Fire Quotes - page 14

The fire of hell is called eternal, only because it never ends. Still, there is change in the pains of the lost...Hence in hell true eternity does not exist, but rather time. (Thomas Aquinas)
Suppose a person entering a house were to feel heat on the porch, and going further, were to feel the heat increasing, the more they penetrated within. Doubtless, such a person would believe there was a fire in the house, even though they did not see the fire that must be causing all this heat. A similar thing will happen to anyone who considers this world in detail: one will observe that all things are arranged according to their degrees of beauty and excellence, and that the nearer they are to God, the more beautiful and better they are. View quote
Thomas Aquinas
The reason we'd stopped was that the buffet car was on fire, that was the reason we stopped. One of the giant biscuits spontaneously combusted out of boredom. Whoever was charged with making the announcement momentarily lost all sense of procedure and we got this tantalizing glimpse into the chaos on the trains, and all we could hear was (bangs on microphone) "Gary, it's burning, what we gonna do?!" And everyone on the carriage just cheered, "Hooray! We're rubbish!" View quote
Bill Bailey
Genius is talent set on fire by courage. View quote
Henry van Dyke
If it were art to overcome heresy with fire, the executioners would be the most learned doctors on earth. View quote
Martin Luther
You must concentrate upon and consecrate yourself wholly to each day, as though a fire were raging in your hair. View quote
Taisen Deshimaru
Burnt child fire dredth. View quote
John Heywood
I suddenly dreamt that I picked up the revolver and aimed it straight at my heart my heart, and not my head; and I had determined beforehand to fire at my head, at my right temple. After aiming at my chest I waited a second or two, and suddenly my candle, my table, and the wall in front of me began moving and heaving. I made haste to pull the trigger. View quote
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
In most communities it is illegal to cry 'fire' in a crowded assembly. Should it not be considered serious international misconduct to manufacture a general war scare in an effort to achieve local political aims? View quote
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Evil will come to nought and will be completely destroyed. The divine, pure goodness will contain in itself every nature endowed with reason; nothing made by God is excluded from his kingdom once everything mixed with some elements of base material has been consumed by refinement in fire. View quote
Gregory of Nyssa
May nothing entice me till I happily make my way to Jesus Christ! Fire, cross, struggles with wild beasts, wrenching of bones, mangling of limbs - let them come to me, provided only I make my way to Jesus Christ. (Ignatius of Antioch)
... the heart is an organ of fire. View quote
Michael Ondaatje
The blade must past threw the fire, else it breaks. View quote
Margaret Weis
Max lifted his head, with great sorrow and great astonishment. 'There were stars,' He said. 'They burned my eyes.' ... from a Himmel street window, he wrote, the stars set fire to my eyes. View quote
Markus Zusak
I can't kill someone!" "You hit your brother in the head with a fire extinguisher." "But that was family! And I didn't kill him. View quote
Meg Cabot
You know your Lamborghini is on fire, right? View quote
Meg Cabot
... I am with fire between my teeth and still nothing but my blank page. View quote
Monique Wittig
Destroy it?' Leo was appalled. 'You've got a life-size bronze dragon, and you want to destroy it?' 'It breathes fire,' Nyssa explained. 'It's deadly and out of control.' 'But it's a dragon! View quote
Rick Riordan
Ah, Mastery of the Five Elements!" "Is that the one we want?" I asked. "No, but a good one. How to tame the five essential elements of the universe - earth, air, water, fire, and cheese!" "Cheese? View quote
Rick Riordan
The first time Calypso came to check on [Leo], it was to complain about the noise. "Smoke and fire,” she said. "Clanging on metal all day long. You're scaring away the birds!” "Oh, no, not the birds! View quote
Rick Riordan
Seven half-bloods shall answer the call To storm or fire the world must fall An oath to keep with a final breath and foes bear arms to the doors of death. (Rick Riordan)
One down," Beckendorf said. "About five thousand to go." He tossed me a jar of thick green liquid-Greek fire, one of the most dangerous magical substances in the world. Then he threw me another essential tool of demigod heroes-duct tape. View quote
Rick Riordan
i held it up, and tried to channel happy dog thoughts toward Cerberus- Alpo commercials, cute little puppies, fire hydrants. View quote
Rick Riordan
Your destiny grows clearer, Jason Grace. When the choice comes again- storm or fire- remember me. And do not despair. View quote
Rick Riordan
And I could always set Coach Hedge on fire,” Leo volunteered. "Then he can be fire.” The thought of a blazing satyr screaming, "Die, scumbag!” as he attacked Gaea was almost enough to make Piper laugh- almost. View quote
Rick Riordan