The Fire Quotes

Fire hath its force abated by water, not by wind; and anger must be allayed by cold words, and not by blustering threats.

And we edit to let the fire show through the smoke.

I have suckled the wolf's lip of anger and I have used it for illumination, laughter, protection, fire in places where there was no light, no food, no sisters, no quarter.

All my life I have been reading romance novels. Those stupid books ruined me. I've always wanted that fire that every book I ever read talks about.

My Calamity is my providence, outwardly it is fire and vengeance, but inwardly it is light and mercy.

Mr. President, Mrs. Obama. There is a photograph of you [hugging] that went viral, became the most shared photograph in the history of Twitter. How do you keep the fire going?

My favorite moments? Where it's all going swimmingly, the sun's out and I've got a fire going and a nice snake on the barbecue.

The proof of gold is fire.

If somebody says, "You like putting out fires," and I say, "It's not a case of liking it, but I do put them out, and if there aren't fires left I make them, so I can put them out." It's what we do.

You could be adding gasoline to a roaring fire. We understand that. But this is who we are.

Now young faces grow sad and old and hearts of fire grow cold We swore blood brothers against the wind I'm ready to grow young again

Worrying about a large institution, especially when it has computers, is like worrying about a large gorilla, especially when it's on fire.

Capitalism is a forest fire that is never extinguished, only contained.

Will interrupted. "Henry," he said, "you're on fire. You do know that, don't you?

Fire is a fragile lover, court her well, neglect her not; her faith is like a misty smoke, her anger is destructive hot.

Do not pass between two brahmanas, between a brahmana and his sacrificial fire, between a wife and her husband, a master and his servant, and a plough and an ox.

Prowling about the rooms, sitting down, getting up, stirring the fire, looking out the window, teasing my hair, sitting down to write, writing nothing, writing something and tearing it up...

When the wind is blowing and the sleet or rain is driving against the dark windows, I love to sit by the fire, thinking of what I have read in books of voyage and travel.

Many a text [of Scripture] is written in a secret ink which must be held to the fire of adversity to make it visible.

When he went back to the fire he knelt and smoothed her hair as she slept and he said if he were God he would have made the world just so and no different.

In all the events of life, we ought still to preserve our scepticism. If we believe that fire warms, or water refreshes, it is only because it costs us too much pains to think otherwise.

Fire truck with back end on fire drives really fast in circles.

If it isn't a passion, it isn't burning, it isn't on fire, you haven't lived.

Absence Is To Love, What The Wind Is To Fire, When It's a Small Fire The Wind Kills It But When It's a Real Fire It Intensifies It

Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack sat on a candle stick, cause fire is the devil's only friend.

Well, yes, I've fired a lot of people. Generally I like other people to fire, because it's always a lousy task. But I have fired many people.

Can he love her? Can the soul really be satisfied with such polite affections? To love is to burn - to be on fire, like Juliet or Guinevere or Eloise.

What I mean is that conservatives are in a constant state of hair-on-fire, yelling anger.

when I came to know Greek art I instantly understood that excess and perfection are enemies; yet on the other hand this world and the millions of worlds around us live by fire ... !

Fire is fed by fire. The same small flame destroys Two stalks of wheat at once.

An evil deed, like fresh milk, does not go bad suddenly. Smouldering, like fire covered by ashes, the evil deed follows the fool.

September fattens on vines. Roses flake from the wall. The smoke of harmless fires drifts to my eyes. This is plenty. This is more than enough.

All dwarfs may be bastards yet not all bastards are dwarfs.

If you don't run, you can't win.

You have to know, when there is a fire in the kitchen, when to flood that fire.

Remember when the music Came from wooden boxes strung with silver wire And as we sang the words, it would set our minds on fire, For we believed in things, and so we'd sing.

Let's kick the tires and light the fires, big daddy.

If the old dog hadn't got distracted by the fire plug, he would have caught the rabbit.

All my Calvaries were rosy crucifixions, pseudo-tragedies to keep the fires of hell burning brightly for the real sinners who are in danger of being forgotten.

The lamps are lit, the fires burn bright. The house is full of life and light.

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.

There is a dreadful Hell, And everlasting pains; There sinners must with devils dwell In darkness, fire, and chains.

The trouble is that no devastating or redeeming fires have ever burnt in my life.... My life began by flickering out.

I thought it was a wonderfully conceptual act actually, to fire a replica pistol at a figurehead - the guy could have been working for Andy Warhol!

The burned hand teaches best. After that, advice about fire goes to the heart.

I sit beside the fire and think of people long ago, and of people who will see a world that I shall never know.

The Dark Lord has Nine. But we have One, mightier than they: the White Rider. He has passed through the fire and the abyss, and they shall fear him. We will go where he leads.

Devotion is the spark that can fire up your chemistry and energy to such a level that it creates an explosion of ecstasy within you.

After all the fears, the warnings, after all, a woman's mistakes are different from a girl's. They are written by fire on stone. They are a trait and not an error.

If this was a sandalwood pyre she would have thrown herself in and this paper she'd become would have caught fire and she and him could sail away like two birds.