Quotes by Fire You don’t fight fire with fire. You fight fire with water. We’re gonna fight racism with solidarity. We're not gonna fight capitalism with Black capitalism. We’re gonna fight capitalism with socialism. Socialism is the people. If you’re afraid of socialism, you’re afraid of yourself. Fred Hampton fightingracismfire If there be fuel prepared, it is hard to tell whence the spark shall come that shall set it on fire. Francis Bacon sparksfuelfire It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice. There are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia. Frank Zappa icefiretwo A good organizer is a social arsonist who goes around setting people on fire. Fred Ross arsonistsfirepeople The wind which snuffs the candle fans the fire. Francois de La Rochefoucauld learningfirewind If you hold your fire until you see the whites of his eyes, you will never know what hit you. Franklin D. Roosevelt eyefirehistory I was always around people who were in the business from the time I was an absolute baby. I grew up in New York City, and my parents, my sister, and I had a house on Fire Island, and they were part of a set of people that were all close and friendly, most of whom were involved in show business in one regard or another. So it was always familiar to me, and I kind of enjoyed it. Fred Melamed new-yorkfirebaby [Lee Morgan] was the only young cat that scared me when he played. He had so much fire and natural feeling. I had more technique, but he had that feeling. People seemed to like him more than they like me at the beginning. Freddie Hubbard catmusicfire At certain times, men regard poetry merely as a bright flame, but to women it was, and always will be, a warm fire. Franz Grillparzer flamesfiremen Dusty, dark, cold, and hard, coal has no beauty of its own, but when it is consummated by fire it is beautiful and becomes what it was designed to be. Frederica Mathewes-Green firedarkbeautiful It's the job of a manager not to light the fire of motivation, but to create an environment to let each person's personal spark of motivation blaze. Frederick Herzberg motivationfirejobs For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake. The feeling in the nation must be quickened, the conscience of the nation must be roused, the propriety of the nation must be startled, the hypocrisy of the nation must be exposed: and its crimes against God and man must be denounced. Frederick Douglass lightfiremen Change is like fire- if uncontrolled, it will consume us. Franklin D. Roosevelt ifsfire The thornbush is the old obstacle in the road. It must catch fire if you want to go further. Franz Kafka literaturefirewant Deep theology is the best fuel of devotion; it readily catches fire, and once kindled it burns long. Frederick William Faber fuelfirelong My theory is that there is no word that you can say or noise that you can make with your mouth that is so horrible that it will send you to burn forever in that lake of fire! It's not gonna happen. Frank Zappa firelakesforever It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake. Frederick Douglass lightfireearthquakes Good days are to be gathered like grapes, to be trodden and bottled into wine and kept for age to sip at ease beside the fire. If the traveler has vintaged well, he need trouble to wander no longer; the ruby moments glow in his glass at will. Freya Stark good-daywinefire One does not set fire to a world which is already lost Friedrich Durrenmatt literaturefiredoe Whenever I find a spark of that hidden fire that will sooner or later consume the old and create the new, I am drawn to it with love and hope, regarding it as a sign of my future home. Friedrich Schleiermacher sparksfirehome«5152535455565758596061»
