Vol. 06 · Misquoted ·Film ·65 of 348
"Do, or do not. There is no try."
They never said that.
What people say
"Do, or do not. There is no try."
What was actually said
"Do. Or do not. There is no try." Yoda — The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Why it stuck
Yoda's line is four words long. Quoters tend to pad it — "there is no such thing as trying" and so on.
Know another line by heart?
Play the duel and see how many you can spot. Or browse the whole shelf.