best quotations about
Fire |
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Quotations
 | The foundation of all technology is fire. — Isaac Asimov, 1920-1992, American Sci-Fi writer 11 likes |
 | I'm sure that Nero didn't set fire to Rome. It was the Christian-Bolsheviks who did that, just as the Commune set fire to Paris in 1871 and the Communists set fire to the Reichstag in 1932. — Adolf Hitler, 1889-1945, German dictator 8 likes |
 | The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long. — Lao-Tzu, 6th cent. BC, Chinese philosopher 6 likes |
 | It is almost impossible to carry the torch of truth through a crowd without singeing somebody's beard. — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, 1742-1799, German author of maxims 5 likes |
 | Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. — George Washington, 1732-1799, the first American President 5 likes |
 | Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames. — Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet 4 likes |
 | I am a phoenix who runs after arsonists. — Saul Bellow, 1914-2005, Canadian-American writer, Nobel 1976 3 likes |
 | In each fire there is a spirit; Each one is wrapped in what is burning him. — Dante, 1265-1321, Italian poet 2 likes |
 | We are born arsonists and end up firefighters. — Pitigrilli (Dino Segre), 1893-1975, Italian writer 2 likes |
 | What matters most is how well you walk through the fire. |
 | The four cornerstones of this world: bread, wine, fire, woman. |
 | Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire. |
 | Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life. |
 | The quest for fire occurred not because anyone knew what the practical uses for fire would be, but because it was fascinating. |
Quotes in Verse
 | I thought my fire was out, and stirred the ashes…. I burnt my fingers. — Antonio Machado, 1875-1939, Spanish poet & playwright 5 likes |
 | Always, always you pass through fire to reach the shining. |
Ancient Greek
 | This world, which is the same for all, has not been made by any god or man, but it always has been, is, and will be an ever-living fire. Κόσμον τονδε, τον αυτόν απάντων, ούτε τις θεών ούτε ανθρώπων εποίησεν, αλλ' ην αεί και έστιν και έστε πύρ αείζωον. — Heraclitus, 544-484 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 44 likes |
Proverbs
 | Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. 3 likes |
 | Fire is a good servant but a bad master. 3 likes |
| Fight fire with fire. 2 likes |
Movie Quotes
 | Anybody got a match? — from the film To Have and Have Not (1944) 5 likes |
