Quotes by Fire She poured the water, arranged some bread near enough the embers to scorch but not catch fire, and looked up at Little John. She was so accustomed to his step, to his bulk, that it took a moment to notice his face; and when she did . . . It was, she thought, rather like the moment it took to realize one had cut one's finger as one stared dumbly at the first drop of blood on the knife-blade. You know it is going to hurt quite a lot in a minute. Robin McKinley cuttinghurtfire Humanity is the start of the race; I say Humanity is the mould to break away from, the crust to break through, the coal to break into fire, The atom to be split. Robinson Jeffers break-throughracefire I have seen these ways of God: I know of no reason For fire and change and torture and the old returnings. Robinson Jeffers firereasonway It seems like songwriting for most songwriters is only one season in their life, a five or ten year period. For me, I don't worry about it, but I know there might come a day when I can't write anymore, or don't have good song ideas or the fire to do it anymore. Rodney Clawson firewritingsong Beethoven’s music always struck me. Always. He had this fire you know. I remember reading this story of him going deaf and pushing himself into self-isolation and that’s where he became himself. And to me that was, wow. Don’t let anything poison your individuality. Be away, break away and look in not outward. Rodney Mullen readingselffire The world should be worried about those who go around the planet with a can of gasoline in one hand and a box of matches in the other, pretending to sell fire insurance. Rodrigue Tremblay firewarhands We've got a bad fire let's get out . . . We're burning up. Roger B. Chaffee apolloburningfire For if any man who never saw fire proved by satisfactory arguments that fire burns. His hearer's mind would never be satisfied, nor would he avoid the fire until he put his hand in it that he might learn by experiment what argument taught. Roger Bacon firemenhands I've lost a little bit of my fire... I don't want to say I've lost my passion. Roger Clemens passionfirewant Last week I told my wife, If you would learn to cook, I could fire the chef. She said, If you could learn to make love, I could fire the chauffer. Rodney Dangerfield making-lovewifefire Intelligence, like fire, is a power that is neither good nor bad in itself but rather takes its virtue, its moral coloring, from its application. Roger Kimball intelligencemoralfire Passions, as fire and water, are good servants, but bad masters, and subminister to the best and worst purposes. Roger L'Estrange passionfirewater If you could learn to make love, I could fire the chauffer. Rodney Dangerfield making-loveifsfire Even if the civil magistrate is so gifted as to prophesy in the church, yet in the sphere of his civil duties he is forbidden to call down fire from heaven, that is, to procure or inflict any corporal punishment upon offenders in religious doctrine or practice, remembering Christ's admonition that He came not to destroy men's lives, but to save them. Roger Williams religiousfiremen The spontaneous expansion of the Church reduced to its elements is a very simple thing...What is necessary is faith. What is needed is the kind of faith which uniting a man to Christ, sets him on fire. Roland Allen simplefiremen Walk, first, through the fire, then philosophize. Rohinton Mistry walksfirefirsts A bizarrerie of fires, cunabulum of light, it moved with a deft, almost dainty deliberation, phasing into and out of existence like a storm-shot piece of evening; or perhaps the darkness between the flares was more akin to its truest nature swirl of black ashes assembled in prancing cadence to the lowing note of desert wind down the arroyo behind buildings as empty yet filled as the pages of unread books or stillnesses between the notes of a song. Roger Zelazny firesongbook 'Gari' in Russian means "burn!"... I want to test myself, a trial by fire, so that my 'I' is burned off. Romain Gary trialsfiremean Money, of course, is still needed to survive, but time is what you need to live. So, save what little money you possess to meet basic survival requirements, but spend your time lavishly in order to create the life values that make the fire worth the candle. Dig? Rolf Potts survivalfireorder I was born, to handle situations the way I do. I've always been the type who can be thrown in the fire and make it out. Any time I'm given an opportunity, I feel I'm ready. Roman Reigns fireopportunityway«151152153154155156157158159160161»
