Quotes About Temptation

Siddhartha considered the ways of the demon, and in that moment he struck.

Most people who daydream of transforming themselves into some vicious beast and going about tearing people's throats out, dismembering them, disfiguring them and perhaps devouring them tend mainly to dwell upon how much fun it would be and generally neglect the practicalities of the situation.

I eschewed shortcuts, for flashy shadow spanning helluns also have their price and I did not want to be all whacked out when I arrived.

Elbridge Gerry had bawdily likened standing armies to a tumescent penis: "An excellent assurance of domestic tranquillity, but a dangerous temptation to foreign adventure.

From the outset, Rockefeller had to wrestle with the demons of pride and greed.

Rockefeller knew that he was overpaying but couldn't resist a deal that would certify his position as the world's largest oil refiner at age thirty-one.

Think of pouring out all that money on a whim.

he was an unusually sober and purposeful young man. In countless letters in later years, he advised young relatives that adolescence was a risky time when evil influences lurked nearby, ready to pounce: "You are now extending into that stage of life when good or bad habits are formed. When the mind will be turned to things useful and praiseworthy or to dissipation and vice.

This makes it sound as if light has intentionality, and I resisted the temptation to say light considers all paths and chooses the one that takes the least time because I fully expect that Deepak Chopra would later quote me as implying that light has consciousness.

Sveinbjörn offered me another kittiwake egg. I shook my head and told him I was on a diet that expressly forbade me to eat more than one raw bird a day.

Henry inhaled the steam from his cup. "What's that spice?" he asked. "Cardamom, cloves, and saffron," Majid said. "We are addicted to this concoction.

Why was it so hard to tell the difference between what you thought you wanted and what you wanted? Why did people have to be such a danger to themselves?

The basis of any scam is telling people what they want to hear. If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

Don't underestimate the attraction of your ass, Roscoe, whatever you do.

Her breasts rested on the edge of the table.

The Devil's favorite part of hell.

no one should ever underestimate the appeal of an opiate high. Far as I can tell, it's a beautiful thing. The way they talk about it, it's the best thing ever. For some folks it hits the spot so hard it reboots their lives.

Quitting eating was one thing. Coffee was a whole different thing entirely.

loan sharking as the icing on the cake. He had

I know they're true." "Because?" "Human nature," he said. "You know how it is. Whatever your intentions, if you have the ability to do something, then you will do it, sooner or later. The temptation is always there, and it can't be resisted forever. Don't tell me you think any different.

Tanana devojka što provejava kroz senke oko bezli?ne ku?e u vojnoj bazi, kao petnaestogodišnjakinja dovoljno žena da bude o?aravaju?a, ali i dovoljno devoj?ica da bude zabranjena.

Of course, that rationalization didn't work at all. It would have helped if I'd had some Oreo cookie ice cream to eat at the same time. I've learned that self-delusion is much easier when there's something sweet in your mouth.

Though little had actually happened to Susannah the car smelled of lovemaking.

Although not all flesh is forbidden, everything that is forbidden is flesh.