#tempt

There is such a thing as tempting the gods. Talking too much, too soon and with too much self-satisfaction has always seemed to me a sure way to court disaster. The forces of retribution are always listening. They never sleep. ↗

— Meg Greenfield

#court #disaster #forces #gods #listening

Whether it is an attempt to bomb the New York City subway system, an attempt to bring down an airplane over Detroit, an attempt to set off a bomb in Times Square... I think that gives us a sense of the breadth of the challenges that we face, and the kinds of things that our enemy is trying to do. ↗

— Eric Holder

#attempt #bomb #breadth #bring #challenges

The thought of superhuman beings with human temptations and flaws sends a chill through me. ↗

— Susan Ee

#susan-ee #temptation

Long after this wonderful event in the Earth's history, when the human species was spread over a good deal of Asia, Europe, and Africa, migration to the American continents began in attempts to find new feeding grounds and unoccupied areas for hunting and fishing. ↗

— Harry Johnston

#after #american #areas #asia #attempts

I am persuaded, that if any attempt is made to improve the education of the poor, and such an unmanly spirit should guide the resolution of a society or committee for that purpose, it would render the design abortive. ↗

— Joseph Lancaster

#any #attempt #committee #design #education

The particular article ought in my opinion to be treated with absolute contempt. It is too vile to touch. ↗

— Emma Lazarus

#article #contempt #in my opinion #opinion #ought

Few men could explain why they enlisted, and if they attempted they might only prove that they had done as a politician said the electorate does, the right thing from the wrong motive. ↗

— Patrick MacGill

#could #does #done #electorate #enlisted

The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#human #little #settle #temptation #too

The fact is that much misunderstanding is often caused by our modern attempts to limit too strictly the meaning of a Greek word. ↗

— Gilbert Murray

#caused #fact #greek #limit #meaning

Anyone who attempts to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of course, living in a state of sin. ↗

— John von Neumann

#anyone #attempts #course #generate #living