Fire Quotes (1866 Quotes)

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

I'd like to be able to light the fire a little bit.

Our concern is if the Santa Anas subside, this fire could turn into a topography-driven fire and race uphill into mountain communities. So we're really concentrating a lot of fire suppression efforts on the northern perimeter of this Old Fire to keep it down,

They've spent a week trying to exclude the votes of men and women in uniform, police, fire, nurses, doctors. Now, their newfound dedication to the counting of ballots, though welcome, seems a little off.

Kato won the world title last year and he's been on fire for awhile.

It is not (fit) for the Prophet and those who believe that they should ask forgiveness for the polytheists, even though they should be near relatives, after it has become clear to them that they are inmates of the flaming fire.

But in due course it became evident that not only a physical situation qua physics, but the meaning of that situation to people, was sometimes a factor, through the behavior of people, in the start of a fire.

There is no indication at this time that this is a result of hostile fire, ... There are no survivors.

Recollections of the past and visions of the present come to bear me company the meanest man to whom I have ever given alms appears, to add his mite of peace and comfort to my stock and whenever the fire within me shall grow cold, to light my path upon this earth no more, I pray that it may be at such an hour as this, and when I love the world as well as I do now.

His ears up-prick'd; his braided hanging mane
Upon his compass'd crest now stand on end;
His nostrils drink the air, and forth again,
As from a furnace, vapours doth he send:
His eye, which scornfully glisters like fire,
Shows his hot courage and his high desire.

I thought I would set the world on fire when I got out of college. I had done quite well in a field that was growing. Unfortunately, we got hit with a recession in 1981.

Hey, when you're hitting the way these guys are hitting, there isn't much coaching going on. The hitting has been contagious -- it's spreading like wild fire. That helps our pitchers relax, too. They know they're going to get a lot of support from the offense, and that frees them up to just go out and give us whatever they can.

The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.

Sometimes I wonder -- if you just take a guy and stick him in the fire -- if it's the right thing to do. Let him come up here, play here and there, get some confidence. He's not worried if he's going to play every day.

. . . when the locked door opens, and there comes in a young woman, deadly pale, and with long fair hair, who glides to the fire, and sits down in the chair we have left there, wringing her hands.

Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.

One of the biggest fires we had in 1985 was actually started by a beer bottle that had been reflecting sunlight and then it bounced off and started a fire.

If they have a bad start, its a struggle for the night. I don't care what the level of the opponent we are playing, it doesn't really matter. If we don't come out on fire and energized, its a struggle for us. And that as got to change.

The beetles are native, so they've always been around causing a little mortality, and that's kind of a good thing. But when certain things happen, like the drought and fire, the population of the beetles builds up and it gives them the ability to move into healthy trees.

Speechless, my friend,
alone in the loneliness of this hour of the dead
and filled with the lives of fire,
pure heir of the ruined day.

When a fire goes into the wind, it's called a backfire. This is a slow backfire. It just creeps alongslowly to the west.

I was on Memorial Bridge heading home when I saw the black smoke pouring out from the trees. I called 911 and headed toward the house. I thought a house was on fire. It was pure black.

Want and wealth equally harden the human heart, as frost and fire are both alien to the human flesh. Famine and gluttony alike drive away nature from the heart of man.

In all parts of the Old World, as well as of the New, it was evident that Columbus had kindled a fire in every mariner's heart. That fire was the harbinger of a new era, for it was not to be extinguished.

Or perhaps you notice a congregation of ladybugs on a rose stalk. Don't invoke the old nursery saying and ask them to fly away home. Their house is not on fire. Your roses are, with aphids, which the ladybugs are feeding on - and you can bless yourself that they have come to your rescue.

I think Bobby has done a great job of being a floor general, making sure everybody is where they need to be on the court at all times. You have to credit him because he came here and was thrown into the fire early.

The bad news is that 50 people died in a hotel fire; the good news is that we got exclusive footage.

Every area in the country is subject to some kind of disaster - flood, hurricane, earthquake, to name a few. Even man-made disasters - oil spill, civil unrest, fire - can devastate the surrounding neighborhood and economy. Even though an area has never been damaged before, there is no guarantee that it will not happen tomorrow.

I woke up around 315 a.m. to this loud clanging and banging. I got out of bed and opened the cabin door, and there was a man in the hall saying there was a fire two floors above us and we had to get the other passengers up and get out. I went back into th

Officials closed this fire just in the nick of time. This is an amazing fire. It is just burning and raging.

It really takes over and reduces the amount of open water. So we want to use the fire to open it up.

I try to protect the young guys as best I can, but at the same time, if you're in the big leagues, you're in the fire every day no matter who you're playing.

Unfortunately, the fire and the potential financial obligation associated with rebuilding the plant forced us to re-examine the economic soundness of such a large capital investment.

It takes two flints to make a fire.

We don't know the specific cause of the fire. Is it possible Yes, having a light unit run all day long could make the unit overheat. I can't say it could have easily been avoided. Usually the units last pretty well.

I've gone to school and classes since I have been on the fire department for the past five years and finally get a chance to utilize my skills and help other people. I am trying to give back I guess.

Dan wasn't a starter last season but he's really stepped up his game. He's one of our co-captains along with John Moll and he brings some fire to the court.

I think enthusiasm for our music will be the spark that ignites the fire under the people that hate it and think we're a bad influence on kids.

The fire is contained. Yes, it's big and it's going to burn for some time. But it is under control.

The fire was quickly extinguished once we got on the scene, ... We had to do a search of the building and it's obviously a large building, plus we had a difficult time getting the passkeys to the rooms to do the search.

We have reached the moment of truth today, ... There is a way to achieve peace and security, but a unilateral withdrawal under fire and with nothing in return is certainly not the way.

The fire is out, it's obviously good news. They're all safe, they're all secure, they're all accounted for and we'll be escorting them out of the mine sometime tonight.

It was hard facing elimination, but it lit a fire under our butts. Coming back like that shows we can play with anyone.

Words can sometimes be used to confuse, but it's up to the practitioners of the study of language to apply them for good and not for evil. It is just like fire; fire can heat your house or burn it down.

It has been absolutely wonderful, really uplifting. In an odd way, the fire sent a message to our company about getting better organized and getting things under better control, in one place. But the generosity we've encountered has allowed us to bounce back quickly. We're ready for a new season.

Every time volunteers go out and help after a house fire, they're doing it on the faith that we're going to get the money from somewhere to pay that bill. We need community support to keep doing the good things we're doing.

The administration has not supported the funding for physical fitness equipment as part of the fire grant program. Physical fitness is an individual responsibility.

Like those old Civil War guns where you have to pack the muzzle before you fire, so I spent 14 years packing, packing packing.

a good leader, trustworthy, with the potential to be a good Marine, either as an officer or enlisted. He's dedicated to this program as he is to the fire department. He's also a good trainer and has taught three recruit classes.

Wheels of fire, cosmic, rich, full-bodied honest victories over desperation.