Fire quotes and words of wisdom

"A life without love in it is like a heap of ashes upon a deserted hearth, with the fire dead, the laughter stilled and the light extinguished."
Frank Tebbets


"Decrying the mismanagement that led to the summer"s catastrophic wildfires: The Clinton administration didn"t cause these fires, but their policies have left the Forest Service under-funded and under-prepared for this crisis. I don"t think it"s a conspiracy, but it"s a philosophy they have that leads to explosive fires that destroy everything."
Marc Racicot


"Double, double, toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble."
William Shakespeare


"Flame follows smoke. ? Flamma fumo est proxima."
Titus Maccius Plautus


"From a little spark may burst a mighty flame."
Dante Alighieri


"I am ashes where once I was fire."
Lord George Gordon Byron


"I used to work in a fire hydrant factory. You couldn"t park anywhere near the place."
Steven Wright


"In elementary school, in case of fire you have to line up quietly in a single file line from smallest to tallest. What is the logic? Do tall people burn slower?"
Warren Hutcherson


"It takes two flints to make a fire."
Louisa May Alcott


"Matilda told such dreadful lies, It made one gasp and stretch one"s eyes; Her aunt, who, from her earliest youth, Had kept a strict regard for truth, Attempted to believe Matilda: The effort very nearly killed her."
Hilaire Belloc


"Some men go through a forest and see no firewood."
Unknown


"The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him."
Proverb


"There can no great smoke arise, but there must be some fire."
John Lyly


"There is no fire without some smoke."
John Heywood


"There is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there; There is no fireside, howsoe"er defended, But has one vacant chair."
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


"Three removes are as bad as a fire."
Benjamin Franklin


Interesting Quotes

The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.Mark Twain - US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910)

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignoredAldous Huxley - English critic & novelist (1894 - 1963)