#tempt

Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible. I think it's in my basement... let me go upstairs and check. ↗

— M. C. Escher

#achieve #attempt #basement #check #go

It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness. ↗

— George Borrow

#been #dreary #escape #idleness #itself

As millions of Americans look for work, the Obama campaign and Democrats are attempting to distract attention away from this administration's dismal record. The attack they have launched against Mitt Romney shows just how worried they are about facing him in the general election. ↗

— Jeb Bradley

#administration #against #attack #attempting #attention

Attempting to get at truth means rejecting stereotypes and cliches. ↗

— Harold Evans

#cliches #get #means #rejecting #stereotypes

By crying on my bed, drinking quite a lot and feeling tempted by drugs. Well, just not reading it to be perfectly honest with you. I know it's a bit of a copout. ↗

— Jo Brand

#bit #crying #drinking #feeling #honest

Given the difficulty of resisting such temptations over the longer run, a proper concern for the welfare of congressional souls may well be the ultimate argument in favor of term limitations. ↗

— James L. Buckley

#concern #congressional #difficulty #favor #given

We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful. ↗

— Warren Buffett

#fearful #greedy #only #others #simply

The tongue may be employed about, and made to serve all the purposes of vice, in tempting and deceiving, in perjury and injustice. ↗

— Joseph Butler

#deceiving #employed #injustice #made #may

I don't watch the movies I make, so I haven't seen 'Footloose' since it came out. You see this young, hungry actor, it's pretty fun. I was the only one they screen tested. It was an attempt by the director and producer to talk the head of the studio into hiring me because they didn't want me. ↗

— Kevin Bacon

#attempt #because #came #director #footloose

But I remember the moment when my father died. I wasn't a very committed Catholic beforehand, but when that happened it suddenly all felt so obvious: I now believe religion is our attempt to find an explanation, for us to feel more protected. ↗

— Javier Bardem

#beforehand #believe #catholic #committed #died