Attempt

Famous quotes containing the word attempt:

“The pursuit of Fashion is the attempt of the middle class to co-opt tragedy. In adopting the clothing, speech, and personal habits of those in straitened, dangerous, or pitiful circumstances, the middle class seeks to have what it feels to be the exigent and nonequivocal experiences had by those it emulates.”
—David Mamet (b. 1947)

“Many attempt to harvest what was never planted.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

“Any serious attempt to try to do something worthwhile is ritualistic.”
—Derek Walcott (b. 1930)