20 Movie Quotes about Trying (Sound Clips) - page 2

Last updated on: July 22, 2025

Memorable quotes about trying, selected from famous or less known movies and other sources 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.

Quote from 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.

Quote from 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.

Quote from 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.

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