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Fire drills always occur on your day from hell.

Fire drills always occur on your day from hell.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about medicine, hell, fire, fire brigade, day

Firemen uniforms only come in two sizes, too small and...

Firemen uniforms only come in two sizes, too small and too large.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about fire brigade

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.

Quote by Tennessee Williams about opinion, fire, fire brigade, home, house

The only thing more accurate than incoming enemy fire is...

The only thing more accurate than incoming enemy fire is incoming friendly fire.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about war, fire, fire brigade, enemies, things

Build a man a fire and he will be warm for a day; set him...

Build a man a fire and he will be warm for a day; set him on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life.

Quote by John Calvin about opinion, fire, fire brigade, rest, day, man, life

Your Fire is burning, my God, like the Fire of the...

Your Fire is burning, my God, like the Fire of the heart...! The oceans can not extinguish it...

Quote by Ion Pachia-Tatomirescu about aphorisms, fire, fire brigade, water, heart, god

Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But...

Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.

Quote by Maya Angelou about feelings, anger, fire, fire brigade

Avarice, envy, pride, Three fatal sparks, have set the...

Avarice, envy, pride, Three fatal sparks, have set the hearts of all On Fire.

Quote by Dante Alighieri about feelings, envy, proudness, fire, fire brigade

Jonathan is that brilliant little fire that burns within...

Jonathan is that brilliant little fire that burns within us all, that lives only for those moments when we reach perfection.

Quote by Richard Bach about perfection, fire, fire brigade

Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may...

Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it again.

Quote by Francis Bacon about fame, contentment, fire, fire brigade, good, good luck

It is with our passions as it is with fire and water, ...

It is with our passions as it is with fire and water, they are good servants, but bad masters.

Quote by Aesop about pasion, water, bad luck, fire, fire brigade, bad, good, good luck

It takes two flints to make a fire.

It takes two flints to make a fire.

Quote by Louisa May Alcott about fire, fire brigade

The more thou dost advance, the more thy feet pitfalls will meet. The Path that leadeth on is lighted by one fire- the light of daring burning in the heart. The more one dares, the more he shall obtain. The more he fears, the more that light shall...

Quote by Aristotel about light, fire, fire brigade, heart

Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive, half wishing they were dead to save the shame. The sudden blush devours them, neck and brow; They have drawn too near the fire of life, like gnats, and flare up bodily, wings and all. What then?...

Quote by Elizabeth Barrett Browning about shame, fire, fire brigade, life

When I take action, I'm not going to fire a $2 million...

When I take action, I'm not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It's going to be decisive.

Quote by George W. Bush about action, fire, fire brigade

Yes, love indeed is light from heaven; A spark of that...

Yes, love indeed is light from heaven; A spark of that immortal fire with angels shared, by Allah given to lift from earth our low desire.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about immortality, angels, earth, light, fire, fire brigade, love

Obscurity can be a fire of ambition in those who have...

Obscurity can be a fire of ambition in those who have stalwart souls.

Quote by Taylor Caldwell about ambition, fire, fire brigade

As the same fire assumes different shapes When it consumes objects differing in shape, So does the one Self take the shape Of every creature in whom he is present.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius about objects, present, self-control, fire, fire brigade

The things I keep going back to, rereading, maybe they...

The things I keep going back to, rereading, maybe they say more about me as a reader than about the books. Love in the Time of Cholera, Pale Fire.

Quote by Michael Chabon about books, fire, fire brigade, things, time, love

If the Almighty were to rebuild the world and asked me for advice, I would have English Channels round every country. And the atmosphere would be such that anything which attempted to fly would be set on fire.

Quote by Winston Churchill about advice, country, fire, fire brigade, world

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