There's always the temptation, as a cinematographer, to make the shot look as perfect as possible. — Greig Fraser Copy Share Image
I could not resist the temptation of mystifying him a bit, I suppose it is some taste of the original apple that… — Bram Stoker Copy Share Image
Bell, book and candle shall not drive me back, When gold and silver becks me to come on. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
A coat that is not used, the moths eat; and a Christian who is hung up so that he shall not be… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Objectivity and presence of mind are essential in such positions where sacrificial temptations are not always resistable. — Leonid Shamkovich Copy Share Image
PARDON, v. To remit a penalty and restore to the life of crime. To add to the lure of crime the temptation… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Nothing has a more sinister effect on art than the artist's desire to prove that he's good. The terrible temptation of idealism! — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
Temptations hurt not, though they have accesse; Satan o'ercomes none but by willingnesse. — Robert Herrick Copy Share Image
There is no man who will not be grieved at the time of his chastisement; and there is not man who will… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
“But the nature of power is such that even those who have not sought it, but have had it forced upo them,… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
I know all about the despair of overcoming chronic temptation. It is not serious, provided self-offended petulance, annoyance at breaking records, impatience,… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
The Lord sometimes allows people who are devoted to Him to fall into such dreadful vices; and this is in order to… — Seraphim of Sarov Copy Share Image
“Successful resistance to temptation may result in an increase of moral muscle, but that is because one is going to need it.… — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
I'm here today to warn you: I want you to watch out for the adversary. Guard yourself from any spirit of entitlement.… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
Human decision-making is complex. On our own, our tendency to yield to short-term temptations, and even to addictions, may be too strong… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
We cannot get by Auschwitz. We should not even try, as great as the temptation is, because Auschwitz belongs to us, is… — Gunter Grass Copy Share Image
All the great temptations appear first in the region of the mind and can be fought and conquered there. We have been… — Amy Carmichael Copy Share Image
Even as we slog through the trials, persecutions, irritations, temptations, distractions, apathy, and just plain weariness of this world, the gospel points… — Greg Gilbert Copy Share Image
“When a man desires a thing too much, he at once becomes ill at ease. A proud and avaricious man never rests,… — Thomas à Kempis Copy Share Image
You don't need to compromise your standards to be accepted by good friends. The more obedient you arethe more the Lord can… — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
The actor's physical type is the main consideration. It isn't and shouldn't be. Does the actor "look the part"? It is the… — Harold Clurman Copy Share Image
Exasperation with the threefold frustration of action -- the unpredictability of its outcome, the irreversibility of the process, and the anonymity of… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. This is an obvious lie. Only those who… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“After a while Lucian spoke curiosity evident in his tone. 'So why do you care so much Giving in to the temptation… — Amalie Howard Copy Share Image
Money, big money (which is actually a relative concept) is always, under any circumstances, a seduction, a test of morals, a temptation… — Boris Yeltsin Copy Share Image
Friendship is like the aroma of fresh coffee that entails admiration, temptation, trust, love and good memories. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Try to keep the rebel artist alive in you, no matter how attractive or exhausting the temptation. — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
Most people would like to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch. — Robert Orben Copy Share Image
TALK, v.t. To commit an indiscretion without temptation, from an impulse without purpose. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
If I’ve already thought through a situation and have a response prepared ahead of time in the event temptation rears its ugly… — Tim Tebow Copy Share Image
If we don't want temptation to follow us, we shouldn't act as if we are interested. No one ever fell over a… — Richard L. Evans Copy Share Image
Is it not a great temptation to be so valiant in imagination and so cowardly in execution? — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
So you tell yourself you are pretty find clay To have tricked temptation and turned it away, But wait, my friend, for… — Edmund Vance Cooke Copy Share Image
Faith in the atonement and intercession of Christ will keep us steadfast and immovable amid the temptations that press upon us in… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
I didn't want to think about a project that I couldn't finish. That's a kind of temptation. One has to realize one's… — I. M. Pei Copy Share Image
Let a man be but in earnest in praying against a temptation as the tempter is in pressing it, and he needs… — Robert South Copy Share Image
Many a dangerous temptation comes to us in gay, fine colours, that are but skin-deep. — Matthew Henry Copy Share Image
To go into temptation to find how strong you are, is as wise as to go before a mirror, with closed eyes,… — Ivan Panin Copy Share Image
Middle age is having a choice between two temptations and choosing the one thatll get you home earlier. — Dan Bennett Copy Share Image
A temptation arises: it is the wind. It disturbs you: it is the surging of the seas. This is the time to… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
