Tempted Quotes

330 Tempted quotes by 291 unique authors

I'm tempted to say, 'Writing treatments is like designing a film by hiring six million monkeys to tear out pages of an encyclopedia, then you… — Terry Rossio
You must talk to me, Caravaggio. Or am I just a book? Something to be read, some creature to be tempted out of a loch… — Michael Ondaatje
As for me, I've chosen to follow a simple course: Come clean. And wherever possible, live your life in a way that won't leave you… — Joyce Maynard
What is this you write- 'Come home? Surely now, in our terrible dearth of workers, it is not the time for any one to desert… — Alexander Murdoch Mackay
When once the woman has tempted us, and we have tasted the forbidden fruit, there is no such thing as checking our appetites, whatever the… — George Washington
. . . Luddites were those frenzied traditionalists of the early 19th century who toured [England] wrecking new weaving machines on the theory that if… — James A. Michener
Nearly half a century has passed since Watson proclaimed his manifesto. Today, apart from a few minor reservations, the vast majority of psychologists, both in… — Cyril Burt
To be tempted and indulged by the city's most brilliant chefs. It's the dream of every one of us in love with food. — Gael Greene
Humility is the safeguard of chastity. In the matter of purity, there is no greater danger than not fearing the danger. For my part, when… — Philip Neri
All those formal systems, in mathematics and physics and the philosophy of science, which claim to give foundations for certain truth are surely mistaken. I… — Jacob Bronowski
One is almost tempted to say that the language itself is a mythology deprived of its vitality, a bloodless mythology so to speak, which has… — Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
Our schools have been scientifically designed to prevent over-education from happening. The average American [should be] content with their humble role in life, because they're… — William Torrey Harris
The reaction to this album has just been fabulous around the world... and I've had offers to perform from around the world and I'm tempted… — Herb Alpert
I have often wondered how anyone who does not read, by which I mean daily, having some book going all the time, can make it… — Unknown Author
God uses the opposite situation of each fruit to allow us a choice. You can't claim to be good if you have never been tempted… — Rick Warren
Every day God patiently bears with us, and every day we are tempted to become impatient with our friends, neighbors, and loved ones. And our… — Jerry Bridges
When ill luck besets us, to ease the tension we have only to remember that happiness is relative. The next time you are tempted to… — Dale Carnegie
We Americans are tempted to distinguish ourselves from other current and former inhabitants of this planet by assuming that we are ruled by progress. — Michael Dorris
The Devil did not tempt Adam and Eve to steal, to lie, to kill, to commit adultery; he tempted them to live independent of God. — Bob Jones, Sr.
Many of us are tempted to find the key in doing, but the answer is actually found in being. It is vital that we are… — Alistair Begg
Jesus was not tempted to see if He would fall. He was tempted to show that He could not fall. — J. Vernon McGee
If you think you can temper yourself into manliness by sitting here over your books, it is the very silliest fancy that ever tempted a… — James Anthony Froude
You are never tempted by a devil without you, but by a devil within you, — Elias Hicks
About no subject are poets tempted to lie so much as about their own lives. — Margaret Atwood
Next time you're tempted to be upset, frustrated, offended, remind yourself, it's a part of that ten percent of things in life that you can't… — Joel Osteen

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