Quotes About Tempt

Food should flirt with the palette. If the food doesn't flirt with your palette, then it's not fun enough.

Success tempts many to their ruin.

The Left relies upon the politics of fantasy to tempt voters.

Don't ever flirt with sin.

Well—very Russian, you know, to complain how bad things are all the time! Even if life is great—keep it to yourself. You don't want to tempt the devil.

It would have to be a very interesting problem to tempt me from my chair. See you, I have affairs of importance of my own to attend to.

The Devil often transforms himself into an angel to tempt men, some for their instruction, some for their ruin.

Our money is bait money, and bait money is not to be used.

Now he found out a new thing--namely, that to promise not to do a thing is the surest way in the world to make a body want to go and do that very thing.

A vacant mind invites dangerous inmates as a deserted mansion tempts wandering outcasts to enter and take up their abode in its desolate apartments.

A thing worth having is a thing worth cheating for.

In the bodily garden the apple lurks.

Unfortunately he's just sold all his stock. We gave him the funds today." "Sold everything?" "I tried to persuade him not to, but he came in on Monday and said he'd decided not to tempt fate." The clerk smiled. "Said he'd had a sign from St. Anthony.

As soon as the rocky coast line of the island came into view, I ordered one of the ropes to wrap around Annabeth's waist, tying her to the foremast. Don't untie me, she said, no matter what happens or how much I plead. I'll want to go straight over the edge and drown myself. Are you trying to tempt me? Ha-ha.

The promise of power wasn't enough, he thought. So now she tempts me with knowledge.

That's what you would do with untold power? Eat cake?

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.

You want diamonds? I'll give you diamonds. I'll shower you in them. Hell, I'll get you a gown made out of them. But it's going to be skimpy.

Dig in the pope's pocket for the bullet, the brown glass vial with the magic top. Snort. Taste chemicals running down the back of your throat. Snort again.

Remember, it is the nature of the ignorant mind to be drawn towards things that will cause harm and to avoid things that are good. We must remember that what tempts us will in all probability be the cause of our downfall. What we shy away from, what we procrastinate about, probably is what will help us evolve.' So

Satán solo puede tentarte con lo que ya tienes.

Actually, it's thought to come from Greek mythology. According to Greek myths, dryads lived in trees, and people would invoke them for protection. Hence knocking on wood: just that added bit of protection so as not to tempt fate.

The three classic ways in which the Devil tempts us are with a threat, a promise or a seduction.

Evil can do anything, for a price.