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Fire Quotes
"There may be a great fire in our hearts, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke."
158
"Washington has thrown their soldiers on the fire."
143
"Whenever our neighbour's house is on fire, it cannot be amiss for the engines to play a little on our own."
75
"We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it."
Fire,
67
"I've seen public opinion shift like the wind and put out the very fire it lighted."
58
"When I heard Little Richard, I mean, it just set my world on fire."
58
"Noah came before the flood. I have come before the fire."
57
"The Irish seem to have more fire about them than the Scots."
56
"Small miseries, like small debts, hit us in so many places, and meet us at so many turns and corners, that what they want in weight, they make up in number, and render it less hazardous to stand the fire of one cannon ball, than a volley composed of such a shower of bullets."
55
"Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant."
54
"One does not set fire to a world which is already lost."
52
"It was a night when London was ringed and stabbed with fire."
52
"What medicines do not heal, the lance will; what the lance does not heal, fire will."
51
"There is nothing Federal about local volunteer fire departments."
50
"In all feats of fire-eating it should be noted that the head is thrown well back, so that the flame may pass out of the open mouth instead of up into the roof, as it would if the head were held naturally."
50
"Fire has always been and, seemingly, will always remain, the most terrible of the elements."
50
"But clearly, this is what this is about. It's about pushing the security bubble out. It's about rooting out every last guy, so that there's not even somebody who can fire a single, solitary RPG round from some little qalat out here."
50
"I took all my wax studies and threw them in the fire... that's the way it is when something unpleasant happens to me. I take my hammer and I squash a figure."
Fire,
49
"The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled."
49
"We set the town on fire and burned down every house as a warning to other small towns along the river."
Fire,
48
"Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire."
48
"I have defeated this earthworm with my words. Imagine what I would have done with my fire breathing fists."
47
"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."
45
"We didn't have a drill so he would burn the holes through the wood with a metal rod that he heated up in a fire. Can you imagine an ordinary crew doing that?"
42
"I'm cautious about using fire. It can become theatrical. I am interested in the heat, not the flames."
Fire,
42
"No. Better research needed. Fire your research person. No fishnet stockings. Never. Not in this band."
41
"Personality is born out of pain. It is the fire shut up in the flint."
41
"Malice can always find a mark to shoot at, and a pretence to fire."
41
"To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark."
40
"If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience."
38
"I've got friends who are pyrotechnics who do big fire shows, so I'm really fascinated by that."
38
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