Tempting Quotes

157 Tempting quotes by 150 unique authors

Bike is the most democratic transport vehicle. Bike is the most daring, challenging as it gives its owner the tempting feeling of freedom, that is… — Vladimir Putin
The job of the writer is to kiss no ass, no matter how big and holy and white and tempting and powerful. — Ken Kesey
A pivotal spiritual attribute is that of self-mastery-th e strength to place reason over appetite. Self-mastery builds a strong conscience. And your conscience determines your… — Russell M. Nelson
I swore an oath to uphold the laws on the books . Now, I know some people want me to bypass Congress and change the… — Barack Obama
It may be tempting to look back and wring our hands over missed opportunities for change in the preceding decades. But, I'm not interested at… — Jennifer Granholm
Has it ever struck you that trout bite best on the Sabbath? God's critters tempting decent men. — James M. Barrie
With the first step, the number of shapes the walk might take is infinite, but then the walk begins to define itself as it goes… — A. R. Ammons
To put a tempting face aside when duty demands every faculty is a lesson which takes most men longest to learn. — Gertrude Atherton
It is so tempting to try the most difficult thing possible. — Lady Randolph Churchill
It's so tempting to try to do it all, so as not to miss out. But to do all of those 'good things' means you'll… — Shaunti Feldhahn
Someone had my number and they started text-stalking me. I've never replied to them. It was tempting to write back, but I resisted. — Sophie Ellis Bextor
There is ever the prior question of plain duty, with which nothing else, however tempting or promising of success, can come into conflict; and such… — Alfred Edersheim
While it is tempting to believe that you are the victim of certain people or forces beyond your control, A Course in Miracles teaches you… — Marianne Williamson
There is such a thing as tempting the gods. Talking too much, too soon and with too much self-satisfaction has always seemed to me a… — Meg Greenfield
Sleeping with your phone in your bedroom is never a good idea, but it's even worse when you're bullied online because it's too tempting to… — Rosalind Wiseman
Our generation, like the one before us, must choose. Without the threat of the Cold War, without the pain of economic ruin, without the fresh… — William J. Clinton
I worry that, especially as the Millennium edges nearer, pseudo-science and superstition will seem year by year more tempting, the siren song of unreason more… — Carl Sagan
The opening of a foreign trade, by making them acquainted with new objects, or tempting them by the easier acquisition of things which they had… — John Stuart Mill
It's tempting to just write a comic called 'Everyone Mail Randall Munroe Twenty Bucks' - maybe it would work, and I could just close down… — Randall Munroe
It is no wonder that bank capital is regulated. When borrowing and lending is profitable, it is tempting for banks to scale up their operations… — Evan Davis

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