One is tempted to define man as a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
Oscar Wilde
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He that is busy is tempted by but one devil; he that is idle, by a legion.
Dr. Thomas Fuller
When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'
Sidney J. Harris
Working here, you fall in love with the animals and are always tempted to bring them home. But at our house, we've reached our limit.
Doris Birnbaum
The only nation I've ever been tempted to feel really racist about are the Swiss - a whole country of phobic hand washers living in a giant Barclays Bank.
Jonathan Raban
With the Chelsea salad we challenged Tana Ramsay to create a terrifically tasty all-season salad that - like the salad greats - is a simple combination of ingredients which produces a really memorable meal that customers will be tempted to re-order time and again.
Robert G. Allen
People engage in spam to make money. We have now proven that we can take one of the most profitable spammers in the world and separate him from his money. And I think that sends a powerful message to other people who might be tempted to engage in illegal spam.
Brad Smith
For to tempt and to be tempted are things very nearly allied... whenever feeling has anything to do in the matter, no sooner is it excited than we have already gone vastly farther than we are aware of.
Catherine The Great
People will always be tempted to wipe their feet on anything with 'welcome' written on it.
Andy Partridge
I like to think that next year, they'll go someplace else. But there's a lot of money to be made here. For every grow we find, there's probably two or three we don't. And you know, if you make $8 or $9 million one year, you'd probably be tempted to come back the next year.
Clyde Foreman
We were tempted by the money, for sure. Everybody would be tempted, ... But it was against our principles.
Phillip Lemarque
It's come down to where if you got no way to pay the bills, you get tempted to do something illegally.
Brian Edwards
The next time the bills come, I'm really going to have to think a lot about even paying it. I'm just so tempted to just rough it and go without.
David Stout
I was tempted to use my 3-iron again after I three-putted two straight greens.
Jerry Kelly
I would be tempted to recommend that the baby be named Wellesley, but that's up to the mother.
Howard Moscoe
The calls keep coming but at the moment there is nothing that really tempts me, ... I was tempted when Fulham offered me the director of football last year.
Chris Kamara
It may be that the members of the committee feel more tempted when they have met someone, heard them talk and been impressed.
Stein Toennesson
I looked at the races and was tempted to send both. But I thought there were too many off-the-pace horses in the Gold Cup, the same style as Choctaw. I didn't see any dead speed types in there. Someone will sit close to Desert Boom, but maybe there's a little better chance to steal the race. And I really didn't want to ship Choctaw and then ship again to the Breeders' Cup; that was a big factor.
Bob Bone
Many workers who are closer to retirement can be tempted to consume rather than save.
Lori Lucas
(I was) very tempted to get my car, run through those gates and stop him.
Maya Estuani
It was basically an 'out of sight, out of mind' demonstration. The less visible and less convenient the candy, the less people thought about it and were tempted.
Brian Wansink
He that cannot decidedly say, ''No,'' when tempted to evil, is on the highway to ruin. He loses the respect even of those who would tempt him, and becomes but the pliant tool and victim of their evil designs.
Joel Hawes
Who knows whether in retirement I shall be tempted to the last infirmity of mundane minds, which is to write a book.
Geoffrey Fisher
Half-way through any work, one is often tempted to go off on a tangent. Once you have yielded, you will be tempted to yield again and again. . . . Finally, you would only produce something hybrid. . .
Barbara Hepworth
Don't be tempted to cook longer than this. The custard will still thicken a bit in the refrigerator.
Linda Braun
This measure will provide a strong deterrent to those who might be tempted to steal fuel.
Michael Baker
I still love it. I am not tempted yet.
Alfred E. Newman
We want to make these companies think twice the next time they are tempted to put profits before the lives of innocent children.
Sim Osborn
One who has never been tempted with a particular sin can never feel proud for staying pure of it.
Jeffrey Bryant
I'm tempted, but I don't think so. I know what I've been through with injuries and I know that my frame is not a football frame. I'm tall, but slim, and I'm not built for college football.
Shaquan Brown
We were tempted to start with Lewis on the bench, particularly given the amount of back rowers at the club who are playing very, very well.
Pat Howard
Our commitment to law and order has not tempted us to infringe upon the constitutional rights of Americans to peaceful assembly, to freedom of movement, to nonviolent dissent. While we're prepared to deal with violence, keep it clear that our first priority is to avoid violence. It is within this framework--avoiding violence--that Vortex One emerged.
Tom Mccall
We know that as young football stars they have the money and live lives that their peers only dream of. They are sometimes tempted and there are people lurking on the side (waiting) to destroy them and their careers.
Augusto Palacios
We want to get new and unique programs. I was tempted to buy a snow machine this winter!
Sean Benson
[Punters looking for an attractive outsider, however, may well be tempted to have a wager on Manchester City boss Stuart Pearce. Indeed, many already have.] It's been an astonishing morning really, ... Pearce has come in from 25s to 9-1.
William Hill
I'm tempted to say we hit another home run in hiring a coach. In this case, though, it's probably more appropriate to say we just scored a ton of bonus points.
Bob De Carolis
When I read something saying I've not done anything as good as "Catch-22" I'm tempted to reply, "Who has?"
Joseph Heller
One is tempted to think the fall is on the back of the Gedrman elections given it's not the best of outcomes with such a narrow majority.
Gareth Evans
Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats.
H. L. Mencken
The historian of science may be tempted to exclaim that when paradigms change, the world itself changes with them.
Thomas Kuhn
I've never been tempted myself. It's really just something that's got to grab you. I'm more of a mountain boy than an ice slider.
Colin Jackson
The dollar still looks robust against most of the major currencies. As we get closer to the next Fed decision, the market's going to be tempted to price in more and more rate increases.
Richard Yetsenga
No man could be equipped for the presidency if he has never been tempted by one of the seven cardinal sins.
Eugene J. Mccarthy
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