Tempted Quotes

330 Tempted quotes by 291 unique authors

I was born with my moustache and, no, I've never been tempted to shave it off. I don't spend a lot of time worrying about… — Robert Winston
I think governments will increasingly be tempted to rely on Silicon Valley to solve problems like obesity or climate change because Silicon Valley runs the… — Evgeny Morozov
A young writer is easily tempted by the allusive and ethereal and ironic and reflective, but the declarative is at the bottom of most good… — Garrison Keillor
But most critically, sweet, never try to change the narrative structure of someone else's story, though you will certainly be tempted to, as you watch… — Marisha Pessl
Dread remorse when you are tempted to err, Miss Eyre; remorse is the poison of life. — Charlotte Bronte
I'm tempted to tell you that you think too much, but I'm not really one to talk,' Jacob said. 'Henry Miller wrote something about fear… — Tiffanie DeBartolo
Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a… — Deepak Chopra
Eve didn't choose to eat the apple. She was tempted by the serpent." "Yes," I argue, thoughts coming out half-formed. "But...she didn't have to take… — Libba Bray
At first blush I am tempted to conclude that a satisfactory hobby must be in large degree useless, inefficient, laborious, or irrelevant. — Aldo Leopold
Truth to tell, the longer I live, the more I'm tempted to think that the only moderately worthwhile people in the world are you and… — Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
It is a serious thing to live in a society of possible Gods and Goddesses. To remember that the dullest, and most uninteresting person you… — C.S. Lewis
The tempter or the tempted, who sins most? — William Shakespeare
When you are tempted to give up, your breakthrough is probably just around the corner. — Joyce Meyer
Contrary to what phenomenology- which is always phenomenology of perception- has tried to make us believe, contrary to what our desire cannot fail to be… — Jacques Derrida
Once you learn to discern the voice of Mother Culture humming in the background, telling her story over and over again to the people of… — Daniel Quinn
Sometimes when I'm faced with an atheist, I am tempted to invite him to the greatest gourmet dinner that one could ever serve, and when… — Ronald Reagan
My belief in free speech is so profound that I am seldom tempted to deny it to the other fellow. Nor do I make any… — H. L. Mencken
…being an atheist required discipline very like that of being Catholic. One could never yield to the idea of a supernatural authority, no matter how… — Anne Rice
When you are tempted to get discouraged, remind yourself that according to God’s word, your future is getting brighter; you are on your way to… — Joel Osteen
Are you all right, Sir?" asked Hezekiah. "Just fighting over old battles in my mind," said John. "It's the problem with age. You have all… — Orson Scott Card
Though a woman tempted man to eat, my dear Longfellow," said Holmes, "you never hear of Eve having to do with his drinking, for he… — Matthew Pearl
A sparrow lay dead on the backseat. She had found her way through a hole in the windscreen, tempted by some seat-sponge for her nest.… — Arundhati Roy
I am not tempted by God but I love his trappings. — Jeanette Winterson
I would be a fool to lose my heart to him, but I am tempted more each day. — Nicole Jordan
It is neither easy nor agreeable to dredge this abyss of viciousness, and yet I think it must be done, because what could be perpetrated… — Primo Levi

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