Quotes by Fire A plate of apples, an open fire, and a jolly good book are a fair substitute for heaven. Lucy Maud Montgomery applesfirebook All legitimate government is a mutual insurance company, voluntarily agreed upon by the parties to it, for the protection of their rights against wrong-doers. In its voluntary character it is precisely similar to an association for mutual protection against fire or shipwreck. Lysander Spooner partyfirecharacter I pray we are still a young and courageous nation, that we have not grown so old and so fat and so prosperous that all we can think about is to sit back with our arms around our money bags. If we choose to do that I have no doubt that the smoldering fires will burst into flame and consume us - dollars and all. Lyndon B. Johnson flamesfirethinking As iron is fashioned by fire and on the anvil, so in the fire of suffering and under the weight of trials, our souls receive that form which our Lord desires them to have. Madeleine Sophie Barat ironsoulfire Intolerance has always been one of the cornerstones of Christianity - the glorious heritage of the Inquisition. It's no coincidence that most of my abusive mail - sentencing me to exquisite Oriental tortures and relegating me to hell-fire and damnation -comes from self-admitted Catholics. Madalyn Murray O'Hair catholicselffire At Tara in this fateful hour, I place all Heaven with its power, And the sun with its brightness, And the snow with its whiteness, And the fire with all the strength it hath, And the lightning with its rapid wrath, And the winds with their swiftness along their path, And the sea with its deepness, And the rocks with their steepness, And the earth with its starkness: All these I place, By God's almighty help and grace Between myself and the powers of darkness! Madeleine L'Engle rockswrathfire The soul is a fire that darts its rays through all the senses; it is in this fire that existence consists; all the observations and all the efforts of philosophers ought to turn towards this ME, the centre and moving power of our sentiments and our ideas. Madame de Stael fireideasmoving A perpetual conflict with natural desires seems to be the lot of our present state. In youth we require something of the tardiness and frigidity of age; and in age we must labour to recall the fire and impetuosity of youth; in youth we must learn to respect, and in age to enjoy. Lyndon B. Johnson fireagedesire But my memories are like a fire in winter—whenever I'm cold I can warm my hands at them. —Ditta Madeleine L'Engle firewintermemories A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him. Mae West womenfirefunny Anybody who recognizes Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation's fury. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad islamicisraelfire I went to college somewhere between the invention of the iPad and the discovery of fire... but I had gone to a women's college. Madeleine Albright collegefirediscovery The part of us that has to be burned away is something like the deadwood on the bush; it has to go, to be burned in the terrible fire of reality, until there is nothing left but . . . what we are meant to be. Madeleine L'Engle terriblefirereality If some want to misuse the generosity of our nation, and re-examine what was previously examined, they should know the fire of the anger of the Iranian nation will be extremely burning and devastating. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad burninggenerosityfire Gansey threw open his door. Gripping the roof of the car, he slid himself out. Even that gesture, Ronan noted, was wild-Gansey, Gansey-on-fire. Like he pulled himself from the car because ordinary climbing out was too slow. This was going to be a night. Maggie Stiefvater climbingfirenight I wanted to know why people follow rules blindly, or why girls had to act a certain way and boys didn't. Why could boys ask girls out and girls not ask guys out? Why did girls have to shave their legs and guys didn't? Why did society, like, set everything up the way they did? My whole adolescence was full of unanswered whys. Because they never got answered, I just kept lighting fires everywhere - metaphorically speaking. Madonna Ciccone girlfireboys Climate change is a global problem. The planet is warming because of the growing level of greenhouse gas emissions from human activity. If this trend continues, truly catastrophic consequences are likely to ensue from rising sea levels, to reduced water availability, to more heat waves and fires. Malcolm Turnbull availabilityfiresea Putting pen to paper lights more fire than matches ever will Malcolm Forbes lightpaperfire Believing in yourself and being willing to do anything, to walk through the fire, to do what it is that you want to do. Getting out of that car accident covered with blood to play the gig . . . I mean, that's me. That's just me. Madonna Ciccone firemeanbelieve We learn from every natural disaster. Whether it's a fire or a flood, we learn something from it so we can respond to the next one better. Malcolm Turnbull nextfirenatural«109110111112113114115116117118119»
