Fire Quotes - Page 28

• Oh! for this baptism of fire! when every spoken word for Jesus shall be a thunderbolt, and every prayer shall bring forth a mighty flood.

  Abbott Eliot Kittredge

  Jesus, Prayer, Baptism

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p.22, 1895.

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• The image the Republicans have of themselves needs the image they have of the Democrats to bring it into sharp focus. The Democrats are plainly a disreputable crowd; the Republicans, by contrast, are men of standing and sobriety. Many a middle-class American in many a small town has had to explain painfully why he chose to be a Democrat. No middle-class American need feel uneasy as a Republican. Even when he is a minority--for example, among the heathen on a college campus--he can, like any white, Anglo-Saxon Protestant, warm himself before his little fire of self-esteem.

  Clinton Rossiter

  Self Esteem, College, Men

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• The Soul is a fact, but it is not physical. ... Survivors of near-death experiences attest that some part of them apparently detaches from their physical bodies following the death of the body, but while that is proof of the soul for them, it does not prove it to us. The Soul is like divine music that only God can hear; it is the force of endless resurrection; the soul is like a fire that never goes out.

  Caroline Myss

  Soul, Doe, Survivor

  "Entering the Castle: An Inner Path to God and Your Soul". Book by Caroline Myss, 2007.

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• I do not want to heap coals of fire on anyone's head, but I would like to advise those who keep the living thought of the dead hidden away in cardboard boxes, to pass on as quickly as possibly such explosive material, whose only legitimate heir is the whole world, that is to say, my neighbor.

  Pierre Schaeffer

  Coal, World, Want

  "The Old Man and His Movements" by Pierre Schaeffer, 1964.

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• Most of my scars are not fire-related and I no longer say "I know what I am doing" at critical moments.

  James Nicoll

  Critical Moments, Scar, Knows

  Usenet article <dgpfn2$h61$1@reader1.panix.com>, 2005.

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• The large gray spiked form rising from the bottom of the picture is to me the symbol of death and ruin. And finally the black ovoid form is the symbol of fire, lava and destruction.

  William Baziotes

  Black, Rising, Lava

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• Having been created in the image and likeness of God, unlike trees or flowers or fire or the moon, we are most fully human when we love, forgive and work toward peace. To be violent, vengeful or selfish is to be un-human!

  Daniel Horan

  Selfish, Flower, Moon

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• Advertising is the best insurance that you can take out on your business. You can buy fire insurance on your stock of goods, but no company will issue a policy covering your business, the good will as they sometimes call it. You must insure yourself, and the best way to do it is by advertising. Good advertising kept up for a number of years gives you something that no fire can take away.

  Frank Farrington

  Years, Numbers, Issues

  Frank Farrington (1910). “Retail Advertising: Complete”

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• If you want the fire of God, you must become the fuel of God.

  Tommy Tenney

  God, Fuel, Want

  Tommy Tenney (2005). “God Chasers”, p.65, Destiny Image Publishers

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• Brave rifles! Veterans! You have been baptized in fire and blood and have come out steel!

  Winfield Scott

  Blood, Baptized In, Brave

  "The Life and Military and Civic Services of Lieut-Gen. Winfield Scott". Book by Orville James Victor, p. 106, 1861.

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• I write just because the fire of my emotion is burning. Had I not, I would not have been able to find peace.

  Ba Jin

  Writing, Burning, Able

  "Literary witness to century of turmoil". www.chinadaily.com.cn. November 24, 2003.

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• Not far from the invention of fire we must rank the invention of doubt.

  Thomas Huxley

  Doubt, Atheism, Invention

  "T. H. Huxley: Scientist, Humanist, and Educator". Book by Cyril Bibby, p. 257, 1950.

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• I've learned that having a lot of money is more fun than not having a lot of money, and that once you've got it, it tends to grow all by itself, like a fire.

  Tim Powers

  Fun, I've Learned, Grows

  Tim Powers (1997). “The Anubis Gates”, p.297, Penguin

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• I hate everything approaching temperamental inspiration,'sacred fire'and all those attributes of genius which serve only as cloaks for untidy minds.

  Piet Mondrian

  Hate, Inspiration, Mind

  Quoted in F Elgar Mondrian (1968).

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• So the president is like, "Well, once upon a time it was Congress's job to decide whether or not we attacked countries, so let's let them decide." Which is funny, because, as we all know, if Congress were on fire, Congress could not pass the "Pour Water on Congress Act".

  Hank Green

  Country, Jobs, Water

  YouTube Channel "vlogbrothers"/"Syria in Five Minutes", www.youtube.com. September 13, 2013.

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• Too many times we're looking for ways to get around deep waters and dangerous fires, rather than through them. Has this ever been your experience?

  James MacDonald

  Deep Water, Way, Dangerous

  James MacDonald (2011). “Always True: God's 5 Promises When Life Is Hard”, p.119, Moody Publishers

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• Being the companion of the folk of this world is fire. There must be an Abraham if the fire is not going to burn [you].

  Shams Tabrizi

  World, Abraham, Companion

  "Me and Rumi: The Autobiography of Shams-I Tabrizi". Book by Shams Tabrizi, translated by William C. Chittick, 2004.

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• There's no smoke without fire.

  Georgy Zhukov

  Gossip, Smoke

  "Stalin's Generals" by Harold Shukman, (p. 359), 2002.

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• Take my hand and grow young with me. Don't rush. Don't sleep. Be a beginner. Light the candles. Keep the fire. Dare to love someone. Tell yourself the truth. Stay inside the rapture.

  Marlena De Blasi

  Sleep, Light, Hands

  Marlena de Blasi (2013). “A Thousand Days in Venice: An Unexpected Romance”, p.63, Algonquin Books

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• You could start a fire with the heat between you two.
  You're mistaking bitter animosity for heartfelt affection.

  Michelle Hodkin

  Two, Heartfelt, Heat

  Michelle Hodkin (2012). “The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer”, p.114, Simon and Schuster

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• A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them. They then dwell in the house next door, and at any moment a flame may dart out and set fire to his own house. Whenever we give up, leave behind, and forget too much, there is always the danger that the things we have neglected will return with added force.

  Carl Jung

  Giving Up, Passion, Men

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• In December ring Every day the chimes; Loud the gleemen sing In the streets their merry rhymes. Let us by the fire Ever higher Sing them till the night expire!

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Night, December, Chimes

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1867). “The Poetical Works of H. W. Longfellow. Complete Edition”, p.145

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• Making Saudi Arabia a world judge on women's rights and religious freedom would be like naming a pyromaniac as the town fire chief.

  Hillel Neuer

  Religious, Rights, Judging

  "UN-real: Saudi Arabia, China among nations vying for seats on Human Rights Council". www.foxnews.com. October 22, 2013.

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• Indiana's governor is coming under fire for a new law that some people feel is anti-gay. The governor now says he is not anti-gay. Then immediately afterwards he said, 'April Fools.' It wasn't his best joke.

  Conan O'Brien

  Gay, Law, People

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• I was quite intimidated by Ralph Fiennes. I didn't really talk to him while I was doing Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and the only thing I did with him was when he stepped on my head. Then I went to this play and he was there. And this girl said, “you've worked with Ralph Fiennes haven't you, Robert?” and I was like, “well, no...” and Ralph said, “yes, I stepped on your head.” And that was the extent of our conversation.

  Robert Pattinson

  Girl, Play, Potters

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