#tempt

Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

#developing #evil #good #great #great hope

Clinton's attempt to socialize healthcare was the second most disgusting thing he did in the oval office. I can't remember was the first thing was. ↗

— Ann Coulter

#clinton #did #disgusting #first #first thing

The most important lesson I've learned in this business is how to say no. I have said no to a lot of temptations, and I am glad I did. ↗

— Penelope Cruz

#business #did #glad #how #i

Instead of stubbornly attempting to use surrealism for purposes of subversion, it is necessary to try to make of surrealism something as solid, complete and classic as the works of museums. ↗

— Salvador Dali

#classic #complete #instead #make #museums

To attempt this would be like seeing without eyes or directing the gaze of knowledge behind one's own eye. Modern science can acknowledge no other than this epistemological stand-point. ↗

— Wilhelm Dilthey

#attempt #behind #directing #epistemological #eye

My entire life has been an attempt to get back to the kind of feelings you have on a field. The sense of brotherhood, the esprit de corps, the focus - there being no past or future, just the ball. As trite as it sounds, I was happiest playing ball. ↗

— David Duchovny

#back #ball #been #being #brotherhood

At the time I attempted to purchase the rights back for the 3 Homestead records, but the owner demanded an outrageous sum in the neighborhood of $10,000, about 10 times more money than I could get my hands on at the time. ↗

— Mark Edwards

#attempted #back #could #demanded #get

The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

#greatest #last #reason #right #temptation

Glory lies in the attempt to reach one's goal and not in reaching it. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#glory #goal #lies #reach #reaching

The last thing I would attempt to do is to buy clothes for a child I didn't know well. ↗

— Colin Firth

#buy #child #clothes #i #know