Quotes about FALSE Security

I never had any real security in my life until I found the false security of stardom. Votes: 4

Don't take refuge in the false security of consensus. Votes: 3

We are apt to be deluded into false security by political catch-words, devised to flatter rather than instruct. Votes: 3

Anyone who steps back for a minute and observes our modern digital world might conclude that we have destroyed our privacy in exchange for convenience and false security. Votes: 3

Do not neglect the principles of foresight and know that often, puffed up with success, armies have lost the fruit of their heroism through a feeling of false security. Votes: 3

I understood what he was doing, that he had spent four years fulfilling the absurd and tedious duty of graduating from college and now he was emancipated from that world of abstraction, false security, parents, and material excess. Votes: 3

There's the false security of feeling a great force of love from your audience one day and then the next morning you wake up and you're exhausted, and that love is something you have to reach for the next day. Votes: 3

The market likes to lull you into the false security of high success rate techniques, which often lose disastrously in the long run. The general idea is that what works most of the time is nearly the opposite of what works in the long run. Votes: 3

If America is destroyed, it may be by Americans who salute the flag, sing the national anthem, march in patriotic parades, cheer Fourth of July speakers - normally good Americans, but Americans who fail to comprehend what is required to keep our country strong and free, Americans who have been lulled away into a false security. Votes: 3

The sacrifice of our personal liberty for security is and will forever be a false choice. Votes: 1

It's strange that the newspapers don't see a connection between their false revelations about my private life and my need for seclusion and security. Votes: 1

I love things that are harsh and things that are too loud. And I love lulling people into a false sense of security. That's life. Votes: 1

Maybe everyone is a little too reassuring that things are going to be OK to college graduates. It gives them a false sort of security. Votes: 1

Instead of generating either unnecessary alarm or a false sense of security regarding these fundamental issues, the best course is to empower people with the truth. Votes: 1

I lull them into a false sense of security by watching me pitch... If overconfidence can cause the Roman Empire to fall, I ought to be able to get a ground ball. Votes: 1

For a change, lady luck seemed to be smiling on me. Then again, maybe the fickle wench was just lulling me into a false sense of security while she reached for a rock. Votes: 1

These smugglers, many of them present in trafficking through my State of Arizona, create false Social Security cards, false green cards, visas and a variety of other fraudulent documents as an essential part of their smuggling activities. Votes: 1

After they killed Uday and Qusay, the focus centered on Saddam: Find him, kill him, capture him, whatever it takes. To me, it was a false sense of security: If we get Saddam, we're going to win this war. Votes: 1

Second, the resolution contains the blatantly false assertion that negotiating a timeline for bringing U.S. troops home with the Iraqi government undermines U.S. national security. Such a statement shows a misunderstanding of the enemy we face in Iraq. Votes: 1

It was quite risky to open the book with one of my quieter stories; I'm kind of trying, I think, to lure readers into a false sense of security and then assault them with a couple really loud, really strange stories. Votes: 1

The fact that the price of gasoline has declined some in recent weeks must not allow Americans to be lulled into a false sense of security. Energy independence must rank along with border security as the top priorities of the United States. Votes: 1

Dogmas are collective conceptual prisons. And the strange thing is that people love their prison cells because they give them a sense of security and a false sense of 'I know.' Nothing has inflicted more suffering on humanity than its dogmas. Votes: 1

If members of the security apparatus could, with impunity, keep from those elected by the people that which they're entitled to know - or worse, feed false information - those who could control the classified data could be the real decision makers. Votes: 1

False thinking and false ideologies, dressed in the most pleasing forms, quietly - almost without our knowing it - seek to reduce our moral defenses and to captivate our minds. They entice with bright promises of security, cradle-to-grave guarantees of many kinds. Votes: 1

The funny thing is, I sometimes get the impression that some people outside of the field think that there's some element of security that we have in working on a theory that hasn't made any predictions that can be proven false. In a sense, we're working on something unfalsifiable. Votes: 1

Trust your gut instinct over spreadsheets. There are too many variables in the real world that you simply can't put into a spreadsheet. Spreadsheets spit out results from your inexact assumptions and give you a false sense of security. In most cases, your heart and gut are still your best guide. Votes: 1

A false sense of security is the only kind there is. Votes: 0

How much liberty do with want to give up for a false sense of security? Votes: 0

Security is a false God. Begin to make sacrifices to it and you are lost. Votes: 0

Writing, printing, and the Internet give a false sense of security about the permanence of culture. Votes: 0

We must also reject the false choice of liberty versus security. We can and must have both. Votes: 0

Liberty has meaning only if we still believe in it when terrible things happen and a false government security blanket beckons Votes: 0

The property boom has made us all feel wealthy, but unfortunately it has lulled many of those nearing retirement into a false sense of security. Votes: 0