#tempt

I believe that the great painters with their intellect as master have attempted to force this unwilling medium of paint and canvas into a record of their emotions. ↗

— Edward Hopper

#believe #canvas #emotions #force #great

After all, we are not French and never can be, and any attempt to be so is to deny our inheritance and to try to impose upon ourselves a character that can be nothing but a veneer upon the surface. ↗

— Edward Hopper

#any #attempt #character #deny #french

The jury had down right contempt for punk rock grass roots ethics. ↗

— Jello Biafra

#down #ethics #grass #grass roots #had

Many a dangerous temptation comes to us in gay, fine colours, that are but skin-deep. ↗

— Matthew Henry

#comes #dangerous #fine #gay #many

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#attempt #end #enterprises #great #level

Terrorism is contempt for human dignity. ↗

— Kjell Magne Bondevik

#dignity #human #human dignity #terrorism

Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart. ↗

— Thomas Boston

#fire #heart #temptation #up

The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#bored #contemptible #even #himself #lets

The balloons only have one life and the only way of finding out whether they work is to attempt to fly around the world. ↗

— Richard Branson

#attempt #balloons #finding #fly #life

A lot of food shows need only to tempt. Some food shows only need to inspire, to empower. And there are a lot of shows that do that. ↗

— Alton Brown

#food #inspire #lot #need #only