Now the Sirens have a still more fatal weapon than their song, namely their silence... someone might possibly have escaped from their singing; but from their silence, certainly never.
Franz Kafka
Related Now the sirens have a still more fatal weapon than their song, namely their silence... someone might... FRANZ KAFKA You can't deal with being odd? ... Become like them... Become drug delear... DEYTH BANGER By the time I’ve finished with you, you won’t know whether you’ve been kissed or cut,... WARSAN SHIRE I laugh at people who think their spontaneous, yet plan their spontaneous moments. SONYA.E.WILLIAMS Words can change their meaning, just by repeating them. DEYTH BANGER To be poetic is how u get somebody as a girl around you... "Dexter: You seem uncertain. I... DEYTH BANGER If everyone knows their roles in the organisation, do their best in their role, then success is defi... ZENG HAN JUN In the old days in France, they had beheadings of people who commit heinous crimes, ... Nevada Newsm... OSCAR GOODMAN Don't think that this people are stupid, probably you have caught one, but you didn't finish your wo... DEYTH BANGER Guns have their own silence. It is the silence of the dead to come. JOHN LE CARRé They didn't have their sirens on or anything, but they were still chasing. JOHN WILLIAMS Their silence cries aloud. UNKNOWN Their silence is praise enough. TERENCE Their silence is sufficient praise. TERENCE Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom. When the passions have relaxed their hold and have es... PLATO We must leave people for their happiness. – Shahwan SETHI MUHAMMAD SHAHWAN TARIQ If you are going to plan for your future, do not just include yourself; but also others. Without the... YTHAM REIJAN ROSELITTLE COOGEIL Fools live to regret their words, wise men to regret their silence WILL HENRY But once you've made a song and you put it out there, you don't own it anymore. The public o... ED SHEERAN Silence is more musical than any song. CHRISTINA ROSSETTI Silence is more musical than any song. CHRISTINA G. ROSSETTI Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who ha... COCO CHANEL More have repented speech then silence.
[More have repented speech than silence.] GEORGE HERBERT A painter paints his pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence. We provide t... LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence. LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI You can always give your testimony of how you came to know Jesus. Certainly no one can argue with yo... HENRY HON “When you control their water, you control the people.”
-Nabil N. Jamal NABIL N. JAMAL But stories are like people, Atticus. Loving them doesn’t make them perfect. You try to cherish th... MATT RUFF Greatness is inspiring others to be their best. KEN POIROT Leadership is about encouraging women to break their silence and tell their stories to the world. ZAINAB SALBI While we thank God for them and their efforts, we must also know that our generation of believers ha... SUNDAY ADELAJA Arrogant men with knowledge make more noise from their mouth than making a sense from their mind. AMIT KALANTRI all is dead but for the mosquitoes singing their blood song THABO JIJANA The vicissitudes of history, however, have not dissuaded them from their earnest search for a "third... RICHARD JOHN NEUHAUS You are most powerful when you are most silent. People never expect silence. They expect words, moti... ALISON MCGHEE The rules would quite possibly prevent their consent to an audit from qualifying if they have a crim... RICHARD BREEDEN Most people do not take care of their lives, because they don’t value life. SUNDAY ADELAJA Shut up, me,” Leo said aloud. “What?” Piper asked. “Nothing,” he said. “Long n... RICK RIORDAN Knowledge is still power -- but today you've got to make sure you know more about your listener than... BOB WALKER From the depths of the Pacific to the deserts of Iraq, more than a million American soldiers, Airmen... BILL FLORES You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they s... ROBERT TIZON You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they s... CONFUCIUS You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they s... OSCAR WILDE You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they s... SAM KEEN You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they s... ASHISH KUMAR Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way, you'll be a mile from them, and ... ANIMALS I have never heard a more eloquent silence. LAURIE HALSE ANDERSON I'll expect a lot more than someone picking out a suspect because of what they 'feel' might be the a... AMANDA CLARK Most of these militants received their first weapon from the ruling party. DIMIEARI VON KEMEDI The happy man only feels at ease because the unhappy bear their burden in silence. Without this sile... ANTON CHEKHOV Ours is a country built more on people than on territory. The Jews will come from everywhere: from F... DAVID BEN-GURION We might have more people at the pep rally than some colleges have at their stadiums for games. BRANDON HOYTE We all have someone we think shines so much more than we do that we are not even a moon to their sun... CATHERYNNE M. VALENTE When you study great teachers... you will learn much more from their caring and hard work than from ... WILLIAM GLASSER The red wine first must rise
