#tempt

I wouldn't mind meeting some of the people I've attempted to portray from the olden, olden days. They probably would all have really terrible skin and horrible bad breath, and I'd have to give them an Altoid. ↗

— Geoffrey Rush

#bad #bad breath #breath #days #give

The attempt and not the deed confounds us. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#confounds #deed #us

Genocide is an attempt to exterminate a people, not to alter their behavior. ↗

— Jack Schwartz

#attempt #behavior #exterminate #genocide #people

Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#constant #contempt #dangers #exposure #them

If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#art #attempt #even #fail #great

These days the temptation to use steroids in sports has become too great for many young athletes. ↗

— Jim Sensenbrenner

#become #days #great #many #sports

An attempt is already underway to revise history - to leave the impression that the former president had nothing to do with Watergate. But there is no doubt about his obstruction of justice after the Watergate break-in. ↗

— John J. Sirica

#after #already #attempt #doubt #former

Temptation is impossible for me to resist... Come on. This is Hollywood. It's in the job description. ↗

— Tom Sizemore

#description #hollywood #impossible #job #job description

What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch? ↗

— W. Clement Stone

#contemptible #cork #lunch #scoundrel #stolen

When you do the wrong thing, knowing it is wrong, you do so because you haven't developed the habit of effectively controlling or neutralizing strong inner urges that tempt you, or because you have established the wrong habit and don't know how to eliminate them effectively. ↗

— W. Clement Stone

#controlling #developed #effectively #eliminate #established