Quotes by Fire There is exchange of all things for fire and of fire for all things, as there is of wares for gold and of gold for wares. Heraclitus goldall-thingsfire Assuming that a tax increase is necessary, it is clearly preferable to impose the additional cost on land by increasing the land tax, rather than to increase the wage tax - the two alternatives open to the City (of Pittsburgh). It is the use and occupancy of property that creates the need for the municipal services that appear as the largest item in the budget - fire and police protection, waste removal, and public works. The average increase in tax bills of city residents will be about twice as great with wage tax increase than with a land tax increase. Herbert Simon landfireaverage The only one who really knows about the Reichstag is I, because I set it on fire! Hermann Goring goeringfireknows Our dependence on fossil fuels amounts to global pyromania, and the only fire extinguisher we have at our disposal is renewable energy. Hermann Scheer fuelenergyfire The Cosmos was not made by gods but always was and is eternal fire. Heraclitus cosmosfiremade The story had held us, round the fire, sufficiently breathless, but except the obvious remark that it was gruesome, as, on Christmas Eve in an old house, a strange tale should essentially be . . . Henry James firestorieshouse Heat can also be produced by the impact of imperfectly elastic bodies as well as by friction. This is the case, for instance, when we produce fire by striking flint against steel, or when an iron bar is worked for some time by powerful blows of the hammer. Hermann von Helmholtz powerfulfireblow Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire Heraclitus deliberateviolencefire Friendship is far more delicate than love. Quarrels and fretful complaints are attractive in the last, offensive in the first. And the very things which heap fewel on the fire of ardent passion, choke and extinguish sober and true regard. On the other hand, time, which is sure to destroy that love of which half certainly depends on desire, is as sure to increase a friendship founded on talents, warm with esteem, and ambitious of success for the object of it. Hester Lynch Piozzi passionfirehands When a man is hit by Friendly Fire, his blood pressure lowers and his morale sinks. I have been hit by Friendly Fire in my heart. Sighs spill from my body instead of blood. Hideo Kojima fireheartmen Some critics are like chimney-sweepers; they put out the fire below, and frighten the swallows from their nests above; they scrape a long time in the chimney, cover themselves with soot, and bring nothing away but a bag of cinders, and then sing from the top of the house as if they had built it. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow firehouselong We circle in the night and we are devoured by fire. Heraclitus circlesfirenight Darling Daddy, This is Rose. So flames went all up the kitchen wall. Saffron called the fire brigade and the police came too to see if it was a trick and the police woman said to Saffron Here You Are Again because of when I got lost having my glasses checked. But I was with Tom whose grandmother is a witch on top of the highest place in town. Love, Rose. Hilary McKay wallgrandmotherfire The bourgeois prefers comfort to pleasure, convenience to liberty, and a pleasant temperature to the deathly inner consuming fire. Hermann Hesse libertyfirecomfort The fire is the main comfort of the camp, whether in summer or winter, and is about as ample at one season as at another. It is as well for cheerfulness as for warmth and dryness. Henry David Thoreau firesummerwinter This universe, which is the same for all, has not been made by any god or man, but it always has been, is, and will be an ever-living fire, kindling itself by regular measures and going out by regular measures. Heraclitus firemenlife The phases of fire are craving and satiety. Heraclitus satietyphasesfire Making Saudi Arabia a world judge on women's rights and religious freedom would be like naming a pyromaniac as the town fire chief. Hillel Neuer religiousrightsfire My stage fright gets worse at every performance. During the overture I hope for a theater fire, typhoon, revolution in the Pentagon. Hildegard Knef revolutionactorsfire This world... ever was, and is, and shall be, ever-living Fire, in measures being kindled and in measures going out. Heraclitus going-outfirelife«6566676869707172737475»
