Quotes having the keyword Fire
I'd rather fight 100 structure fires than a wildfire. With a structure fire you know where your flames are, but in the woods it can move anywhere; it can come right up behind you.
by Tom Watson (born in 1949) keywords: anywhere, behind, come, fight, fire, fires, flames, know, move, rather, right, structure, than, up, where, wildfire, woods , your Among the notable things about fire is that it also requires oxygen to burn - exactly like its enemy, life. Thereby are life and flames so often compared.
by Otto Weininger (Philosopher, Austrian , born in 1880) keywords: also, among, burn, compared, enemy, exactly, fire, flames, life, notable, often, oxygen, requires, thereby , things I was not great behind the counter. I had a week off without asking for it. Another time, we had a cart go up in flames, and we went out on another cart, which we wrecked by running it into the cart that was on fire.
by Mike Weir (Athlete, Canadian , born in 1970) keywords: another, asking, behind, cart, counter, fire, flames, go, great, had, into, off, out, running, time, up, week, went, which, without , wrecked Leaders should lead as far as they can and then vanish. Their ashes should not choke the fire they have lit.
by H. G. Wells (Author, English , born in 1866) keywords: ashes, choke, far, fire, lead, leaders, lit, should, their, then , vanish I think these ladies, that group of 130 women, are going to make a difference in what goes on down there, because they're going to hold the locals' feet to the fire.
by Lynn Westmoreland (Politician, American , born in 1950) keywords: because, difference, down, feet, fire, goes, going, group, hold, ladies, locals, make, these, think , women I'm an entertainer. If people are paying good money for tickets they deserve the best show they can see. I don't get into lighting stuff on fire, but I do believe in going the extra mile.
by Bryan White (Musician, American , born in 1974) keywords: believe, best, deserve, entertainer, extra, fire, get, going, good, into, lighting, mile, money, paying, see, show, stuff , tickets 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.
by Benjamin Whorf (Scientist, American , born in 1897) keywords: became, behavior, course, due, evident, factor, fire, meaning, only, physical, physics, qua, situation, sometimes, start , through We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it.
by Tennessee Williams (Dramatist, American , born in 1911) keywords: burns, call, department, down, fire, house, just, live, locked, look, out, trapped, upstairs, us, way, while , window I used to work in a fire hydrant factory. You couldn't park anywhere near the place.
by Steven Wright (Comedian, American , born in 1955) keywords: anywhere, factory, fire, hydrant, near, park, place, used , work When you are old and gray and full of sleep, and nodding by the fire, take down this book and slowly read, and dream of the soft look your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep.
by William Butler Yeats (Poet, Irish , born in 1970) keywords: book, deep, down, dream, eyes, fire, full, gray, had, look, nodding, old, once, read, shadows, sleep, slowly, soft, take, their , your American soldiers had to guard prisoners on the inside while receiving mortar and weapons fire from the outside. Guantanamo is distant from any battlefield, making it far more secure.
by John Yoo (Educator, American , born in 1967) keywords: american, any, battlefield, distant, far, fire, guantanamo, guard, had, inside, making, more, mortar, outside, prisoners, receiving, secure, soldiers, weapons , while Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire.
by Edward Young (Poet, English , born in 1683) keywords: begun, birth, death, fire, moment, nothing, our, take, tapers , waste It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice. There are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia.
by Frank Zappa (Musician, American , born in 1940) keywords: ending, fire, ice, imagine, necessary, nostalgia, other, paperwork, possibilities, two , world I was like any new bride, who said, 'I'm going to cook for my man.' In fact, once I started a small kitchen fire in a pan. Smoke was pouring from the pan, and I got really scared. Right next to our stove is a small fire extinguisher. You know, easy access.
by Catherine Zeta-Jones (Actor, Welsh , born in 1969) keywords: access, any, bride, cook, easy, fact, fire, going, got, kitchen, know, man, new, next, once, our, pan, pouring, really, right, said, scared, small, smoke, started , stove
