Alex Lawther

One big power of an actor is knowing when to say no to something. It can be very tempting to say yes to something, because you're flattered that somebody would like to work with you, and your ego sort of takes over, but it's important to ask whether there could be something you could add to a project by being part of it.

English Actor

Basil Hume

Living and working in the centre of a city, one cannot but be affected by the sight of the homeless on the streets. They are almost an expected feature of life in a big city, and it is tempting to think there is little or nothing that can, or even should, be done about it. This is not so.

English Clergyman

Rob Halford

It's very tempting for certain generations to say, 'Well, I just want to be in a band, and I want to be a rock star,' or whatever. That's not what it's about. Firstly, you've got to be in it for the love and the passion that you have for the music, and then you take it from there.

English Musician

John Rampton

When looking for an influencer to work with, it's tempting to go for those with huge amount of fans and followers. This is perfectly understandable, as you obviously want your business or product promoted to as many people as possible. However, numbers aren't everything.

American Businessman

Tim Vine

People ask 'do you make a conscious effort not to swear?' - if you're doing silly stuff you're not tempted to put swearing in. All the comics from my childhood, who were funny without swearing, were the people that influenced me. What I do is quite traditional anyway.

British Comedian

Mona Eltahawy

Some forms of veil are justified by the idea that you're not tempting men. Well how about men just behaving and keeping their hands to yourselves? How about, instead of criticizing how I dress, respecting me and my right to the public space?

Egyptian Journalist

L. Lionel Kendrick

Wise choices can put us in control of situations where we might otherwise be tempted to compromise our principles. We cannot control all that happens to us; however, we can choose to be in control of our responses.

American Clergyman

John Malkovich

Actors generally get to do things you probably shouldn't do in real life - well, at least as much as one might like to or be tempted to. Though I suppose a lot of actors just go ahead and do it, don't they?

American Actor

Fay Vincent

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

American Lawyer

Sydney J. Harris

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

American Journalist

Suggests the option is appealing but potentially unwise.

Choice Implication

Implies internal struggle between desire and what's best.

Emotional Conflict

Understanding that the temptation may lead to regret.

Consequence Awareness

Used in expressions about luck or avoiding bad outcomes.

Superstition Nuance

Indicates awareness of taking a chance with potential negatives.

Risk Consideration

In theology, implies a spiritual test or challenge.

Religious Trial

Carries a sense of right and wrong in the religious sense.

Moral Dilemma

 The sheer size of the Universe guarantees that some of its random elements will fall into specific arrangements, and because we evolved to notice patterns and pick out signals among the noise, we are often tempted to find intentional meaning where there may not be any.

The origin of countless...

 we love in order to quench our physical and psychological desires. Humans are designed to procreate, but without the ecstasy of passionate love, sex is unsatisfying. Our fear of the cold, cruel world tempts us to build hard shells to protect and isolate ourselves.

Why do we love? A...

 But accidents can and will still happen, and when they do, their outcomes may be determined months or years in advance by programmers or policy makers. And they'll have some difficult decisions to make. It's tempting to offer up general decision-making principles,

The ethical dilemma of...

 of what everybody else thinks you don't trust the wisdom of the crowd uh I'm trusting my gut okay to be perfectly honest I think C looks closest you think they're all wrong yeah okay I guess and don't beat yourself up if you were tempted to go along with a crowd

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 that sense of certainty that ours is the right side, is so seductive. It's hard because it means extending empathy and compassion to people who show us hostility and contempt. The impulse to respond in kind is so tempting, but that isn't who we want to be.

I grew up in the...

 First of all, it's tempting to think of a cell membrane like the tight skin of a balloon, but it's actually something much more complex. In reality, it's constantly in flux, shifting components back and forth to help the cell take in food,

Cell membranes are way...

 Your experiences will be indistinguishable from reality. Life's natural ups and downs will just be replaced with an endless series of ups. Sounds great, right? It may seem like a tempting offer, but perhaps it's not as ideal as it sounds.

Would you opt for a life...

 as a marketing technique. It's tempting to think of this as a sign of us being stuck in the past, but that's not really how nostalgia works. Instead, nostalgia helps us remember that our lives can have meaning and value,

Why do we feel...

 temperature and also tempt electrical impulses in a very precise way and this technology has been around for thirty years under the hand and the world of nature shape memory behavior has been

Creating materials...

 it's tempting to think of life as the inhalation of air

Tempt

To make someone want to do or have something, even though it may not be good or right to do or have.

Often appears as...

To risk causing something bad or harmful.

Usage tips

In a religious context, to test, especially by offering what is prohibited.

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Choice Implication

Emotional Conflict

Consequence Awareness

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