To attempt seeing TRUTH without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to SEE the LIGHT without knowing the DARKNESS. It cannot be.

Originally, what we CALL rock 'n' ROLL was nothing more than an ATTEMPT of very bad white PERFORMERS to sound like black rhythm-and-blues performers. They did their best to emulate, they did their best to paraphrase. And that STARTED what later became rock 'n' roll.

'Star Trek' was an attempt to SAY HUMANITY will reach maturity and wisdom on the day that it begins not just to tolerate but take a special DELIGHT in DIFFERENCES in IDEAS and differences in lifeforms.

Only the more rugged MORTALS should attempt to KEEP up with current LITERATURE.

There are, I'm depressed to say, many classics I have not yet read and will probably never GET around to, THOUGH I will not STOP short of hospitalizing myself in the ATTEMPT.

Churchill the right-winger has been elevated to a STATUS where you can't criticise him. People from the time REMEMBER him as an imperialist, a hard-right POLITICIAN, very INSTRUMENTAL in the oppression of Ireland and the attempt to defeat the general STRIKE.

If you're a HUMAN being, you can attempt to do what other human BEINGS have DONE. We don't understand talent any more than we understand ELECTRICITY.

I have had a NUMBER of less-than-enviable moments in my life when DEALING with other PEOPLE. I won't attempt to blunt that by SAYING I am not the only one.

People will REMEMBER that the Tea Party was co-opted and funded by billion-dollar corporations, and that it was supported by FOX NEWS and other outlets with the same vigor with which they attempt to denigrate the Occupy protesters.

Most Americans and other Westerners CLAIM to have read all or PART of the Bible. However, when asked to IDENTIFY even four books of the Bible or four of Jesus' disciples or four of the Ten Commandments, fewer than half even ATTEMPT to RESPOND and fewer than one in ten respond correctly.

I DISLIKE Allegory - the conscious and intentional allegory - yet any ATTEMPT to EXPLAIN the purport of MYTH or fairytale must use allegorical language.

I MIGHT attempt Zumba. I haven't yet, but I THOUGHT it WOULD be a lot of FUN and different.

The MERE ATTEMPT to examine my own confusion WOULD consume VOLUMES.

'Apocalypse Now' poses QUESTIONS without any attempt to PROVIDE definitive answers, and the FILM's profound ambiguities are INTEGRAL to its enduring magic.

The Gun CONTROL Act of 1968 was an attempt to impose order. It set up the Federal Firearms License (FFL) system; gun stores WOULD have to become licensed, and they would have to follow CERTAIN rules. Felons, illegal immigrants, and CRAZY people would be prohibited from buying guns.