Siren Quotes

42 quotes by 40 authors

The siren song of redistribution of wealth by centralized government never ceases for those who seek irreversible and unusurpable control over the lives and liberties… — Josh Jones
Surely we have a responsibility to finally listen to - and honor - the siren calls of our souls, which have been silenced by our… — Lance Secretan
Because I was promoted as a sort of a siren and played all those sexy broads, people made the mistake of thinking I was like… — Ava Gardner
The Siren waits thee, singing song for song. — Walter Savage Landor
It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen… — Patrick Henry
In America it is the so-called capitalist who is to blame for the fulfillment of Marx's prophecies. Beguiled by the state's siren song of special… — Frank Chodorov
Italy's siren call lures us more and more. — Frances Mayes
I am thinking of the onion again. . . . Not self-righteous like the proletarian potato, nor a siren like the apple. No show-off like… — Erica Jong
You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren. — Horace
SIREN, n. One of several musical prodigies famous for a vain attempt to dissuade Odysseus from a life on the ocean wave. Figuratively, any lady… — Ambrose Bierce
... being perpetually charmed by his familiar siren, that is, by his geometry, he neglected to eat and drink and took no care of his… — Plutarch
I worry that, especially as the Millennium edges nearer, pseudo-science and superstition will seem year by year more tempting, the siren song of unreason more… — Carl Sagan
That destructive siren, sloth, is ever to be avoided. — Horace
My faith, inasmuch as I have any, is more like a kind of Joseph Campbell thing, and even that frequently finds itself tested to oblivion… — David Knopfler
I always loved all kinds of music. I would watch musicals a lot as a kid, on TV, watch the Fred Astaire movies. I'd watch… — Queen Latifah
Conservatives must avoid the siren song of schism, or all is lost. — John Podhoretz
It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes to that siren until she allures us to… — Gertrude Stein
The desire for reinvention seems to arise most often when companies hear the siren call of synergy and start to expand beyond their core businesses. — James Surowiecki
Born of Black and White, Eaten with worms, I'm a Saint, a Sinner, a Siren of the Word, The Circle knows me, the rest just… — Ted Dekker
Just so you know Labrodor retrivers do not howl.Begals Howl.Wolves howl. Labs do not howl, at lestnot well. Marley attempted twice to howl, both times… — John Grogan

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