#pta

Being Captain of the Dodgers meant representing an organization committed to winning and trying to keep it going. We could have won every year if the breaks had gone right. ↗

— Pee Wee Reese

#breaks #captain #committed #could #dodgers

Knowing was a temptation. What you don't know won't tempt you. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#knowledge #temptation #temptation

He whirled in the water and grinned at me. Damn, he was a handsome bastard. I realized he was half-naked. Blue swirls of tattoos painted his chest. When God made that chest, he did to tempt women. ↗

— Ilona Andrews

#chest #kate #tattoos #temptation #temptation

Better shun the bait, than struggle in the snare. ↗

— John Dryden

#temptation

And he beholds the moon; like a rounded fragment of ice filled with motionless light. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#temptation

I could not resist the temptation of mystifying him a bit, I suppose it is some taste of the original apple that remains still in our mouths. ↗

— Bram Stoker

#women #temptation

It all has to do with the director, the captain of the ship. He sets the pace, the mood. If the director is quiet, the set is quiet. If the director is loud, then everybody has to be louder to be heard. ↗

— Eva Marie Saint

#director #everybody #heard #loud #louder

Values are principles and ideas that bring meaning to the seemingly mundane experience of life. A meaningful life that ultimately brings happiness and pride requires you to respond to temptations as well as challenges with honor, dignity, and courage. ↗

— Laura Schlessinger

#brings #challenges #courage #dignity #experience

The doctor punched my vein, the captain called me Cain, upon my belly sat the sow of fear. ↗

— Karl Shapiro

#cain #called #captain #doctor #fear

I would argue that we have a generation of young people, particularly minorities, who are no longer putting up with the kinds of things their parents put up with. They're much more self-confident. It's no longer acceptable to make fun of people because of race or sex. But it has always been present in American society. ↗

— Donna Shalala

#always #american #american society #argue #because