#tempt

Every book I've written has been a different attempt to understand something, and the success or failure of the previous one is irrelevant. I write the book I want. ↗

— Yann Martel

#been #book #different #every #failure

To busy oneself with what is futile when one can do something useful, to attend to what is simple when one has the mettle to attempt what is difficult, is to strip talent of its dignity. ↗

— Jose Marti

#attend #busy #difficult #dignity #futile

We all have the temptation to be backseat drivers when it comes to decisions that don't work out the way we want. ↗

— Don Mattingly

#comes #decisions #drivers #out #temptation

People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence. A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel. ↗

— Andre Maurois

#average #average intelligence #been #complete #contemptuous

Antipathy, dissimilarity of views, hate, contempt, can accompany true love. ↗

— Marshall McLuhan

#antipathy #contempt #hate #love #true

The central tenet of Christianity as it has come down to us is that we are to reach out when our instinct is to pull inward; to give when we want to take; to love when we are inclined to hate; to include when are tempted to exclude. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#christianity #come #down #exclude #give

If we attempt to block the development of new technology, we effectively have ensured that the most responsible parties will not develop them. ↗

— Ralph Merkle

#block #develop #development #effectively #ensured

No way, no how did I break into NORAD. That's a complete myth. And I never attempted to access anything considered to be classified government systems. ↗

— Kevin Mitnick

#anything #attempted #break #classified #complete

It's very tempting to over-eat all the bad things when you're on a film set. ↗

— Roger Moore

#film #film set #set #tempting #things

Those who plot the destruction of others often perish in the attempt. ↗

— Thomas Moore

#destruction #often #others #perish #plot