#attempt

Racists are irrational and illogical in their attempts to justify their prejudices. ↗

— Sargent Shriver

#illogical #irrational #justify #prejudices #racists

Modern sociology is virtually an attempt to take up the larger program of social analysis and interpretation which was implicit in Adam Smith's moral philosophy, but which was suppressed for a century by prevailing interest in the technique of the production of wealth. ↗

— Albion W. Small

#analysis #attempt #century #implicit #interest

It would be useless for any player to attempt to explain successful batting. ↗

— Tris Speaker

#attempt #batting #explain #player #successful

The waste of capital, in proportion to the total capital, in this country between 1800 and 1850, in the attempts which were made to establish means of communication and transportation, was enormous. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

#between #capital #communication #country #enormous

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything? ↗

— Vincent Van Gogh

#anything #attempt #had #life #would

To attempt to superimpose its views through the exercise of force, is seldom the part of intelligence; it is frequently the part of ignorance. ↗

— Paul Harris

#exercise #force #frequently #ignorance #intelligence

Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos. ↗

— Stephen Sondheim

#attempt #bring #chaos #itself #order

It was more important for me to try, than to not have the chance at all. ↗

— Rebecca Donovan

#chance #courage #determination #emma #important

Seated each afternoon in the darkened screening room, Halliday came to recognise the targeted numerals of the Academy leader as sigils preceding the dream state of a film. ↗

— William Gibson

#first-sentences #gibson #dreams

The National League was born the following year, as an attempt to exert the control of capital over labor. ↗

— John Thorn

#born #capital #control #exert #following