Burns Quotes

My candle burns at both endsIt will not last the night;But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends -It gives a lovely light. (Edna St. Vincent Millay)
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. View quote
Tennessee Williams
When one burns one's bridges, what a very nice fire it makes. View quote
Dylan Thomas
Now Autumn's fire burns slowly along the woods And day by day the dead leaves fall and melt. View quote
William Allingham
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. View quote
Boris Yeltsin
When I look into the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes. View quote
Oprah Winfrey
The temple of fame stands upon the grave the flame that burns upon its altars is kindled from the ashes of great men. View quote
William Hazlitt
Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean. View quote
Maya Angelou
Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns. View quote
George Herbert
So, when a raging fever burns, We shift from side to side by turns And 't is a poor relief we gain To change the place, but keep the pain. View quote
Isaac Watts
I'm really excited to be a part of it and sharing the legacy, any documentary I look up at the sky and Kevin Burns did and Bryan did and showed me again you know the history that's in this character and you know. (Brandon Routh)
You don't have to be a wreck. You don't have to be sick. One's aim in life should be to die in good health. Just like a candle that burns out. View quote
Jeanne Moreau
Nothing burns more calories than dancing in 5-inch heels... try it! View quote
Ariana Grande
A man who allows wild passion to arise within, himself burns his heart, then after burning adds the wind that thereto which ignites the fire again, or not, as the case may be. View quote
Jack Kerouac
Fahrenheit 9/11: The temperature where freedom burns! View quote
Michael Moore
There is a tragic clash between Truth and the world. Pure undistorted truth burns up the world. View quote
Nikolai Berdyaev
I've been close to Bette Davis for thirty-eight years - and I have the cigarette burns to prove it. View quote
Henry Fonda
As hope kindles hope, millions more will find it. By our efforts, we have lit a fire as well - a fire in the minds of men. It warms those who feel its power, it burns those who fight its progress, and one day this untamed fire of freedom will reach the darkest corners of our world. View quote
George W. Bush
I hate all virtues based on food and bloated bellies; though food and drink are good, I'm better slaked and fed by that inhuman flame which burns in our black bowels. I like to name that flame which burns within me God! View quote
Nikos Kazantzakis
Scientology is the only specific (cure) for radiation (atomic bomb) burns. View quote
L. Ron Hubbard
Closing my eyes doesn't help. Fire burns brighter in the darkness. (Suzanne Collins)
And all that we built, and all that we breathed And all that we spilled or pulled up like weeds Is piled up in back and it burns irrevocably And we spoke up in turns 'til the silence crept over me. View quote
Joanna Newsom
The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer. View quote
Victor Borge
You are ice and fire The touch of you burns my hands like snow. View quote
Amy Lowell
Some stories, she'd say, the more you tell them, the faster you use them up. Those kind, the drama burns off, and every version, they sound more silly and flat. The other kind of story, it uses you up. The more you tell it, the stronger it gets. Those kind of stories only remind you how stupid you were. Are. Will always be. View quote
Chuck Palahniuk
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