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Fire Quotes

"If your house is burning, wouldn't you try and put out the fire?"

"If your house is burning, wouldn't you try and put out the fire?"

Imran Khan, Pakistani Athlete

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"They're either going to fire you or they're not. They can only fire you. That's all they can do. They can't take your thumbs."

"They're either going to fire you or they're not. They can only fire you. That's all they can do. They can't take your thumbs."

Ron Livingston, American Actor

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"The fire burns as the novel taught it how."

"The fire burns as the novel taught it how."

Wallace Stevens, American Poet

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"Free speech means the right to shout 'theatre' in a crowded fire."

"Free speech means the right to shout 'theatre' in a crowded fire."

Abbie Hoffman, American Activist

Fire, Freespeech, Right

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"A little before noon I sent orders to all my batteries to open fire through the streets or at any points where the troops were seen about the city, as a diversion in favor of Jackson."

"A little before noon I sent orders to all my batteries to open fire through the streets or at any points where the troops were seen about the city, as a diversion in favor of Jackson."

James Longstreet, American Soldier

Fire, Open, Troops

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"Take to every Gallon of Honey, three Gallons of water, and put them both together, and set them over so soft a fire, that you may endure to melt and break the honey with your hands."

"Take to every Gallon of Honey, three Gallons of water, and put them both together, and set them over so soft a fire, that you may endure to melt and break the honey with your hands."

Kenelm Digby, English Celebrity

Fire, May, Water

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"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."

"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."

Robert Fulghum, American Author

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"I've got friends who are pyrotechnics who do big fire shows, so I'm really fascinated by that."

"I've got friends who are pyrotechnics who do big fire shows, so I'm really fascinated by that."

Rosamund Pike, British Actress

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"We feel free when we escape - even if it be but from the frying pan to the fire."

"We feel free when we escape - even if it be but from the frying pan to the fire."

Eric Hoffer, American Writer

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"I did mostly good things, except light things on fire."

"I did mostly good things, except light things on fire."

Mark Hoppus, American Musician

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"Running like a bunny with his tail on fire."

"Running like a bunny with his tail on fire."

Red Barber, American Celebrity

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"The high-spirited man may indeed die, but he will not stoop to meanness. Fire, though it may be quenched, will not become cool."

"The high-spirited man may indeed die, but he will not stoop to meanness. Fire, though it may be quenched, will not become cool."

Ovid, Roman Poet

Fire, Man, May, Will

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"Fire is the origin of stone.By working the stone with heat, I am returning it to its source."

"Fire is the origin of stone.By working the stone with heat, I am returning it to its source."

Andy Goldsworthy, British Artist

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"To say that its wrong to feel this way is not the point; you do feel it. All you see is a flash of fire and, depending on your altitude, you don't even see that sometimes."

"To say that its wrong to feel this way is not the point; you do feel it. All you see is a flash of fire and, depending on your altitude, you don't even see that sometimes."

James Dickey, American Novelist

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"I'm healed up and I feel great. After going through the fire, it's great to be out performing again."

"I'm healed up and I feel great. After going through the fire, it's great to be out performing again."

Chris LeDoux, American Musician

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"I've lost a little bit of my fire... I don't want to say I've lost my passion."

"I've lost a little bit of my fire... I don't want to say I've lost my passion."

Roger Clemens, American Athlete

Fire, Passion, Want

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"Jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire."

"Jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire."

Solomon Ibn Gabirol, Spanish Poet

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"Must all of them and their families be physically abolished? Of course not? They must be 'liquidated' or melted in the hot fire of exile and labor into the proletarian masses."

"Must all of them and their families be physically abolished? Of course not? They must be 'liquidated' or melted in the hot fire of exile and labor into the proletarian masses."

Walter Duranty, American Journalist

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"The town caught fire in several places, shells crashed and burst, and solid shot rained like hail."

"The town caught fire in several places, shells crashed and burst, and solid shot rained like hail."

James Longstreet, American Soldier

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"Even in moments of tranquility, Murray Walker sounds like a man whose trousers are on fire."

"Even in moments of tranquility, Murray Walker sounds like a man whose trousers are on fire."

Clive James, Australian Writer

Fire, Man, Moments, Tranquility

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"Reign of Fire is something I know how to do, because I've played tough so much."

"Reign of Fire is something I know how to do, because I've played tough so much."

Izabella Scorupco, Polish Actress

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"Last year in a historic move, the state of New York passed the very first cigarette fire safety standard."

"Last year in a historic move, the state of New York passed the very first cigarette fire safety standard."

Ed Markey, American Politician

Fire, First, Safety, State

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"Fire has impacted every part of our lives - without fire, there would be no shopping, right? - that's how the Internet will intrude on our lives, particularly our kids' lives."

"Fire has impacted every part of our lives - without fire, there would be no shopping, right? - that's how the Internet will intrude on our lives, particularly our kids' lives."

Jay Chiat, American Businessman

Fire, Internet, Kids, Right

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"The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes."

"The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes."

Henri Frederic Amiel, Swiss Philosopher

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"To me, innovations are the wheel, fire, language, movable type. There are not 3 million innovations; there are 3 million inventions."

"To me, innovations are the wheel, fire, language, movable type. There are not 3 million innovations; there are 3 million inventions."

