Quotes by Fire The national distrust of the contemplative temperament arises less from an innate Philistinism than from a suspicion of anything that cannot be counted, stuffed, framed or mounted over the fireplace in the den. Lewis H. Lapham framedcontemplationfire Kurds are like fire, if approached kindly they will warm you, if approached badly they will burn you Leyla Zana burningfirekindness You can tell people of the need to struggle, but when the powerless start to see that they really can make a difference, nothing can quench the fire. Leymah Gbowee strugglefirepositive Fire destroys all sophistry, that is deceit; and maintains truth alone, that is gold. Leonardo da Vinci deceitgoldfire The old proverb, applied to fire and water, may with equal truth be applied to the imagination - it is a good servant, but a bad master. Letitia Elizabeth Landon imaginationfirewater Suicide and antipathy to fires in a bedroom seem to be among the national characteristics. Perhaps the same moral cause may originate both. Letitia Elizabeth Landon suicidefiremay English people ... never speak, excepting in cases of fire or murder, unless they are introduced. Letitia Elizabeth Landon englandfirepeople Peace is not happenstance. It is a living fire that must be fed constantly. It must be tended to with vigilance, else it dies out. Libba Bray fedsfirelife It should not be hard for you to stop sometimes and look into the stains of walls, or ashes of a fire, or clouds, or mud or like places, in which...you may find really marvellous ideas. Leonardo da Vinci wallfireclouds I think about more than I forget, but I don't go around fire expecting not to sweat. Lil Wayne sweatfirethinking I’m the only fire that can live in the rain Lil Wayne firerain He'd pulled back a little, just with his lower half, and I was afraid the scorch in my cheeks would set fire to the rest of me, because I an idea why. Wow. Oh wow. Lilith Saintcrow halffireideas We can't fire our way to Finland. Linda Darling-Hammond finlandfireway This is how the fire starts. This is how we burn. Libba Bray fire The first of all simple colours is White ... We shall set down White for the representative of light, without which no colour can be seen; Yellow for the earth; Green for water; Blue for air; Red for fire; and Black for total darkness. Leonardo da Vinci lightfireair I don't go around fire expectin' not to sweat Lil Wayne sweatfire If I was not assured by the best authority on earth that the world is to be destroyed by fire, I should conclude that the day of destruction is at hand, but brought on by means of an agent very opposite to that of heat. Lewis Carroll firemeanhands Fire is to represent truth because it destroys all sophistry and lies; and the mask is for lying and falsehood which conceal truth. Leonardo da Vinci sophistryfirelying Once you realize that documentation should be laughed at, peed upon, put on fire, and just ridiculed in general, then, and only then, have you reached the level where you can safely read it and try to use it to actually implement a driver. Linus Torvalds documentationfiretrying Most men don't seem to get that telling a pissed-off woman to calm down is like throwing gunpowder on a fire.” ~ Liberty Jones Lisa Kleypas libertyfiremen«105106107108109110111112113114115»
