvisational jazz and I did take lessons for a while. At first I tried to write fiction by making up things that were completely alien to my life.
Amy Tan

I didn't want to play a rancher. I didn't want to have a cowboy hat on; I wanted to get away from that in the things I do. But I read the script and fell in love with it. As hard as I tried to say no, I couldn't.
Tim McGraw

So what we have tried to do in our later buildings is to try to be completely consistent, as a painter is consistent or as a sculptor is consistent. Architecture also must be very consistent.
Minoru Yamasaki