We're a blip in the existence of the universe, and we're constantly trying to pull each other down. Not doing things to help each other.
The pollsters and pundits will keep trying to read voters' minds.
In my trailer, I work out with free weights and do situps and push-ups. I'm just trying to stay lean and active looking.
My pub was full of get-rich-quick schemes that never worked - scams, pyramid schemes. People trying to find a way to get themselves out of a rut.
Quality training is what I do now; before it was a combination of both quality and quantity. Now I'm not trying to be a world-class athlete, I don't need to train at that level. It's about being fit, fit for life.
They're trying to kill me before I'm dead. I come to Quebec to spend some time with my family and they say I'm dead.
I've noticed, as a comedy fan, that I really like Paul Thomas Anderson or Quentin Tarantino because when they're funny, they're actually funny. It's not like when other dramatic writers have comedy, and I'm just like, 'Well, that's not funny. Why are you even trying to make a joke here?'
My parents started questioning me about whether or not I was transgender - whether or not I was trying to be a woman. It was a big argument.
Many salespeople are trying to make their quota rather than developing a deeper belief in their product or service - and even worse, they don't have a strong enough belief in themselves.
I haven't heard Obama ask us for our consent when he's trying to ram Obamacare down our throats.
I don't think the Ramones knew they were inventing punk. They were trying to be rockabilly.
There is a rampant tendency in any industry where someone is trying to sell something with a bunch of data, where they cherry pick a little bit... bias a little bit. This becomes quite easy when there is an enormous amount of data to cherry pick from.
No one would choose to be jerked randomly off task again and again until you have half a dozen things you're trying to get done, all at the same time.
It's much easier to get a reception from someone if there is an introduction versus randomly trying to get in front of people.
My main dream - and I'm trying to get 'Living TV' to do it - is to go into prison and interview serial killers, rapists, murderers, psychopaths.
Trying to understand superstition rationally is like trying to pick up something made of wood by using a magnet.
The thing about Sheeran is that he is an incredibly real artist and songwriter. He is not trying to be anybody else other than himself.
Everyone is trying to accomplish something big, not realizing that life is made up of little things.
Having decisions made not in midnight deals but in the light of objective evidence and after consulting those who will be affected should itself provide some reassurance that the EU is trying to reform itself.
I had a mystical experience when I was in my late teens, early 20s, and I spent years trying to recapture that.
