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If there is one thing I have learnt over the aeons, it's that you should never give up on family no matter how tempting they make it. – HermesRate it:
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 FranklinRate it:
If there is one thing I have learnt over the aeons, it's that you can never give up on family no matter how tempting they make it – HermesRate it:
Another very tempting option that people are thinking about is cattle - knocking down coffee trees and planting grass for cows. – Jose Eliecer SierraRate it:
As technology becomes more sophisticated and people start to use their phones interactively for an increasing number of daily tasks, it would not be surprising if they also increasingly turned to electronic devices for help with personal, health and safety issues, the phone user needs to retain the power to choose what happens. Every domestic violence and sexual assault situation is different, and the phone won't know if the abuser suddenly re-enters the room, grabs the phone, or starts listening in. It's tempting to say that the phone should automatically dial 9-1-1, but that could lead to an increase in the number of accidental calls, limit emergency services' capacity to respond to actual urgent calls, and worst of all might tip off the perpetrator that his or her victim is trying to get help. – Eleni LinosRate it:
As technology becomes more sophisticated and people start to use their phones interactively for an increasing number of daily tasks, it would not be surprising if they also increasingly turned to electronic devices for help with personal, health and safety issues, the phone user needs to retain the power to choose what happens. Every domestic violence and sexual assault situation is different, and the phone won't know if the abuser suddenly re-enters the room, grabs the phone, or starts listening in. It's tempting to say that the phone should automatically dial 911, but that could lead to an increase in the number of accidental calls, limit emergency services' capacity to respond to actual urgent calls, and worst of all might tip off the perpetrator that his or her victim is trying to get help. – Eleni LinosRate it:
Avocados are in high demand abroad and it's one of the options, another very tempting option that people are thinking about is cattle - knocking down coffee trees and planting grass for cows. – Jose Eliecer SierraRate it:
But the second part that is tempting is to say -- therefore, let's go back. Let's go back to normal -- the problem is normal wasn't working for a lot of people, over decades, and Republican and Democratic presidents have let us down and Democrats can't take it back to the '90s, any more than Conservatives can take it back to the '50s. – Read MoreMoreRate it:
During anxious times, it can be tempting to follow the siren call of the angriest voices, we must resist that temptation. No one who is willing to work hard, abide by our laws, and love our traditions should ever feel unwelcome in this country. – South Carolina Gov. Nikki HaleyRate it:
During anxious times, it can be tempting to follow the siren call of the angriest voices. – Nikki HaleyRate it:
During anxious times, it can be tempting to follow the siren call of the angriest voices. We must resist that temptation, no one who is willing to work hard, abide by our laws, and love our traditions should ever feel unwelcome in this country. – Nikki HaleyRate it:
During these times of uncertainty, it’s always tempting for politicians for their own gain and for people in power to try and see if they can divide people, scapegoat folks, turn them on each other. – President ObamaRate it:
Every suicide death for us is a very tragic case, we have to deal with them very carefully, not sensationalize them, not try and glorify them, when people feel very helpless they might think if I die I can stir up so much emotion and energy, and give fuel to the( protest) movement itself, that is very tempting. – Paul YipRate it:
I think that it is tempting always in hindsight to say Libya would be better somehow if we had not intervened, i think that is a highly dubious proposition. It is one where, had we not intervened, the conversation we would be having is thousands and thousands of people died and Libya looks like Syria. – Derek CholletRate it:
I wish I could go to the Grammys, but travel’s kind of out for me at this point. It’s tempting, but I can’t fly that far away this late in my pregnancy, i’ll be in my pajamas watching it from the comfort of my couch. – Carrie UnderwoodRate it:
It is no doubt tempting to relax social distancing, offer the glimmer of a much needed hug, and lift restrictions on international travel, but this could be a big mistake at this stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. – Gurch RandhawaRate it:
It is so tempting that you can't stay out and ... I think we will win. That is my view, if we don't win, we have learned a lot of other things and we have shown it is possible to work together and have created a culture between Boeing and Saab (such) that we could do more things together. – Saab Chief Executive Hakan BuskheRate it:
It is so tempting that you can't stay out and ... I think we will win. That is my view, if we don’t win, we have learned a lot of other things and we have shown it is possible to work together and have created a culture between Boeing and Saab (such) that we could do more things together. – Saab Chief Executive Hakan BuskheRate it:
It is tempting to say this time feels different, people are talking about the root cause this time -- structural, systemic racism. – Leslie MileyRate it:
It loses the tempting intensity. – Klaus WertenbrochRate it:
It might be tempting to dismiss B. L.’s words as unworthy of the robust First Amendment protections discussed herein, but sometimes it is necessary to protect the superfluous in order to preserve the necessary. – Stephen BreyerRate it:
It's tempting to blame a warming climate and warming waters, but it's hard to really make that statement without having a lot of good data to back it up, you really need some numbers and some time to sort of start drawing conclusions. – Steve SpinaRate it:
It's tempting to try, it looks like it's pretty cool, but it's probably a bad idea. – Jeff SchaiderRate it:
It's very tempting when you are not free and facing a system that every morning tells you just cooperate and everything will be simple. – Mark KarpelesRate it:

If there is one thing I have learnt over the aeons, it's that you should never give up on family no matter how tempting they make it.

