Quotes by Fire [When you're on fire] it feels like nobody's out there, you're playing by yourself. You don't care how good a defender is guarding you. Vince Carter guardingcarefire Even though . . . 9/11 happened because . . . Bush's FBI and CIA did not detect the Al Qaeda conspiracy . . . , Bush not only failed to apologize to the nation or the victims' survivors, he demonstrated his total lack of leadership by refusing to fire or even criticize those in these agencies who, like Bush, let this nation down. As in private life, to stimulate excellence, good performances have to be rewarded and gross negligence and incompetence punished. Vincent Bugliosi agencypoliticalfire So, our vocation is to go, not just to one parish, not just to one diocese, but all over the world; and do what? To set people's hearts on fire, to do what the Son of God did. He came to set the world on fire in order to inflame it with His love. Vincent de Paul fireheartson One must never let the fire go out in one's soul, but keep it burning. Vincent Van Gogh burningsoulfire I thank God for having given the Company subjects who belong more to Him than to themselves, and who serve the neighbor at the risk of their lives! They are like unrefined gold, which becomes visible in fire and which would otherwise remain hidden under ordinary actions and sometimes under faults and failings. Vincent de Paul riskfirefaith I am a fanatic! I feel a power within me...a fire that I may not quench, but must keep ablaze. Vincent Van Gogh quenchfiremay Someone has a great fire in his soul and nobody ever comes to warm themselves at it, and passers-by see nothing but a little smoke at the top of the chimney and then go on their way. Vincent Van Gogh artistfireheart I walk without flinching through the burning cathedral of the summer. My bank of wild grass is majestic and full of music. It is a fire that solitude presses against my lips. Violette Leduc journeyfiresummer Christians well know that the much-decorated statue of the Church, as it now stands, is not of pure chiseled marble, but of clay, cemented together by blood and tears and hardened in the fires of hatred and persecution. Virchand Gandhi firechristianblood She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret fire. Virgil poisonsecretfire In New York alone, there was an average of more than 300 campus fires per year between 1997 and 2000, with roughly 160 of them annually in dormitories. Vito Fossella new-yorkfireaverage Innovating Women is more important today than ever. Things are changing for the better. The recent announcements by Google, LinkedIn, Yahoo, and Facebook of their diversity numbers—and a pledge to improve these—are the most recent victories. The Boys Club is under fire and is trying to reform itself. Women are achieving success and helping each other. Advancing technologies are leveling the playing field. Women are in the catbird seat for the new era of exponential innovation. This is the time to inspire and motivate—and that is what Innovating Women will surely do. Vivek Wadhwa technologyfireboys At one point, Lucille's agent wanted to have me fired, telling her that my eyes were bigger than hers. When I head this, I told her that if I had her looks and talent, I'd keep me and fire the agent! Vivian Vance eyefirelooks You must have your heart on fire and your brain on ice. Vladimir Lenin icefireheart In the church of my heart the choir is on fire Vladimir Mayakovsky churchfireheart Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta. Vladimir Nabokov lightsoulfire The fire you rubbed left its brand on the most vulnerable, most vicious and tender point of my body. Now I have to pay for your rasping the red rash too strongly, too soon, as charred wood has to pay for burning. When I remain without your caresses, I lose all control of my nerves, nothing exists any more than the ecstasy of friction, the abiding effect of your sting, of your delicious poison. Vladimir Nabokov abidingpoisonfire Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Vladimir Nabokov lightsoulfire Burn pedants in pale fire. Accept no fashions. Be your own fashion. Do not rely on earlier triumphs. Be new at each appearance. Vladimir Nabokov fashionfirelife To make ideas effective, we must be able to fire them off. We must put them into action. Virginia Woolf ablefireideas«179180181182183184185186187188189»
