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A number of American colleges are willing to pay a tempting amount to pinch and poke an author for a day or two. — John Updike

God, she was two seconds from jumping on his back like a monkey and strangling him. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

Labels can provide a tempting hiding place. — Nick Vujicic

It was cruel, though, to want to, and tempting, so I'd become an expert at almost. — Ali Smith

Nothing seems to tempt fate more than mentioning the possibility of something bad happening. — Donald G. Firesmith

Wrapped in the scent of her warm, tempting skin? When a human is ... transformed — Alexandra Ivy

There are only two choices in life: Fight. or crawl in a corner to die. The second choice, while tempting at times, is never acceptable. — Jonathan Heatt

I don't want to be a silly temptress. I cannot see any sense in getting dressed up and doing nothing but tempting men in pictures. — Greta Garbo

It's very, very tempting to make a superhero film or show and make it about the powers. — Charlie Cox

IT WOULD BE tempting to read the story of Fordlandia and Belterra as a parable of arrogance, — Greg Grandin

It's a very tempting thing to try and relive your glory days when you get a little older and you worry that people have forgotten all about you. — David Gilmour

This was too absurd, and at the same time dismayingly tempting. — Jennifer Ashley

I am almost sick and giddy with the quantity of things in my head, all tempting and wanting to be worked out. — John Ruskin

Yet she couldn't deny how tempting it was to abandon the plan, to forget patience, to try to end it here, now — Marissa Meyer

It's tempting to work more than 60 hours a week and sacrifice sleep, not move, and eat bad foods as they are convenient. But this comes with a cost. — Tom Rath

His chest was hard and tempting, with the scars from his move to save her carved forever on his skin. — Debra Anastasia

The fact he has money does make him more tempting, I'm not immune ... but, babe, I'd take him penniless in a heartbeat. -Rusty — Shirl Anders

Oh, hell to the no, he did not just storm out of there like a drama queen. She was going to find him and then castrate him. — J. Lynn

What she did know was that normal was a lot more tempting when it was out of reach. — Holly Black

Why don't you come with me to the station? We can talk, and I'll treat you to a bad cup of coffee."
"You make it sound pretty tempting. — Lisa Kessler

Remember, when you're sinned against its tempting to respond sinfully. Don't give in, talk to your heart and seek the grace of Jesus. — Paul David Tripp

It is very tempting, when you talk about the events of the past, to impose clarity and order upon what had neither one nor the other. — Rene Daumal

... sometimes it's tempting to believe that a strange and mysterious force likes to f**k around with my life. Besides my family, that is. — M.L. Brennan

His smile was sexual. Devious and tempting.

Not tonight, Satan. — V. Theia

It's tempting to think of US politics as sport or entertainment until you realize these clowns are actually making important policy decisions. — Michael Sadoff

If it was a sin for you to choose me ... then I would go to the Devil himself and bless him for tempting ye to it. — Diana Gabaldon

God chooses that men should be tried, but let a man beware of tempting his neighbor. — George MacDonald

The tongue may be employed about, and made to serve all the purposes of vice, in tempting and deceiving, in perjury and injustice. — Joseph Butler

Yes I am planning to move in with Justin we haven't had sex, but it's very tempting. — Britney Spears

Depression is like slashing at ghosts. Of course it's tempting to finally cut something real. — Joey Comeau

It's tempting to ask why if you fed your neighbors during the time of the earthquake and fire, you didn't do so before or after. — Rebecca Solnit

No tempting form of error is without some latent charm derived from truth. — Arthur Keith

No creative work is ever the product of one person alone (no matter how tempting it is to believe our own hype), — Donald S. Passman

Belonging: that was the name for it. More tempting than sex and so far out of the question as to be unthinkable. — Angela B. Wade

When the enemy is awake and around, don't ever shut your eyes even for a single second no matter how sweet and tempting the sleep. — Mehmet Murat Ildan

You can't be tempted, unless you want what is tempting you. — Shannon L. Alder

Perhaps you forgave him too much, but who among us would not wish to be so generously loved and generously forgiven? — Sherry Thomas

Los Angeles can never be convinced to fight fair, but the town has an insidious way of tempting back its most devoted followers. — Jennifer Harrison

Diving into Internet speculation is like playing with the devil. It's tempting, of course. — Theo James

I do a lot of recipe creation. Translation: cooking tempting dishes that must be eaten. — Ruth Glick

To put a tempting face aside when duty demands every faculty is a lesson which takes most men longest to learn. — Gertrude Atherton

It's easy to give up at the beginning of something, but after gaining a bit of momentum it's not as tempting or easy to just give up. — S.A. Tawks

It's tempting to imagine how we could hurt someone close, because it reminds us how fiercely we love them. — Simon Van Booy

If there's on thing I've learned over the eons,It's that you cant give up on your family,no matter how tempting they make it. — Rick Riordan

When people flatter you constantly it is very tempting to think you deserve it. — Ruth Reichl

It is tempting to ascribe Katrina, Rita and now Wilma to global warming effects, but I am not sure that would pass statistical muster. — Kerry Emanuel

It's always tempting to do good at someone else's expense — Frederic Bastiat

It's tempting, because as one senator said to me, 'We know if we invite baseball down, we'll draw a crowd'. — Fay Vincent

