Quotes about flames
flames wings light
There is suffering in the light; in excess it burns. Flame is hostile to the wing. To burn and yet to fly, this is the miracle of genius. Victor Hugo
flames shining liberty
...for though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire. Thomas Paine
flames shining liberty
I fear not, I see not reason for fear. In the end we will be the victors. For though at times the flame of liberty may cease to shine, the ember will never expire.
flames flying trying
Die-hard conservatives thought that if I couldn't get everything I asked for, I should jump off the cliff with the flag flying-go down in flames. No, if I can get 70 or 80 percent of what it is I'm trying to get ... I'll take that and then continue to try to get the rest in the future. Ronald Reagan
flames body stories
if i can only recount the story of my life right out of my body flames will grow Rumi
flames mouths no-fear
I have no fear to burn my mouth and throat I’m ready to drink every flame and more.
flames expectations sinking
We ought not to raise expectations which it is not in our power to satisfy.-It is more pleasing to see smoke brightening into flame, than flame sinking into smoke. Samuel Johnson
flames fire people
The fire inside people is like a match; the way to ignite that flame is initially through friction, then other matches are lit through warmth. Stephen Covey
flames long personality
George Oppen wasn't a larger than life personality, but I'm not either. And he lived a long time, so he was happy. Going down in flames is fine, too. Stephen Malkmus
flames lust temptation
the most dangerous temptations are not due to the active, sudden flames of desire, 'the lusts of the flesh,' but to the disinclinations of the flesh, its indolence and sluggishness, our tendency to become creatures of habit. Sigrid Undset
flames hands gentle
True zeal is an ignis lambeus, a soft and gentle flame, that will not scorch one's hand. Ralph Cudworth
flames mind-blowing looks
We are so much the victims of abstraction that with the Earth in flames we can barely rouse ourselves to wander across the room and look at the thermostat. Terence McKenna
flames smell burgers
I want my room to smell just like this." Iggy inhaled deeply as the scents flame-broiled burgers and hot french fries wafted around us. 'it would be an improvement.' I agreed. James Patterson
flames grows
At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again. Taylor Swift
flames track mind
Her track, where'er the goddess roves, Glory pursue, and gen'rous shame, Th' unconquerable mind, and freedom's holy flame. Thomas Gray
flames iron way
The best way to make a steak is grilled over an open flame or pan sauteed in a cast iron skillet. Roy Yamaguchi
flames marshmallow
trantulus casually roasted a marshmallow and reached out for it but the marshmallow commited sucide and dived into the flames. Rick Riordan
flames fire oxygen
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. Otto Weininger
flames fire charity
Charity and devotion differ no more, the one from the other, than the flame from the fire. Saint Francis de Sales
flames numbers people
When large numbers of people share their joy in common, the happiness of each is greater because each adds fuel to the other's flame. Saint Augustine
flames joy sorrow
Joy was a flame in me Too steady to destroy. Lithe as a bending reed, Loving the storm that sways her Sara Teasdale
flames literature world
The world wavered and quivered and threatened to burst into flames. Virginia Woolf
flames gold icicles
I am volatile for one, rigid for another, angular as an icicle in silver, or voluptuous as a candle flame in gold.
flames squad giants
It was only when the giant got halfway down the incline that he suddenly, happily, burst into flame and continued his trip saying, "NO SURVIVORS, NO SURVIVORS!" in a manner that could only indicate deadly sincerity. It was seeing him happily burning and advancing that startled the Brute Squad to screaming. And once that happened, why, everybody panicked and ran... William Goldman
flames tree listening
But 'neath yon crimson tree Lover to listening maid might breathe his flame, Nor mark, within its roseate canopy, Her blush of maiden shame. William C. Bryant
flames sea white
I am haunted by numberless islands, many a Danaan shore, Where Time would surely forget us, and Sorrow come near us no more;Soon far from the rose and the lily and fret of the flames would we be, Were we only white birds, my beloved, buoyed out on the foam of the sea! William Butler Yeats
flames tree half
A tree there is that from its topmost bough Is half all glittering flame and half all green Abounding foliage moistened with the dew; And half is half and yet is all the scene; And half and half consume what they renew....
flames adequate income
I am not against hasty marriages where a mutual flame is fanned by an adequate income. Wilkie Collins
flames torches brighter
A few drops sprinkled on the torch of love make the flame blaze the brighter. Walter Scott
flames light giving
The flame that is naturally clear always gives the most light and heat. If I could blend my talent for poetry and music into one, the light would burn still clearer, and I might go far. Robert Schumann
flames fire burning
I made the flames lick the surface of the painting in such a way that is recorded the spontaneous traces of the fire. But what is it that provokes in me this pursuit of the impression of fire? Why must I search for its traces? Yves Klein
flames brave soldier
I shot down some German planes and I got shot down myself, crashing in a burst of flames and crawling out, getting rescued by brave soldiers. Roald Dahl
flames feet fire
Tangaloor, fire-bright Flame-foot, farthest walker Your hunter speaks In need he walks In need, but never in fear. Tad Williams