Quotes by Fire It takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory. Louisa May Alcott realfirelittles Yet smelt roast meat, beheld a huge fire shine, And cooks in motion with their clean arms bared. Lord Byron meatshiningfire Such fire was not by water to be drown'd, Ludovico Ariosto starschangefire A property is that which not at all Lucretius rocksfirewater Blaze with the fire that is never extinguished. Luisa Sigea de Velasco sensualfiremotivational Huts they made then, and fire, and skins for clothing, And a woman yielded to one man in wedlock... ... Common, to see the offspring they had made; The human race began to mellow then. Because of fire their shivering forms no longer Could bear the cold beneath the covering sky. Lucretius fireskymen I'm working on my house and playing with my fire pit and kind of just hanging around and making my home feel homey. Luke Grimes firehousehome Only the flint of a man's mind can strike fire in music. Ludwig van Beethoven firemindmen I knew in my gut that there was something wrong with a system that couldn't fire its incompetents, and I had my share of incompetent college teachers. Luke Ford collegefireteacher I've had tons of odd jobs, but I think that I would probably be a fireman because you get to see the results of your job. You get there and there is a house on fire. You leave and there's not a fire anymore. Luke Perry firejobsthinking If you have a problem, if you have a fire in your house, would you want - don't want your neighbors to give you a hand? That's what we have. Lukman Faily firegivinghands If they burn a book, have no worries. The book will feel NO pain so neither should you! True destruction of the Qur'an cannot be done with fire; it is destroyed when we fail to remember & practice its lessons in our daily lives. If this occurs, then it is ANOTHER fire that you should truly be concerned about! Lupe Fiasco painfirebook If I make a bogey or three putt I'm on fire inside. But it's not like you're going to play any better slamming your club or getting angry. So you might as well just keep it in. People say I'm pretty calm, but I do make mistakes and I do get angry, but I try and not show it. Lydia Ko fireplaymistake A match made in heaven set the fires in hell. Lupe Fiasco hellfireheaven Eloquence is logic on fire. Lyman Beecher eloquencelogicfire Our trials are supposed to turn us toward God, but we whine and complain and wish someone would turn down the fire so we could have our old life back the way it was. Lynn Austin firewishcomplaining I can't quite remember the exact moment when I became obsessed with writing a play about the seemingly endless war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but I knew that I wanted to somehow tell the stories of the Congolese women caught in the cross-fire. Lynn Nottage firewritingwar To romp along the connected rooftops and fire escapes of Chicagos second city of garages was my young lifes passion. Lynn Margulis passioncitiesfire After all why should our goal be the reinstatement of an illusory 'exact' relationship between events and words? If you probe in the ashes you will never learn anything about the fire: by the time the ashes can be handled the meaning has passed on. Every adventure is a cup so empty it can be drunk from again and again and again. Every adventure is so perfect it verges on silence. M. John Harrison drunkfireadventure If any of [my stories] succeed in causing their readers to feel pleasantly uncomfortable when walking along a solitary road at nightfall, or sitting over a dying fire in the small hours, my purpose in writing them will have been attained. M. R. James dyingfirewriting«108109110111112113114115116117118»