Dean Kamen, American Inventor

Fire, Inventions, Language

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"The best training is to play by ear: trial by fire."

"The best training is to play by ear: trial by fire."

John Legend, American Musician

Fire, Play, Training

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"The fire was followed by a period of grieving and then by an incredible lightness, freedom, and mobility."

"The fire was followed by a period of grieving and then by an incredible lightness, freedom, and mobility."

Martin Puryear, American Sculptor

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"You know me, I've got to find some way to get a fresh fire."

"You know me, I've got to find some way to get a fresh fire."

Garth Brooks, American Musician

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"You're an old-timer if you can remember when setting the world on fire was a figure of speech."

"You're an old-timer if you can remember when setting the world on fire was a figure of speech."

Franklin P. Jones, American Journalist

Fire, Old, Speech, World

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"You are ice and fire the touch of you burns my hands like snow."

"You are ice and fire the touch of you burns my hands like snow."

Amy Lowell, American Poet

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"I'm just calm under fire. I'm not intimidating at all."

"I'm just calm under fire. I'm not intimidating at all."

Keenen Ivory Wayans, American Comedian

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"Call things by their right names - Glass of brandy and water! That is the current, but not the appropriate name; ask for a glass of liquid fire and distilled damnation."

"Call things by their right names - Glass of brandy and water! That is the current, but not the appropriate name; ask for a glass of liquid fire and distilled damnation."

Robert Hall, English Clergyman

Fire, Name, Names, Right

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"And everything burned in blue, everything a star."

"And everything burned in blue, everything a star."

Pablo Neruda, Chilean Writer

Fire, Wonder, Intensity, Vision, Transformation

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"What a couple. I'm consumed into ashes. And he's always raking up the ashes and setting them on fire again."

"What a couple. I'm consumed into ashes. And he's always raking up the ashes and setting them on fire again."

Agnes Smedley, American Journalist

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"Always give them the old fire, even when you feel like a squashed cake of ice."

"Always give them the old fire, even when you feel like a squashed cake of ice."

Ethel Merman, American Musician

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"I've had tons of odd jobs, but I think that I would probably be a fireman because you get to see the results of your job. You get there and there is a house on fire. You leave and there's not a fire anymore."

"I've had tons of odd jobs, but I think that I would probably be a fireman because you get to see the results of your job. You get there and there is a house on fire. You leave and there's not a fire anymore."

Luke Perry, American Actor

Fire, Job, Jobs, Results

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"Jonathan is that brilliant little fire that burns within us all, that lives only for those moments when we reach perfection."

"Jonathan is that brilliant little fire that burns within us all, that lives only for those moments when we reach perfection."

Richard Bach, American Novelist

Fire, Moments, Perfection

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"I caught on fire twice on the stage, but I was promptly put out. It was just my leg."

"I caught on fire twice on the stage, but I was promptly put out. It was just my leg."

Tre Cool, American Musician

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"It is easy enough to be moral after a good dinner beside a snug coal fire, and with our hearts well warmed with fine old port."

"It is easy enough to be moral after a good dinner beside a snug coal fire, and with our hearts well warmed with fine old port."

Henry Mayhew, English Journalist

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"I always wanted to fire rays out of my fingertips."

"I always wanted to fire rays out of my fingertips."

Len Wein, American Cartoonist

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"It wasn't a checkpoint but a patrol which immediately opened fire after they trained their light on us."

"It wasn't a checkpoint but a patrol which immediately opened fire after they trained their light on us."

Giuliana Sgrena, Italian Journalist

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"I am not authorized to fire substitute teachers."

"I am not authorized to fire substitute teachers."

Nancy Cartwright, American Actress

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"My pamphlet did not set the Torrens on fire."

"My pamphlet did not set the Torrens on fire."

Catherine Helen Spence, Australian Author

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"They were fun days, and we set the town on fire with every movie we did."

"They were fun days, and we set the town on fire with every movie we did."

Burt Lancaster, American Actor

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""Yes we can" always struck many as a naive and childish chant, like something ripped off from the Camp Fire Girls."

""Yes we can" always struck many as a naive and childish chant, like something ripped off from the Camp Fire Girls."

Craig Shirley, American Author

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"Storytelling is what lights my fire."

"Storytelling is what lights my fire."

Hope Davis, American Actress

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"The generous Critic fann'd the Poet's fire, And taught the world with reason to admire."

"The generous Critic fann'd the Poet's fire, And taught the world with reason to admire."

Edgar Allan Poe, American Poet

Fire, Reason, World

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"What is emitted from the divine, though it be only like the reflection from the fire, still has the divine reality in itself, and one might almost ask what were the fire without glow, the sun without light, or the Creator without the creature?"

"What is emitted from the divine, though it be only like the reflection from the fire, still has the divine reality in itself, and one might almost ask what were the fire without glow, the sun without light, or the Creator without the creature?"

Max Muller, German Educator

Fire, Light, Reality, Reflection

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"I fought fire with oil."

"I fought fire with oil."

Dalton Trumbo, American Novelist

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"Man needs colour to live; it's just as necessary an element as fire and water."

"Man needs colour to live; it's just as necessary an element as fire and water."

Fernand Leger, French Artist

Fire, Man, Needs, Water

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