Quotes by Fire Not till the fire is dying in the grate, Look we for any kinship with the stars. Oh, wisdom never comes when it is gold, And the great price we paid for it full worth: We have it only when we are half earth. Little avails that coinage to the old! George Meredith starsdyingfire Making a film is like putting out a fire with sieve. There are so many elements, and it gets so complicated. George Lucas elementsfilmfire I've seen pretty clear, ever since I was a young un, as religion's something else besides notions. It isn't notions sets people doing the right things--it's feelings. It's the same with the notions in religion as it is with math'matics--a man may be able to work problems straight off in's head as he sits by the fire and smokes his pipe; but if he has to make a machine or a building, he must have a will and a resolution, and love something else better than his own ease. George Eliot firemathmen So much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot. George Orwell firewingspeople Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes. George Herbert smellfiremay That from small fires comes oft no small mishap. George Herbert mishapsresultsfire Love loves unto purity. Love has ever in view the absolute loveliness of that which it beholds. Therefore all that is not beautiful in the beloved, all that comes between and is not of love's kind, must be destroyed. And our God is a consuming fire. George MacDonald fireviewsbeautiful A litle wind kindles; much puts out the fire. George Herbert kindlesfirewind But in this Second Work if thou extract our Air and our Fire with the phlegm water, they will the more naturally and easily be drawn out of their infernal prison, and with less losse of their Spirits, than by the former way before described. George Ripley swagfireair You could make a poultice out of mud to cool a fever. You could plant seeds in mud and grow a crop to feed your children. Mud would nourish you, where fire would only consume you, but fools and children and young girls would choose fire every time. George R. R. Martin girlfirechildren The wildlings seemed to think Ygritte a great beauty because of her hair; red hair was rare among the free folk, and those who had it were said to be kissed by fire, which was supposed to be lucky. George R. R. Martin firehairthinking A civil servant is sometimes like a broken cannon - it won't work and you can't fire it. George S. Patton governmentbrokenfire Don't fall victim to what I call the ready-aim-aim-aim-aim syndrome. You must be willing to fire. George S. Patton decisions-you-makefirefall As a breath on glass, - As witch-fires that burn, The gods and monsters pass, Are dust, and return. (“The Face of the Skies”) George Sterling glassesdustfire If liberty with law is fire on the hearth, liberty without law is fire on the floor. George Stillman Hillard firelawheart Even grief recedes with time and grace. But our resolve must not pass. Each of us will remember what happened that day, and to whom it happened. We'll remember the moment the news came -- where we were and what we were doing. Some will remember an image of a fire, or a story of rescue. Some will carry memories of a face and a voice gone forever. George W. Bush grieffirememories We must pass like smoke or live within the spirit's fire; George William Russell fatefiredream When I take action, I'm not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It's going to be decisive. George W. Bush camelstentsfire Believers keep up and maintain their walk with God by secret prayer. The spirit of grace is always accompanied with the spirit of supplication. It is the very breath of the new creature, the fan of the divine life, whereby the spark of holy fire, kindled in the soul by God, is not only kept in, but raised into a flame. George Whitefield fireprayerspiritual If hell has no answer for the questioning dead, it is not because it refuses to answer (for rigorous, alas, in observance, is the imperishable fire), but it is because hell has nothing to say, will say nothing eternally. Georges Bernanos hellfireanswers«5556575859606162636465»
