Tempting Quotes

157 quotes by 150 authors

Life has a way of testing our anchors and tempting us to drift. Nevertheless, if our anchors are correctly placed in the rock of our… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
The balance is the penalty of being human: the danger of allowing yourself to feel. For this we walk a narrow path high above rocky… — Peter F. Hamilton
It's tempting to say the Ph.D. didn't have an effect, but it's not so. I think whatever resonance I may be able to achieve is… — Robert B. Parker
Weâ€™re surrounded by anonymous, poorly made objects. Itâ€™s tempting to think itâ€™s because the people who use them donâ€™t care-just like the people who make… — Jonathan Ive
History is full of people who thought they were right -- absolutely right, completely right, without a shadow of a doubt. And because history never… — John D. Barrow
Have you never, when waves were breaking, watched children at sport on the beach, With their little feet tempting the foam-fringe, till with stronger and… — Alfred Austin
This mortal probation is a brief period-just a short span, linking the eternity of the past with the eternity of the future. Yet it was… — ElRay L. Christiansen
When people flatter you constantly it is very tempting to think you deserve it. — Ruth Reichl
It is tempting to ascribe Katrina, Rita and now Wilma to global warming effects, but I am not sure that would pass statistical muster. — Kerry Emanuel
I know it's not strictly sex that accounts for my straying the motive usually attributed to men. I think it's just too tempting to have… — Elisabeth Eaves
Every person in the world, including yourself, will encounter various trials throughout life. Satan seeks to defeat you by tempting you to trust your own… — John C. Broger
The world needs you. It doesn't need you at a party having read a book about how to appear smart at parties - these books… — Charlie Kaufman
Today, it's very tempting to create songs by cutting and pasting in the studio. — Huey Lewis
At a time when threats to the physical environment have never been greater, it may be tempting to believe that people need to be mounting… — William Cronon
Although it is tempting to think of these natural landscapes as reflecting a stability in climactic and geologic forces, long periods of climactic and geophysical… — David Holmgren
We need more male black teachers, tempting them with extra cash if necessary. — Trevor Phillips
I like birthday cake. It's so symbolic. It's a tempting symbol to load with something more complicated than just 'Happy birthday!' because it's this emblem… — Aimee Bender
Depression is like slashing at ghosts. Of course it's tempting to finally cut something real. — Joey Comeau
Every failure is a step to success. Every detection of what is false directs us towards what is true: every trial exhausts some tempting form… — William Whewell
It's tempting to imagine how we could hurt someone close, because it reminds us how fiercely we love them. — Simon Van Booy

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