#tempted

The CIA could not face up to the American people and admit that its former employees had conspired to assassinate the President; so from the moment Kennedy's heart stopped beating, the Agency attempted to sweep the whole conspiracy under the rug. ↗

— Jim Garrison

#agency #american #american people #assassinate #attempted

When I read something saying I've not done anything as good as "Catch-22" I'm tempted to reply, "Who has?" ↗

— Joseph Heller

#catch-22 #done #good #i #read

In 1960 I published a book that attempted to direct attention to the possibility of a thermonuclear war, to ways of reducing the likelihood of such a war, and to methods for coping with the consequences should war occur despite our efforts to avoid it. ↗

— Herman Kahn

#attention #avoid #book #consequences #coping

In my relations with my father, which are difficult and where I'm often met by coolness and indifference, I am constantly tempted to be cold and indifferent. Yet I know that this is a test if I could take it rightly. ↗

— Evelyn Underhill

#cold #constantly #coolness #could #difficult

When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?' ↗

— Sydney J. Harris

#always #am #ask #compared #hard

When I'm on the road, I wake up early and walk a lot. I'm very healthy. But when I come back home, I am more tempted by guilty pleasures, such as eating too many sweets and sleeping a lot. ↗

— Masaharu Morimoto

#back #come #early #eating #guilty

There's no credit in not doing what you don't want to do. There's no virtue in not falling, when you're not tempted. ↗

— Gilbert Parker

#doing #falling #tempted #virtue #want

Almost nothing works the first time it's attempted. Just because what you're doing does not seem to be working, doesn't mean it won't work. It just means that it might not work the way you're doing it. ↗

— Bob Parsons

#attempted #because #does #doing #first

I'm sick of you cheating on me with everyone who has a dick ↗

— P.C. Cast

#tempted #cheating

Hey, Venus, I have two words for you,' Aphrodite said. Venus hesitated and glanced over her shoulder at her ex-roommate. Aphrodite smiled her best mean-bitch sneer and said, 'Re. Bound.' She paused and gave a bithy smirk and then said, 'Good luck with that. ↗

— P.C. Cast

#erik #tempted #venus #zoey #luck