A foreign threat is useful to put things in order in one's own camp, to make one's allies follow the bloc discipline.… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The thing about interviews is that if someone interviews you, and they're an idiot, then they make you sound like an idiot,… — Dean Wareham Copy Share Image
As tempting as it seems to wear tennis shoes with your tux, don't do it. I think it looks ridiculous. If you're… — Paul Feig Copy Share Image
But to measure cause and effect... you must ensure that a simple correlation, however tempting it may be, is not mistaken for… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
It is no wonder that bank capital is regulated. When borrowing and lending is profitable, it is tempting for banks to scale… — Evan Davis Copy Share Image
Once you understand the power of stimulus control, you can use it to your advantage by changing the stimuli in your environment… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
People's hands fascinate me. It's tempting to look at a businessman's left hand and see if there's an indentation from a missing… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
Like the battleships of old, omnibus programs present too tempting a target, too easily destroyed by a single attack, to make it… — Dick Morris Copy Share Image
The most important aspect of writing the pieces that make up this eighth book was yielding to my obsessive side, letting my… — Laura Mullen Copy Share Image
The medieval theologian who gazed at the night sky through the eyes of Aristotle and saw angels moving the spheres in harmony… — Tony Rothman Copy Share Image
I know it's not strictly sex that accounts for my straying the motive usually attributed to men. I think it's just too… — Elisabeth Eaves Copy Share Image
The future is always fairyland to the young. Life is like a beautiful and winding lane, on either side bright flowers, and… — George Augustus Henry Sala Copy Share Image
“I can’t have sex with you, Troy.” “Yeah. You’ve mentioned it once or twice.” She groaned again. “It’s just that…you’re so damn… — Amy Andrews Copy Share Image
I cannot admit this out loud. In the first place, we are expected to be supermoms these days, instead of admitting that… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
The fact that slang is apt and forceful makes its use irresistibly tempting. Coarse or profane slang is beside the mark, but… — Emily Post Copy Share Image
When a series is doing well, it's very tempting to keep writing it, even when the creative well is drying up. It's… — Kelley Armstrong Copy Share Image
While it is tempting to play it safe, the more we're willing to risk, the more alive we are. In the end,… — Kelsey Grammer Copy Share Image
“It frightens me how much I like it,” Celia finishes, turning her face back to his. “How tempting it is to lose… — Erin Morgenstern Copy Share Image
Let's be honest: the trappings of investment banking are quite tempting. I do miss it sometimes. And to be honest, there was… — Chetan Bhagat Copy Share Image
Often when someone comes to you and wants to vent, it's so tempting to start giving advice. But if you allow the… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
“Was I not tempting enough?” I asked him. “Not classy enough?” I didn’t expect him to answer, but he did. And that… — Chloe Neill Copy Share Image
“Listen," he said still breathing hard, "I'm sorry. I have no right to lecture you." His voice warmed with a devastating smile… — Charlotte McPherren Copy Share Image
Under the old system - which is now so archaic that a lot of people can't remember it - if you wanted… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I'm a little bit superstitious, and I think that just comes from playing hockey. I won't avoid the number thirteen. A big… — James Badge Dale Copy Share Image
I've had to learn kind of sense when the questions would be coming and be ready to handle them. There's a lot… — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
The comparison between Coleridge and Johnson is obvious in so far as each held sway chiefly by the power of his tongue.… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“I am gripped by an irresistible urge to kill myself, but I know it's the devil tempting me.” — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“She was like a nagging itch, repellent and at the same time tempting.” — Steig Larsson Copy Share Image
I've never had WiFi at home. I'm too easily distracted, and YouTube is too tempting. — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
We need more male black teachers, tempting them with extra cash if necessary. — Trevor Phillips Copy Share Image
Yes I am planning to move in with Justin we haven't had sex, but it's very tempting. — Britney Spears Copy Share Image
In Dante the hero would rather flee and renounce the tempting embrace instead of yielding to his desires and enduring the attendant… — Peter Weiss Copy Share Image
It’s tempting to wish for the perfect boss, the perfect parent, or the perfect outfit. But maybe the best any of us… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
It's tempting to imagine how we could hurt someone close, because it reminds us how fiercely we love them. — Simon Van Booy Copy Share Image
Someone had my number and they started text-stalking me. I've never replied to them. It was tempting to write back, but I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For a long time I had not approached the forbidden fruit called happiness, but it was now tempting me with a melancholy… — Yukio Mishima Copy Share Image
But I try not to think with my gut. If I'm serious about understanding the world, thinking with anything besides my brain,… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
