#tempt

We shall be forced to attempt planned and directed research employing hundreds of workers for many years, and this cannot be done without risking the loss of independence and originality. This is a serious and fundamental obstacle but it may be overcome in two ways. ↗

— John Desmond Bernal

#cannot #directed #done #employing #forced

Once a food becomes off-limits, then it takes on this whole other personality. 'Forbidden' is more tempting. And it becomes something evil, but food is food. It's there to nourish your body. ↗

— Valerie Bertinelli

#body #evil #food #forbidden #more

No attempt at ethical or social seduction can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party. So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin. ↗

— Aneurin Bevan

#attempt #burning #concerned #deep #eradicate

Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#himself #person #pleasure #temptation #weak

Although I am deeply grateful to a great many people, I forgo the temptation of naming them for fear that I might slight any by omission. ↗

— Theodore Bikel

#am #any #deeply #fear #forgo

The person attempting to travel two roads at once will get nowhere. ↗

— Xun Zi

#get #nowhere #once #person #roads

When you handle books all day long, every new one is a friend and a temptation. ↗

— Elizabeth Kostova

#temptation

Chapter Eleven: C’mon good girl, be bad. ↗

— Nicki Elson

#sex #temptation #temptation

This has always been a motto of mine: Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work. ↗

— Bette Davis

#attempt #been #impossible #improve #mine

It is no wonder that bank capital is regulated. When borrowing and lending is profitable, it is tempting for banks to scale up their operations and to borrow and lend too much in relation to their capital, in effect reducing the effectiveness of the potential capital cushion. ↗

— Evan Davis

#banks #borrow #borrowing #capital #cushion