Temptation Torrent Quotes & Sayings

If Pandora hadn't opened the box, somebody else would have."
"There was never any hope it could remain sealed for ever?"
"Not really." [ ... ] "You see, Hope was one of the Spites imprisoned in the box."
My companion frowned. "Why did Hope have to be shut away?"
"Because it always lied. And, true to form, after its release, it deceived mankind into believing the other Spites could be overcome. They couldn't, of course, but thinking they could at least made them seem bearable. — Robert Goddard

But they who are unconcerned about the consequences of their actions are not therefore unconcerned about their actions. — Henry David Thoreau

The words of Mercury are harsh after the songs of Apollo. You that; we this way. — William Shakespeare

Only the vanquished remember history. — Marshall McLuhan

I deal in volume. To sell volume, it must be affordable. So that's my whole life, is to make it affordable. — Harry Triguboff

I'm not one of those artists having people there lying around on their paintings, you know, like Hockney or whoever. — Peter Doig

I don't know that it's particularly good for my writing process, but I have gotten some very valuable writing ideas and advice through Twitter and Facebook and other social network sites. — Rachel Caine

It is a juggling act and I have been in it for 12 years now, which is about 11 years longer than I thought I would be, and then the priority there is thinking how can I stay somewhat irrelevant so that you can continue to survive and can continue to work and put yourself in a position to get to do the work you are truly passionate about. — Edward Burns

Power is not merely shouting aloud. Power is to act positively with all the components of power. — Gamal Abdel Nasser

These are the saddest of possible words, Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance. Trio of Bear Cubs fleeter than birds, Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance. Ruthlessly pricking our gonfalon bubble, Making a Giant hit into a double, Words that are weighty with nothing but trouble, Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance. This brief poem, immortalized the Chicago Cubs' double-play combination: Shortstop Joe Tinker, second baseman Johnny Evers, and first baseman Frank Chance. — Franklin P. Adams

seems like a lot of trouble for a boat that's going nowhere. — Cath Crowley

I ... I'm sorry to come like this,' I murmured.
'Stop being so damn British about it-you don't need to apologize. Ssh, it's fine. — Joss Stirling