All Quotes

I'm not trying to be a celebrity, Justin Timberlake kinda guy.
‐‐ Calvin Harris

I'm not trying to be a poet on Twitter; I'm trying to be aware of the fact that a very simple sentence, well written, can have a very moving effect without that person knowing why. There's a deep genetic part of you that somehow, even without your permission, recognizes good language when it arrives.
‐‐ Teju Cole

I'm not trying to be a pop singer.
‐‐ Sharon Jones

I'm not trying to be a role model to kids, because I don't have any children, but I do think everyone should have a free spirit.
‐‐ Chelsea Handler

I'm not trying to be as good or better than anybody; that's not how I work.
‐‐ Ryan Sheckler

I'm not trying to be coy here; we're just not prepared to give a lot of detail about our thinking, but we will be making some announcements in the coming months.
‐‐ Jim Walton

I'm not trying to be coy or manipulative or Machiavellian, I want to spark people's imaginations.
‐‐ J. J. Abrams

I'm not trying to be evasive, but when I say yes and no, I say 'yes' because there are narrow-minded people that won't look past the logo and 'no' because 'American Idol' put me in front of millions of people and I would not have a career without 'Idol.'
‐‐ Bo Bice

I'm not trying to be fashionable. Never was!
‐‐ Dolly Parton

I'm not trying to be macho, I promise you.
‐‐ Daniel Craig

I'm not trying to be Mr. Universe, but I want to stay in shape.
‐‐ Calvin Klein

I'm not trying to be new school and I'm not old school - I'm classic. There's a lot of new cars and there's a lot of old cars, but I'm just classic in doing what I do.
‐‐ LL Cool J

I'm not trying to be self-serving, but you know, you get to Hollywood, and if you want to make something big and loud and dumb, it's pretty easy. It's very hard to go down there and make a film like 'Sideways,' which I thought was a great film. They don't want to make films like that anymore, even though that film was very successful.
‐‐ Terry Zwigoff

I'm not trying to be sexy. It's just my way of expressing myself when I move around.
‐‐ Elvis Presley

I'm not trying to be some kind of underground renegade.
‐‐ Alex Winter

I'm not trying to be someone I'm not.
‐‐ Donny Robinson

I'm not trying to be something I ain't. That's right. I'm me.
‐‐ Boozoo Chavis

I'm not trying to be the highest-paid receiver in the National Football League. I've never received that, and that's not ever going to happen. So I'm fine with what I have, I make good money, and I'm happy about it.
‐‐ Donald Driver

I'm not trying to be the new anybody.
‐‐ Steve Forbert

I'm not trying to be the next Dave Grohl or Phil Collins.
‐‐ Taylor Hawkins

I'm not trying to be the next Joan Rivers.
‐‐ Isaac Mizrahi

I'm not trying to be the triple threat guy. I'm still working on this one threat; acting.
‐‐ John Krasinski

I'm not trying to be this cool girl. If you're trying to be something you're not, it's slowly going to bite you in the butt.
‐‐ Bella Hadid

I'm not trying to become a pop artist, and I'm not trying to make sure I stay a country artist. I'm just trying to make sure I make the best music I can, according to my way.
‐‐ Sam Hunt

I'm not trying to brainwash my critics. If they're critics, they're critics, and that's their job to be critical, but I certainly enjoy the involvement I have with my fans. I enjoy the time I get to spend with them, and I don't waste time with someone stubborn who is not going to come around.
‐‐ John Cena

I'm not trying to bring New York to Toronto. I want to understand Toronto better.
‐‐ David Chang

I'm not trying to change an image, I'm just trying to make sure that the facts match the image. The facts are basically that I'm a builder. I have not dissembled any company nor split up any companies, nor do I ever buy any companies with that intent.
‐‐ Harold Simmons

I'm not trying to climb a ladder - I'm casting a bit of a net.
‐‐ Neil Patrick Harris

I'm not trying to clock scores in this lifetime, it's just that things are better now than they were like five, ten years ago. Music has gotten a lot better. There's a lot of people who are committed to - soulfully.
‐‐ Jerry Garcia

I'm not trying to compete with any other revival soul acts. It's just Leon Bridges, a kid from Fort Worth trying to be himself and give people hope. It's great music to dance to and just love.
‐‐ Leon Bridges

I'm not trying to conquer Hollywood. I love my day job.
‐‐ Norah Jones

I'm not trying to disrespect anybody by saying this - I'm not sure I feel any interaction with Asian America in any collective sense. - It's like, when you're telling me this right now, my reaction is, Really? Asian America knows about me?
‐‐ Chad Hugo

I'm not trying to do anything except entertain America.
‐‐ Andy Kindler

I'm not trying to do anything too tricky.
‐‐ Nate Silver

I'm not trying to do conceptual art.
‐‐ Peter Sotos

I'm not trying to emulate or imitate. But I do believe that I embody that spirit from Robert Johnson on up.
‐‐ CeeLo Green

I'm not trying to find another thing that's wrong with me, but I'm such a nice person, and I have a couple of drinks and I'm really good fun and then I'm really not fun.
‐‐ Tracey Emin

I'm not trying to fit in with nobody. I'm just me.
‐‐ Bryce Harper

I'm not trying to follow a set of rules and stuff. I'm just living my life.
‐‐ Joel Osteen

I'm not trying to get back on a team, but I have tried to stay in shape just in case a team needs a point guard. A championship team. I wouldn't go to any other team.
‐‐ Tim Hardaway

I'm not trying to get five medals. I'm not trying to be Michael Phelps.
‐‐ Lindsey Vonn

I'm not trying to get in good graces of anybody. I just want to be myself and be the guy that helps out in the community, because that's who I am.
‐‐ Austin Seferian-Jenkins

I'm not trying to get myself up a notch on the ladder by shoving somebody else down on the ladder, whether it's a candidate or the president of the United States or anybody else. I just don't believe that's the way one oughta campaign, I've never done that.
‐‐ George H. W. Bush

I'm not trying to hide from my past. I want to roll in it. Like a dog, rolling in feces, I'm rolling in the feces of my greatest hits - that's a bit of a wild way of looking at it, but I am a man, and we do like rolling in our own feces at times.
‐‐ Billy Idol

I'm not trying to influence anyone else; I'm not saying, 'Do what I do.' I think it's a little pretentious to say, 'I'm a role model'; I would never say that, and I don't think of myself that way.
‐‐ Kim Kardashian

I'm not trying to keep anybody happy.
‐‐ Bill Parcells

I'm not trying to keep up or adapt. I'm allowing myself to grow, evolve and create new music.
‐‐ LL Cool J

I'm not trying to live a social media life or a life to just be in a magazine.
‐‐ Tika Sumpter

I'm not trying to make beats that are better than somebody else's. I'm trying to make beats that are genuine to me.
‐‐ Ryan Lewis

I'm not trying to make friends, I'm just trying to make money.
‐‐ Kevin O'Leary

I'm not trying to make friends, I'm trying to make money.
‐‐ Kevin O'Leary

I'm not trying to make myself look like a girl because I'm not a girl anymore. I'm very happy about being a grown woman.
‐‐ Sharon Stone