Trial Run Quotes

Let's throw it on the wall and see if it sticks.

All progress is experimental.

This is a "test."

Television is ultimately a business of failure. You try a lot of things, and most of it fails.

Rehearsal? What’s that? Rehearsal’s for fags. Rehearsal. Not much.

Survey and test a prospective action before undertaking it. Before you proceed, step back and look at the big picture, lest you act rashly on raw impulse.

We're going to test with the same car, but we have a new car ready.

You can't predict a show, that is the damndest thing, you can't predict if a show is going to work or not until it's on the air.

When the machine had been fastened with a wire to the track, so that it could not start until released by the operator, and the motor had been run to make sure that it was in condition, we tossed a coin to decide who should have the first trial. Wilbur won.

It's an experiment, and it's probably good to have a couple states try it out to see before you make that national policy.

If you are ready to put a product or service on the market, look at that product or service and see how you can test it inexpensively. Keep in mind, you'll only need one; you don't need 1,000 to get the answer.

You've got to experiment to figure out what works.

I didn't have a clue where I was going on my first lap of practice.

There are plenty of examples of really well-executed shows you could look at and say, 'Well, clearly this show will have an audience; why wouldn't it?' And for whatever reason, it just doesn't catch on. So you never know going in.

I'm still experimenting.

It's different when you practice, obviously. That's why exhibition games are a chance to see what you're trying to do.