21 Movie Quotes about Trying (+ Sound Clips) - page 2

Updated: Sep 11, 2025

Memorable quotes about trying, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

11 Well, how do you know? You've never tried. -Well, I never tried shootin' myself in the head neither.

Humphrey Bogart as Charlie Allnut; Greer Garson as Rose in The African Queen (1952)

12 Do you think you can do it? -I'm not sure, but it's worth trying. Anything is better than sitting here like tin ducks in a shooting gallery.

George Wallace as Commando Cody in Radar Men from the Moon (1952)

13 Maybe it will work tonight. It has failed many times before, but driven by an obsession that it can be done, he is unconcerned with failures of the past or dangers of the future.

Robert Lansing as Dr. Scott Nelson in 4D Man (1959)

14 Every man who has tried has died. Am I the one?

Kyle Maclachlan as Paul Atreides Muad Dib in Dune (1984)

15 This being our first try, I'll use the lowest setting.

Peter Falk as Grandpa in The Princess Bride (1987)

16 You mean it's like, if at first you don't succeed, try, try again. -Yes. -I thought so.

Natalie Wood as Susan Walker in Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

17 Let's try a little harder, shall we?

Jenny Agutter as Nurse Alex Price in An American Werewolf in London

18 He's only trying to prove to himself that he can cope. -I only hope he doesn't kill himself trying.

Marlyn Mason as Nikki Bell in Longstreet

19 If you keep on doing different things, you're going to win, just as much as anyone else. Just keep trying. Don't give up.

Glenn Gilger as Linus Van Pelt in A Boy Named Charlie Brown

20 I look stupid. I look like I'm tryin' too hard. I was gonna get a haircut, but then I'd just look like I got a haircut.

Tom Hanks as Sam Baldwin in Sleepless in Seattle

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