Sentences with phrase «failed at trying»

Quite a lot of internet companies have failed at trying to be alternatives to government reporting.

During our test drive, we disliked the mismatched textures and thought the French stitching on molded plastic failed at trying to make the RAV4 feel more expensive than it is.

-- Miley Cyrus The annoying Monday morning or a terrible day between coworkers at the office... or the day you break up with your boyfriend or that day your boss terminates you... the day you realize that you failed at trying to achieve the goals you set out for yourself or just that random day with girl problems.

This time, because I was working with a larger batch of chocolates, I failed at trying to keep the melted chocolate at a constant temperature.

And if you've ever failed at tried photographing a plate of off - white chunks in such a way that people actually want to eat it... then you'll understand from which part of my -LCB- traumatized -RCB- subconscious my love of winter squash arises.

The graphics are average, the voice acting is pretty rubbish (English accents fail at trying to replicate a German one) and the story is fairly lightweight.

I really hope the issue was isolated to my test vehicle and not the result of a sporty brand failing at trying to move upscale.

Not exact matches

It's better to try and fail than it is to have never tried at all.

The biggest flaw in Shafer's argument is that it assumes newspapers failed to succeed at digital despite trying their hardest to adapt.

Science shows that the harder you try at a New Year's resolution, the more likely you'll be to fail.

They need leaders who back off and pass innovation onto others, and then recognize them when they succeed and support them when they fail at something worth trying.

Here are five «philosophies» we try to live by (and have sometimes failed at) and some of the lessons that might be of interest to others growing a team:

«Having taught at Stanford now for 30 years... one of the things I think that we're failing even in our elite education — and we're failing at Stanford although we're trying — is teaching people to fight constructively,» Sutton said.

«After an earlier run at settling this case failed, the court observed that some cases just need to be tried,» Grewal wrote.

«We're hugely unexcited about that,» Ray says, recalling the long litany of failed startups over the past two decades that have tried to make a go at offering similar high - speed Internet or cable TV - like services wirelessly.

After all, if we fail, at least we tried.

Holland's eager yet awkward Parker delivers big laughs as he navigates the many offerings in his high - tech suit from Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.), tries (and fails) to make a meaningful connection with Stark's assistant Happy (Jon Favreau) by calling and texting at all hours, and debates a high school crush with his virtual assistant, Karen.

CNBC's Meg Tirrell discusses the failed attempts at Pfizer trying to acquire two companies in the past but how the Republican tax reform plan could change that.

The only point at which you have truly failed is when you stop trying.

Say there's a person you tried but failed to hire because she opted to stay at her current job.

The problem is, most people have tried and failed at journaling several times.

At about this time three years ago, it agreed to complete its multi-billion dollar acquisition of European druggist Alliance Boots, and followed that 10 months later by trying (and failing) to buy smaller rival Rite Aid (rad) outright.

That cycle of trying, failing, and trying again helps prepare students to pitch bullet proof ideas to angel investors, says Startup Garage instructor Stefanos Zenios, who is also a professor of operations, information, and technology at Stanford.

After Britton's first failed business, he tried to absorb as much as he could while employed at Youthstream.

Yet, even the best entrepreneurs out there have failed at least once, and those that don't even try will still fail in some aspect of their career.

After trying and failing at multiple businesses, he teamed up with Jonathon Francis and David Arabov to launch news platform Elitedaily.com.

And if you're afraid of making your team think you're lazy, don't worry — they're most likely wondering how you're trying (and sometimes failing) at having a healthy work - life balance, too.

Trying to chase them all at once — and inevitably failing to attain them simultaneously — will trigger feelings of guilt and shame, ultimately leading to more negative behavior.

They need to know that it's okay to fail at something even if they tried hard.

Better to try and fail than to never try at all.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- The FBI failed to notify scores of U.S. officials that Russian hackers were trying to break into their personal Gmail accounts despite having evidence for at least a year that the targets were in the Kremlin's crosshairs, The Associated Press has found.

Spending too much time trying to counter the naysayers can be just as damaging as failing to counter their criticisms at all.

Redstone and daughter Shari have been trying to get rid of Dauman for months, arguing that he has failed to build value at the company and has presided over a huge drop in the share price (VIAB).

Jacobson tried and failed at real estate investing and picking individual stocks.

When you fail in life at whatever it is you're trying to do, you have to demonstrate flexibility and stick to it to help you achieve the success you desire.

I'm always an advocate of the YOLO concept and I believe that its always better to have tried and failed than not tried at all.

Mr. Trump also spoke at length about the standoff with armed protesters who last Saturday seized the headquarters at a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon, suggesting that he would have called the leader of the group to try to make a deal to end it — and would have acted against them if negotiations failed because «you can not let people take over federal property.»

A more serious criticism is that Beijing has been trying to reduce the credit intensivity of growth at least since Wen Jiabao's famous «Four Uns» speech of March, 2007, but has failed to do so.

The ad, which was posted on YouTube, depicted a caricature version of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un screaming at underlings as they tried and failed to hack AML Bitcoin's product.

One at 9:30 a.m. EST, saying Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is «wasting his time trying to negotiate with Little Rocket Man,» and another at 2 p.m. saying he «won't fail» to rein in Kim.

In a 6/25/15 address to the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) forum (brought to our attention by Luke Gromen in his newsletter, The Forest for the Trees), Dr.Yao Yudong of the People's Bank of China stated, «Main reserve currency issuers may either fail to adequately meet the demand of a growing global economy for liquidity as they try to ease inflation pressures at home, or create excess liquidity in the global markets by overly stimulating domestic demand.»

I'm much more willing to try things now — if I fail, no big deal — at least I won't have any regrets!

More surprising to me, though, was the rare public white flag waved by Bezos, one of the richest humans alive, by looking to a brick - and - mortar retailer for help; after 10 years of trying and mostly failing at making grocery delivery a workable business, this was a «We can't do this on our own» moment.

This is all the more satisfying a ratification because Connelly is so conscientious in establishing his own personal antagonism toward the Catholic Church (at one point asserting without even a footnote that natural family planning «still fails most couples who try it»).

I tried the experiment and god failed miserably and at every opportunity

Instead of actually trying to justify your failed attempt at trying to label Atheism as a religion it is better to ignore it and focus on being a troll instead.

Try something new and fail at it.

A professor at a major Catholic institution where I used to speak from time to time when I was a Lutheran recently said that he had tried and failed to have me invited for a lectureship.

This story was enhanced with false witness claiming that he had been «drunk» and driving at «120 kph» and failed to get back in trying to pass a truck.

Youth leaders trying the latest gimmicks may seem cool at the time, but fails to keep the youth.