quotes about Seduction
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Seduction is often difficult to distinguish from rape. In seduction, the rapist often bothers to buy a bottle of wine.
-- Andrea Dworkin -
For Emily Dickinson every philosophical idea was a potential lover. Metaphysics is the realm of eternal seduction of the spirit by ideas.
-- Charles Simic -
No fashion is ever a success unless it is used as a form of seduction.
-- Christian Dior -
I find fragrance to be such a mood enhancer and definitely a seduction tool.
-- Christina Aguilera -
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To seduce a woman famous for strict morals, religious fervor and the happiness of her marriage: what could possibly be more prestigious?
-- Christopher Hampton -
When once the woman has tempted us, and we have tasted the forbidden fruit, there is no such thing as checking our appetites, whatever the consequences may be.
-- George Washington -
Authority is not power; that's coercion. Authority is not knowledge; that's persuasion, or seduction. Authority is simply that the author has the right to make a statement and to be heard.
-- Herman Kahn -
Seduction is always more singular and sublime than sex and it commands the higher price.
-- Jean Baudrillard -
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If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I'm still waiting, it's all been to seduce women basically.
-- Jean-Paul Sartre -
...in seduction, as in all forms of marketing, form superseds content.
-- Jesse Kellerman -
I knew what was like to finally be seduced by the thing you hunted. Mine just happened to be a more traditional seduction. Okay, at least I was still among the living.
-- Laurell K. Hamilton -
Seduction is merely encouraging a man to do something he already wants to do.
-- Lisa Kleypas -
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All great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction.
-- Marya MannesSource : Marya Mannes (1958). “More in Anger”
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Tenderness is a deeper instinct than seduction, which is why it is so hard to give up hope.
-- Michel Houellebecq -
Most virtue is a demand for greater seduction.
-- Natalie Clifford Barney -
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It is difficult to resist a force of nature, Maman. His seduction is like all my senses struck by bolts of lightning.
-- Nicole JordanSource : Nicole Jordan (2010). “To Tame a Dangerous Lord”, p.84, Ballantine Books
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Venus yields to caresses, not to compulsion.
-- Publilius Syrus -
You can seduce a man without taking anything off, without even touching him.
-- Rae Dawn ChongSource : "What’s With the Jewish-Man/Asian-Woman Connection, Anyway?" by Deborah Jiang-Stein, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 4, 2010.
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Seduction is about intelligence and wit. Someone who makes me laugh has every chance to seduce me.
-- Riccardo Tisci -
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There are seductions that should be in the Smithsonian Institute, right next to The Spirit of St. Louis.
-- Richard Brautigan -
Correct opinions well established on any subject are the best preservative against the seduction of error.
-- Richard Mant -
I find 'Fatal Attraction' really romantic. I really like the seduction. Almost every time I see it, I'm surprised when it goes dark. I know that's the claim to fame, but I key into how genuinely romantic it is.
-- Shane Carruth -
Understanding is the ultimate seduction of the mind. Go to the truth beyond the mind.
-- Stephen Levine -
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The line between seduction and prostitution is very blurred, and deep down, everyone knows it.
-- Virginie DespentesSource : Virginie Despentes (2010). “King Kong Theory”, p.59, Profile Books
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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
-- Voltaire -
The reason I introduced sex - or erotic imagery - to Purple is not only because I don't want sex to be hidden but because also I consider it as an extension of fashion, the way the body expresses seduction and beauty. It's very artificial to put sex in a ghetto. Plus, sex sells.
-- Olivier Zahm -
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Excuse me while I slip into something more comfortable.
-- Harry Behn