Sirens Quotes

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As I look back, I feel a touch of pride at my younger self's dedication to literature, which gave him the strength of mind to… — Salman Rushdie
We both grew up in the atmosphere of struggle, both Ossie and me, ... I come out of Harlem and Harlem comes out of me… — Ruby Dee
We read fantasy to find the colors again, I think. To taste strong spices and hear the songs the sirens sang. — George R. R. Martin
I enjoy wording. Words for me are tangible bodies, visible sirens, incarnate sensualities. — Fernando Pessoa
The sheer violence of it, the howl of air raid sirens and the air-cutting fall of the missiles carried its own political message; not just… — Robert Fisk
Labor is rest from the sorrows that greet us; from all the petty vexations that meet us; from the sin-promptings that assail us; from the… — Frances Sargent Osgood
... 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
Adjustment, that synonym for conformity that comes more easily to the modern tongue, is the theme of our swan song, the piper's tune to which… — Robert M. Lindner
Caught between the longing for love, and the struggle for the legal tender, where the sirens sing and the church bells ring, and the junk… — Jackson Browne
That destructive siren, sloth, is ever to be avoided. — Horace
The Hollywood sirens are shrieking, while down some search lit alley runs some lost belief. — Joni Mitchell
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 have all the patience in the world about Sirens. For me it's not a Grateful Dead project, it's a Me project. — Jerry Garcia
Where I grew up - I grew up on the north side of Akron, lived in the projects. So those scared and lonely nights -… — LeBron James
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
There are any number of magical creatures, mostly female, whose singing can bring about horror and death. Sirens, undines, banshees, Bananarama tribute bands... — Simon R. Green

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