Quotes having the keyword Flame
Any committee is only as good as the most knowledgeable, determined and vigorous person on it. There must be somebody who provides the flame.
by Lady Bird Johnson (First Lady, American , born in 1912) keywords: any, committee, determined, flame, good, knowledgeable, most, must, only, person, provides, somebody , vigorous This sort of encouragement is vital for any writer. And lastly the publication of Touching the Flame, which was on hold for two years and went through a few publishers before finding a stable home.
by Paul Kane (Writer, English , born in 1973) keywords: any, before, encouragement, few, finding, flame, hold, home, lastly, publication, publishers, sort, stable, through, touching, two, vital, went, which, writer , years You can tell it's good if you light it and a blue flame comes up; that means it's good moonshine and it won't make you go blind.
by Johnny Knoxville (Actor, American , born in 1971) keywords: blind, blue, comes, flame, go, good, light, make, means, moonshine, tell, up , won Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.
by Bruce Lee (Actor, American , born in 1940) keywords: becomes, beginning, caught, coals, fierce, fire, flame, flickering, friendship, grows, hearts, hot, light, love, mature, often, older, only, our, pretty, still, unquenchable , very Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light by which the world looks for and finds merit.
by James Russell Lowell (Poet, American , born in 1819) keywords: blown, candle, easily, finds, flame, light, looks, merit, only, out, reputation, uncertain, wavering, which , world Even in decline, a virtuous man increases the beauty of his behavior. A burning stick, though turned to the ground, has its flame drawn upwards.
by Saskya Pandita (Leader , born in 1182) keywords: beauty, behavior, burning, decline, drawn, even, flame, ground, his, increases, man, stick, though, turned, upwards , virtuous Imparting knowledge is only lighting other men's candles at our lamp without depriving ourselves of any flame.
by Jane Porter (Novelist, Irish , born in 1776) keywords: any, candles, depriving, flame, imparting, knowledge, lamp, lighting, men, only, other, our, ourselves , without And New York is the most beautiful city in the world? It is not far from it. No urban night is like the night there... Squares after squares of flame, set up and cut into the aether. Here is our poetry, for we have pulled down the stars to our will.
by Ezra Pound (Poet, American , born in 1885) keywords: after, beautiful, city, cut, down, far, flame, here, into, most, new, night, our, poetry, pulled, set, squares, stars, up, urban, will, world , york They declaim against the passions without bothering to think that it is from their flame philosophy lights its torch.
by Marquis de Sade (Novelist, French , born in 1740) keywords: against, bothering, flame, lights, passions, philosophy, their, think, torch , without Why should the composer be more guilty than the poet who warms to fantasy by a strange flame, making an idea that inspires him the subject of his own very different treatment?
by Franz Schubert (Composer, Austrian , born in 1797) keywords: composer, different, fantasy, flame, guilty, him, his, idea, inspires, making, more, own, poet, should, strange, subject, than, treatment, very, warms , why At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.
by Albert Schweitzer (Theologian, German , born in 1875) keywords: another, cause, deep, each, flame, goes, gratitude, light, lighted, our, out, own, person, rekindled, spark, think, those, times, us , within In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
by Albert Schweitzer (Theologian, German , born in 1875) topics: Friendship keywords: another, being, burst, encounter, everyone, fire, flame, goes, human, inner, into, life, our, out, rekindle, should, some, spirit, thankful, then, those , time Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.
by Albert Schweitzer (Theologian, German , born in 1875) keywords: another, being, blown, deepest, each, flame, goes, human, into, light, our, out, owes, rekindled, sometimes, thanks, those , us Happiness consumes itself like a flame. It cannot burn for ever, it must go out, and the presentiment of its end destroys it at its very peak.
by August Strindberg (Dramatist, Swedish , born in 1849) keywords: burn, cannot, consumes, destroys, end, ever, flame, go, happiness, itself, must, out, peak , very The spread of civilisation may be likened to a fire; first, a feeble spark, next a flickering flame, then a mighty blaze, ever increasing in speed and power.
by Nikola Tesla (Inventor, American , born in 1856) keywords: blaze, civilisation, ever, feeble, fire, first, flame, flickering, increasing, likened, may, mighty, next, power, spark, speed, spread , then Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!
by William Butler Yeats (Poet, Irish , born in 1970) keywords: come, dance, dull, fairies, flame, mountains, out, ride, take, upon, wind, world , would A man must live like a great brilliant flame and burn as brightly as he can. In the end he burns out. But this is far better than a mean little flame.
by Boris Yeltsin (Statesman, Russian , born in 1931) keywords: better, brightly, brilliant, burn, burns, end, far, flame, great, little, live, man, mean, must, out , than