In their fair cheeks, my lord; then we shall have 'em
Talk us to ... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Pity the nation that has to silence its writers for speaking their minds. ARUNDHATI ROY It seems sure to backfire if the intention was to silence their critics. JEFF FERRELL Somebody in their 50s is going to have a lot more not only technical knowledge, but also street know... BOB BERG Brides have told me this was completely something they never would have expected from their boyfrien... MARILYN OLIVEIRA Their speed is their weapon. JOYOUS THARRINGTON Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth. By simply... ALDOUS HUXLEY Men are much more unwilling to have their weaknesses and their imperfections known than their crimes LORD CHESTERFIELD Cowards who hide their face and name while bashing others can’t help it. They’re prisoners of th... BOBBY W. MILLER Some waste away their lives by drinking, partying or by simply having fun and living for pleasure. SUNDAY ADELAJA When a woman enters a room, her presence should make them feel some type of way; when she exits the ... SHAKENA MORGAN You can tell a lot about a person's priorities in life by reading their will. STEVEN MAGEE You can not possibly have a broader basis for government than that which includes all the people, wi... WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON They shined their lights a couple of times and beeped their sirens and that was it. JEFF BIRD I am a cage, in search of a bird. FRANZ KAFKA They are not only drinking more than their male peers, but they are now more likely to drink more he... DAVID JERNIGAN If people want a sense of purpose they should get it from their archbishop. They should certainly no... HAROLD MACMILLAN Scott played hard right from the tip. We might have had an advantage inside, and we hit more shots, ... BUDDY BIGGS The simplest way to silence your critics as a leader is to do what they claim you can’t do. Howeve... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR For far too long the American public and business sector have kept their silence as civil liberties ... BOB BARR They sat in silence on the windowsill, their hands locked across the distance between them. CASSANDRA CLARE Their pitching is no different than anybody else's. They might have a little more velocity or hit th... JAKE MORT A minute of applause will sum up Jimmy's vibrancy more than a minute's silence. We would like to tha... PETER LAWWELL A teenager's early experimentation might be minor, but it can still have a damaging effect on their ... ANDREW LAWRENCE The most insignificant insects and reptiles are of much more consequence, and have much more influen... GILBERT WHITE They are idols of hearts and of households;
They are angels of God in disguise;
His sunlight s... CHARLES M. DICKINSON My liberal friends, Congressional Black Caucus members, talk about fighting for the defenseless, the... SEAN DUFFY A child will perform from their mind for their coach/teacher, but for a parent they perform from the... UNKNOWN We have no more right to put our discordant states of mind into the lives of those around us and rob... JULIA MOSS SETON Somehow you can tell the difference when a song is written just to get on the radio and when what so... LYLE LOVETT As someone who has more than a passing acquaintance with most of the 20th century presidents, I have... ROBERT DALLEK They have had such a crazy life living with me as their dad. Not crazy but different from their frie... SEBASTIAN BACH There's a thing that keeps surprising you about stormy old friends after they die; their silence. BEN BECHT This certainly speaks to the success of our program to have Wake Forest select their coach from Kent... LAING KENNEDY Well, the thought that everybody might have a personal computer at their desk or their home was cert... JACK KILBY We believe that more than half of the Iraqi population have someone who is missing in their family, BAKHTIAR AMIN I am a siren, and for my adoration of mankind, have been caught in fishing nets one time too many. A... C. JOYBELL C. The brain of an 18-year-old college freshman is still far from resembling the brain of someone in th... CRAIG BENNETT From forth the fatal loins of these two foesA pair of star-crossed lovers take their life. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE A group of ladies from Mississippi have their electricity back on and can get back to their homes no... KAREN JONES They're near the best of their weapon and they have the experience from years on the strip. So they ... AMY ORLANDO We certainly have contributed to changing people's attitudes to sex. Certainly women's attitudes, ..... JACQUELINE GOLD They touted their ability to turn inventors' ideas into profitable products. But fewer than 1 percen... LYDIA PARNES Most humans, in varying degrees, are already dead. In one way or another they have lost their dreams... OG MANDINO Silence is where my demons lurk, taunting me endlessly day after day until the end of time...yet sti... VIRGINIA ALISON If you have seen nothing but the beauty of their markings and limbs, their true beauty is hidden fro... AL MUTANNABBI
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