Commercialism is laying its great greasy paw upon everything including the irresponsible quest of thrills; so that, whatever democracy may be theoretically, one is sometimes tempted to define it practically as standardized and commercialized melodrama.
I want an open dialogue. I want husbands and wives and people in relationships to walk out of the theater thinking, "Could this happen to me? I know I'm being tempted. "
Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things, I am tempted to think there are no little things.
The man who has never been tempted doesn't know how dishonest he is.
Today one might be tempted to say that patriotism is the last refuge of the tribal religion dedicated to the worship of German, French, English and Russian Gods of Battles. Surely such a religion has nothing in common with the religion which counsels for the disciple non-resistance, unstinted forgiveness, and the elimination of all rancor?
Sometimes you get tempted to make something wonderful even better but in doing so you lose what was so wonderful to begin with.
People ask 'do you make a conscious effort not to swear?' - if you're doing silly stuff you're not tempted to put swearing in. All the comics from my childhood, who were funny without swearing, were the people that influenced me. What I do is quite traditional anyway.
When it was her own doing, she was always tempted to skip a day, or just glance down, then get back to the ground. Kel had to force herself to keep her vow.
Jesus was not tempted to see if He would fall. He was tempted to show that He could not fall.
People will always be tempted to wipe their feet on anything with 'welcome' written on it.
Dawkins asserts that final causes and design don't really exist. Unguided evolution explains it all. Francis Crick thought the same thing but was afraid people would be misled by what they actually saw. So he issued this warning: "Biologists must constantly keep in mind that what they see was not designed, but rather evolved. " What? A warning to ignore the obvious? Absolutely. Because if we don't ignore the obvious, we might be tempted to follow common sense and attribute the "appearance" of design to actual design.
Inspiring visions rarely (I'm tempted to say never) include numbers.
What we are tempted to call a disaster is sometimes the first, painful stage of a blessing.
If skating got into the Olympics, I would be tempted to hold off on shredding for a year and just skate, to make that my new goal. In that sport, I'm still the underdog.
It's a good thing god doesn't let you look a year or two into the future, or you might be sorely tempted to shoot yourself.
I wasn't tempted to go into academia for a second.
The Negro who experiences bitter and agonizing circumstances as a result of some ungodly white person is tempted to look upon all white persons as evil, if he fails to look beyond his circumstances. But the minute he looks beyond his circumstances and sees the whole of the situation, he discovers that some of the most implacable and vehement advocates of racial equality are consecrated white persons.
There's no credit in not doing what you don't want to do. There's no virtue in not falling, when you're not tempted.
It is no sin to be tempted; the wickedness lies in being overcome.
Travel is like adultery: one is always tempted to be unfaithful to one's own country. To have imagination is inevitably to be dissatisfied with where you live. There is in men, as Peter Quennell said, "a centrifugal tendency. " In our wanderlust, we are lovers looking for consummation.