#tempt

In the present state of our knowledge, it would be useless to attempt to speculate on the remote cause of the electrical energy... its relation to chemical affinity is, however, sufficiently evident. May it not be identical with it, and an essential property of matter? ↗

— Humphry Davy

#attempt #cause #chemical #electrical #energy

I've never been tempted to do these hideous furniture shoes. ↗

— Manolo Blahnik

#furniture #hideous #i #never #shoes

To attempt the destruction of our passions is the height of folly. What a noble aim is that of the zealot who tortures himself like a madman in order to desire nothing, love nothing, feel nothing, and who, if he succeeded, would end up a complete monster! ↗

— Denis Diderot

#attempt #complete #desire #destruction #end

Each individual piece is a calculated attempt to entice women to add to their wardrobe. ↗

— Bill Blass

#attempt #calculated #each #entice #individual

I've always thought if we don't want to enforce laws on the books, we should remove them from the books. But when you have laws, you breed contempt if you don't enforce them. ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

#books #breed #contempt #enforce #i

I was very careful to cast guys who were very good-looking and very fit and who had a certain sense of privilege about them, because with that sense of privilege comes contempt. ↗

— Neil LaBute

#because #careful #cast #certain #comes

Whatever you may think of the proposed mosque and community center, lost in the heat of the debate has been a basic question: Should government attempt to deny private citizens the right to build a house of worship on private property based on their particular religion? ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

#based #basic #been #build #center

Mortals are easily tempted to pinch the life out of their neighbour's buzzing glory, and think that such killing is no murder. ↗

— George Eliot

#easily #glory #killing #life #mortals

There were times when I blundered and got the dreaded look from the lads. But that was a good sign. It showed I'd attempted something I'd not tried before. ↗

— John Bonham

#before #blundered #dreaded #good #good sign

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