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Quotes About Tempting

It is cocaine, he said,—a seven-per-cent. solution. Would you care to try it?
~ Arthur Conan Doyle
Now he was the dish of wrapped peppermints next to the cash register that I didn't want because they were free. Because
~ Augusten Burroughs
The open mouth of a saloon called seductively to passengers to enter and annihilate sorrow or create rage.
~ Stephen Crane
Though realism may be a tempting viewpoint, as we'll see later, what we know about modern physics makes it a difficult one to defend.
~ Stephen Hawking
the whole world turned into an all-you-can-eat buffet...
~ Jonathan Maberry
In my eyes, refusing cake is an immoral act.
~ Jonathan Stroud
Help yourself," Bug invited her. "There are plenty of mice here—and they're really fat.
~ Erin Hunter
I am the worst influence. If you can't handle your vices, then I am the Devil.
~ Tori Amos
And there never was an apple, in Adam's opinion, that wasn't worth the trouble you got into for eating it.
~ Neil Gaiman
Who doesn't love a stuffed cherry tomato?
~ Alex Guarnaschelli
In fact, I had a series of offers which would have brought me a lot of money to make films and package TV programs. There were people who said to me, we'll put a million dollars in your bank account tomorrow, which is a hard thing to turn down.
~ Roone Arledge
Lige Magan's motto was, two glasses heaven, three glasses hell.
~ Sebastian Barry
The hiding place is believed to contain the Crown of All Things," said Lermont. "Sounds tempting, doesn't it? But somehow I think that the Crown of All Things is really the End of All Things." Semyon
~ Sergei Lukyanenko
My father opened a restaurant. It's so amazing... it's so freaking delicious, but I'm telling you I gain five pounds every time I go in there.
~ Lady Gaga
That smile was dangerous, she thought - a quicksand smile if ever there was one. Easy to wander in; perhaps more difficult to wander back out.
~ Stephen King
Correlation does not equal causality. When two things travel together, it is tempting to assume that one causes the other. Married people, for instance, are demonstrably happier than single people; does this mean that marriage causes happiness? Not necessarily. The data suggest that happy people are more likely to get married in the first place. As one researcher memorably put it, "If you're grumpy, who the hell wants to marry you?
~ Steven D. Levitt
I love the smell of fried chicken.
~ Giancarlo Esposito
In the realm of evil thoughts none induces to sin as much as do thoughts that concern the pleasure of the flesh.
~ Thomas Aquinas
When the universe is ephemeral, one can easily feel that human existence is meaningless. Why should I do anything at all? On the other hand it is tempting to try and make the best of it. I'm here, anyway. The imagination won't cope if I try to picture where I'd otherwise be.
~ Erlend Loe
I spotted a large bowl of fruit on the table—one that hadn't been there before.
~ Ernest Cline
I'm magically delicious.
~ Ethan Hawke
I think pineapple is very sexy. It reminds me of bikinis and the beach.
~ Penn Badgley
No hay que tocar a los ídolos: su dorado se nos queda en las manos
~ Gustave Flaubert
Il ne faut pas toucher aux idoles: la dorure en reste aux mains.
~ Gustave Flaubert