The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.

Temptation is impossible for me to resist... Come on. This is Hollywood. It's in the job description.

Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory.

Many people genuinely do not want to be saints, and it is probable that some who achieve or aspire to sainthood have never felt much temptation to be human beings.

I can resist everything except temptation.

Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.

At 'GQ,' there was never a temptation to pander or preach to the choir because I had no concept of who the reader was or what that reader might want.

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.

There's a rising tide of concern among activists, economists, and artists about Africa. Theres a temptation to think of it as a monolith as opposed to all these different countries with different problems.

There was a lot of temptation to do lots of bad things in my neighborhood.

We must resist the temptation of once again turning America into the traditional bogeyman of the left.

Resist the temptation to subject yourself only to that which re-affirms what you already think.

If priests were allowed to marry, if this would be an optional thing, and if he could have wife and children, he would certainly have less temptation to satisfy certain sexual impulses with minors.

Success comes with a baggage. When you are successful, there is a lot of temptation to not foray outside of your boundaries and just stick to what is successful. It is very tempting because it is very easy to do.

It is a temptation for me to wear all my rings at once.

Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body.

Lead us not into temptation. Just tell us where it is; we'll find it.

There's always the temptation, as a cinematographer, to make the shot look as perfect as possible.

As for writing about temptation, there's no drama without temptation, and no novel without drama.

The American temptation is to believe that foreign policy is a subdivision of psychiatry.