So the absurdity of happiness is that it is embarrassing to discuss or even mention, impossible to define or measure, may not… — Michael Foley Copy Share Image
The easiest, the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflict within an organization is to pretend it does not exist. — Lyle E. Schaller Copy Share Image
When people flatter you constantly it is very tempting to think you deserve it. — Ruth Reichl Copy Share Image
When you do a movie as opposed to a TV show, it's always tempting to think everything has to be big and… — Armando Iannucci Copy Share Image
Our generation, like the one before us, must choose. Without the threat of the Cold War, without the pain of economic ruin,… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
Tips for aspiring writers: don't be afraid of writing rubbish. It's very easy to become hypnotised by an empty page or screen.… — Frances Hardinge Copy Share Image
The tongue may be employed about, and made to serve all the purposes of vice, in tempting and deceiving, in perjury and… — Joseph Butler Copy Share Image
It is tempting to call for better leadership, but we probably expect too much from the leaders of the nations. Those nations… — Charles Handy Copy Share Image
I do a lot of recipe creation. Translation: cooking tempting dishes that must be eaten. — Ruth Glick 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
It is very tempting to take the side of the perpetrator. All the perpetrator asks is that the bystander do nothing. He… — Judith Lewis Herman Copy Share Image
The balance is the penalty of being human: the danger of allowing yourself to feel. For this we walk a narrow path… — Peter F. Hamilton Copy Share Image
It is tempting to pretend that minorities on death row share a fate in no way connected to our own, that our… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
In Shakespeare's world, characters cannot trust their senses. Is the ghost in Hamlet true and truthful, or is it a demon, tempting… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
It's tempting to think that decisions that are not life-and-death are therefore unimportant, and that the little compromises we make don't matter… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
It is tempting at one level to believe that bad things happen to people (especially other people) because God is a righteous… — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share Image
I could probably live in Bali the rest of my life and completely live in the sticks and have a f -… — Ben Folds Copy Share Image
I hate a mystery. I would have let the identity of the Commander’s successor remain a secret, as I have for fifteen… — Maria V. Snyder Copy Share Image
He grinned when I didn't protest, and lowered his mouth toward mine. The first touch was just that - a touch. A… — Becca Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
I'm tempting you with fine gifts until your girlish ideals are quite worn away and you are at my mercy. — Margaret Mitchell 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
Memories, all those little experiences make up the fabric of our lives and on balance, I wouldn't want to erase any of… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
Passivity is corrosive to the soul; it feeds on feelings of integrity and pride, and it can be as tempting as a… — Caroline Knapp 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
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