– HermesRate it:

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 FranklinRate it:

If there is one thing I have learnt over the aeons, it's that you can never give up on family no matter how tempting they make it

– HermesRate it:

Another very tempting option that people are thinking about is cattle - knocking down coffee trees and planting grass for cows.

– Jose Eliecer SierraRate it:

As technology becomes more sophisticated and people start to use their phones interactively for an increasing number of daily tasks, it would not be surprising if they also increasingly turned to electronic devices for help with personal, health and safety issues, the phone user needs to retain the power to choose what happens. Every domestic violence and sexual assault situation is different, and the phone won't know if the abuser suddenly re-enters the room, grabs the phone, or starts listening in. It's tempting to say that the phone should automatically dial 9-1-1, but that could lead to an increase in the number of accidental calls, limit emergency services' capacity to respond to actual urgent calls, and worst of all might tip off the perpetrator that his or her victim is trying to get help.

– Eleni LinosRate it:

As technology becomes more sophisticated and people start to use their phones interactively for an increasing number of daily tasks, it would not be surprising if they also increasingly turned to electronic devices for help with personal, health and safety issues, the phone user needs to retain the power to choose what happens. Every domestic violence and sexual assault situation is different, and the phone won't know if the abuser suddenly re-enters the room, grabs the phone, or starts listening in. It's tempting to say that the phone should automatically dial 911, but that could lead to an increase in the number of accidental calls, limit emergency services' capacity to respond to actual urgent calls, and worst of all might tip off the perpetrator that his or her victim is trying to get help.

– Eleni LinosRate it:

Avocados are in high demand abroad and it's one of the options, another very tempting option that people are thinking about is cattle - knocking down coffee trees and planting grass for cows.

– Jose Eliecer SierraRate it:

But the second part that is tempting is to say -- therefore, let's go back. Let's go back to normal -- the problem is normal wasn't working for a lot of people, over decades, and Republican and Democratic presidents have let us down and Democrats can't take it back to the '90s, any more than Conservatives can take it back to the '50s.

– Read MoreMoreRate it:

During anxious times, it can be tempting to follow the siren call of the angriest voices, we must resist that temptation. No one who is willing to work hard, abide by our laws, and love our traditions should ever feel unwelcome in this country.

– South Carolina Gov. Nikki HaleyRate it:

During anxious times, it can be tempting to follow the siren call of the angriest voices.

– Nikki HaleyRate it:

During anxious times, it can be tempting to follow the siren call of the angriest voices. We must resist that temptation, no one who is willing to work hard, abide by our laws, and love our traditions should ever feel unwelcome in this country.

– Nikki HaleyRate it:

During these times of uncertainty, it’s always tempting for politicians for their own gain and for people in power to try and see if they can divide people, scapegoat folks, turn them on each other.

– President ObamaRate it:

Every suicide death for us is a very tragic case, we have to deal with them very carefully, not sensationalize them, not try and glorify them, when people feel very helpless they might think if I die I can stir up so much emotion and energy, and give fuel to the( protest) movement itself, that is very tempting.

– Paul YipRate it:

I think that it is tempting always in hindsight to say Libya would be better somehow if we had not intervened, i think that is a highly dubious proposition. It is one where, had we not intervened, the conversation we would be having is thousands and thousands of people died and Libya looks like Syria.

– Derek CholletRate it:

I wish I could go to the Grammys, but travel’s kind of out for me at this point. It’s tempting, but I can’t fly that far away this late in my pregnancy, i’ll be in my pajamas watching it from the comfort of my couch.

– Carrie UnderwoodRate it:

It is no doubt tempting to relax social distancing, offer the glimmer of a much needed hug, and lift restrictions on international travel, but this could be a big mistake at this stage of the COVID-19 pandemic.

– Gurch RandhawaRate it:

It is so tempting that you can't stay out and ... I think we will win. That is my view, if we don't win, we have learned a lot of other things and we have shown it is possible to work together and have created a culture between Boeing and Saab (such) that we could do more things together.

– Saab Chief Executive Hakan BuskheRate it:

It is so tempting that you can't stay out and ... I think we will win. That is my view, if we don’t win, we have learned a lot of other things and we have shown it is possible to work together and have created a culture between Boeing and Saab (such) that we could do more things together.

– Saab Chief Executive Hakan BuskheRate it:

It is tempting to say this time feels different, people are talking about the root cause this time -- structural, systemic racism.

– Leslie MileyRate it:

It loses the tempting intensity.

– Klaus WertenbrochRate it:

It might be tempting to dismiss B. L.’s words as unworthy of the robust First Amendment protections discussed herein, but sometimes it is necessary to protect the superfluous in order to preserve the necessary.

– Stephen BreyerRate it:

It's tempting to blame a warming climate and warming waters, but it's hard to really make that statement without having a lot of good data to back it up, you really need some numbers and some time to sort of start drawing conclusions.

– Steve SpinaRate it:

It's tempting to try, it looks like it's pretty cool, but it's probably a bad idea.

– Jeff SchaiderRate it:

It's very tempting when you are not free and facing a system that every morning tells you just cooperate and everything will be simple.

– Mark KarpelesRate it:

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