Quotes by Fire Only a catastrophe gets our attention. We want them, we depend on them. As long as they happen somewhere else. This is where California comes in. Mud slides, brush fires, coastal erosion, mass killings, et cetera. We can relax and enjoy these disasters because in our hearts we feel that California deserves whatever it gets. Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom. Don DeLillo erosionfireheart Like the tiny spark of fire that consumes a forest, the spark of love is all you need to experience love in its full power and glory, in all its aspects, earthly and divine. Deepak Chopra sparksfirelove-is When the guy with asthma finally came in from the fire escape, Parker rabbit-punched him and took his gun away. Donald E. Westlake guygunfire Neurons that fire together wire together. Donald O. Hebb wirefiretogether Not too much, though there's a certain amount of rancour and bitterness when someone tries to fire you. Donald Sutherland too-muchfiretrying I've had a lot of baptism by fire. Donna Murphy baptismfire The smoke alarm went off in the hallway upstairs, either to let us know the battery had just died or because the house was on fire. Don DeLillo alarmsfirehouse And I add my own love to the history of people who have loved beautiful things, and looked out for them, and pulled them from the fire, and sought them when they were lost, and tried to preserve them and save them while passing them along literally from hand to hand, singing out brilliantly from the wreck of time to the next generation of lovers, and the next. Donna Tartt firebeautifulhands Here's my definition of a great beach read - a fabulous story that sucks me in like a black hole and when it's over, it jettisons my bones across the galaxy with a hair on fire mission to convince everyone I know that they must read that book or they will die. Dorothea Benton Frank firebeachbook Never hire anyone Donald Rumsfeld fire If a house is burning, and bucket of water is thrown on the blaze and doesn't extinguish the fire, this doesn't mean that water won't put out fire. It means we need more water. And so with nonviolence. Dorothy Cotton firewatermean Desire for gain and fear of loss burn like fire. Dorothy Norman firefearloss Now, if your boss is a sadist, then you have a big problem. In that case, fire your boss and get a new job. Donald Trump bossfirejobs After the earthquake and the fire comes the still, small voice. Dorothy Thompson voicefireearthquakes The works of mercy are the opposite of the works of war, feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, nursing the sick, visiting the prisoner. But we are destroying crops, setting fire to entire villages and to the people in them. We are not performing the works of mercy but the works of war. Dorothy Day nursingfirewar Nothing goes so well with a hot fire and buttered crumpets as a wet day without and a good dose of comfortable horrors within. The heavier the lashing of the rain and the ghastlier the details, the better the flavour seems to be. Dorothy L. Sayers firehotrain The successful pilots succeeded because they did not open fire until they were close to the target. Douglas Bader targetsuccessfulfire Going over to Lesvos in Greece and meeting some of these poor refugees who have just made the treacherous sea crossing opened my eyes in a way I can't even being to describe. It's put a fire in my belly to really try to do something, the little I can do. Douglas Booth eyefiresea I had learned one of the bitter lessons of life: never try to regain the past, the fire will have become ashes. Douglas MacArthur life-lessonfirepast Some of 'em [virtues] like extinct volcanoes, Douglas William Jerrold strongfirememories«3940414243444546474849»
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