Tempting is not forcing. — Peter Kreeft

Selfish act is very tempting but it leaves a permanent dent on your character. — Saru Singhal

that is so VERY tempting. Too bad I've got bestie duties to take care of first. Raincheck? With a smile, I reply. — Riley Rhea

The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces. — Will Rogers

When I'm not working, it does. You turning Jack on?'
'God, what a revolting thought. — Keri Arthur

I am gripped by an irresistible urge to kill myself, but I know it's the devil tempting me. — Umberto Eco

He's like the door of a bank safe- all big and hard and shinny and tempting, but impossible to get through. — Ally Blake

He couldn't concentrate on anything while her incredible bottom led him up those stairs like the Pied Piper of tempting asses. — Nina Bangs

Being an artist, it's always tempting to measure success through other people's eyes, be they critics, journalists or audiences. — Sara Blecher

'Tempting the Best Man' centers around Madison Daniels, who's had a major crush on her brother's best friend since she was a girl. — Jennifer Armentrout

I have been inundated with offers to move into a career in television or film, and these, too, are tempting. — David Ginola

She was like a nagging itch, repellent and at the same time tempting. — Stieg Larsson

If you think fate is fickle, try tempting it — S. Spencer Baker

All she could see was her demise and it called out a tempting ruse, offering a suffering less potent than what sickened the living. — B.B. Wynter

Is television literally functioning as our conscience, tempting us and rewarding us at the same time? — Lauren Zalaznick

When power is scarce, a little of it is tempting. — Margaret Atwood

I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail. — Abraham H. Maslow

My wicked little belladonna, beautiful, deadly, so tempting to keep tasting but so goddamn toxic every touch is just too much. — J.M. Darhower

A wicked curve appears on his lips. No, you're wrong. I'm allowed to say whatever I want. What I'm not allowed to do is what I want. — Alex Rosa

Each tree Laden with fairest fruit, that hung to th' eye Tempting, stirr'd in me sudden appetite To pluck and eat. — John Milton

It is so tempting to return rudeness with rudeness! — Mallory Ortberg

When everyone in the whole world believes one thing and you are the only one who believes differently, it's very tempting to assimilate — Sylvain Reynard

With an evil, tempting wink that threatened to undo him, she added, I'm the one you have to watch out for. — Aria Kane

Is it a thorny question of ethics? Or is it the sort of ethical question where the right choice is easy, but the unethical answer is too tempting? — Courtney Milan

It's so tempting to resist a little gift
when you're expecting the otherwise. — Toba Beta

When you lose a customer, it can be tempting to tell each other, "That customer's not very sharp. They just made the wrong decision". — Bill Gates

Just when a man makes a decision that everything he's believed his whole life is a lie, something comes along tempting him to believe again. — Brent Weeks

I've never had WiFi at home. I'm too easily distracted, and YouTube is too tempting. — Dave Eggers

It was tempting to take refuge in feelings of British superiority, although I disliked myself for it and hoped it didn't show. — John Mole

My mind went blank. But he's not like Grey from what I hear. But oh God, one part set my vag on fire. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. — Benjamin Franklin

In your daily life, you make dozens of chooses between an alternative with higher overall value and a more tempting but ultimately inferior option. — Abhijit Naskar

May I have another one? Her voice was smooth, silky, tempting.
Did she know this was foreplay? — Tina Folsom

Shigure: Hey get off me

Yukina: Why would I? I'm in the middle of tempting you — Ema Toyama

Politics means facing up to hard choices and facing down prejudice, short-termism, the easy, tempting court of knee-jerk public reaction. — Charles Kennedy

Her pain was my reward. The fact she got me hard by being shy but so bloody tempting was completely unpermitted. — Pepper Winters

Neither of us says the word love, not once. It would be tempting fate; it would be romance, bad luck. — Margaret Atwood

People often rebel against the things that make them vulnerable, while at the same time tempting them like sin. — M. Never

I beg you both, take heart.'(Varys)
'Whose?' asked Tyrion sourly. He could think of several tempting choices. — George R R Martin

Has it ever struck you that trout bite best on the Sabbath? God's critters tempting decent men. — James M. Barrie

Today, it's very tempting to create songs by cutting and pasting in the studio. — Huey Lewis

The job of the writer is to kiss no ass, no matter how big and holy and white and tempting and powerful. — Ken Kesey

If I could wish for my life to be perfect, it would be tempting; but
I would have to decline, for life would no longer teach me
anything. — Allyson Jones

It is much better to tempt fortune where it can favor you than to see your certain ruin by not tempting it. — Niccolo Machiavelli

We need more male black teachers, tempting them with extra cash if necessary. — Trevor Phillips

Vampires are like gourmet chocolate - oh, so tempting, but overindulgence is a killer. — Sharon Ashwood

In Dante the hero would rather flee and renounce the tempting embrace instead of yielding to his desires and enduring the attendant dangers. — Peter Weiss

I'm tempting you with fine gifts until your girlish ideals are quite worn away and you are at my mercy. — Margaret Mitchell

Cinderella time?' You knw how it is= got to get home before the shoe falls off. No sense tempting any princes — Melissa Marr

It's very tempting to over-eat all the bad things when you're on a film set. — Roger Moore

The whole world of thought lay unexplored before me, - a world of which I had already caught large and tempting glimpses ... — Lucy Larcom

When I said I might die tomorrow, I didn't mean, like, literally tomorrow. This job is really turning out to have been a bad career move. — Angela Claire