--- title: "15 Burn Quotes By Ray Bradbury" description: "15 Burn quotes by Ray Bradbury. Plus more from Ray Bradbury and more Burn sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76a/ray-bradbury-75_build_those-who-don-t-build-must-burn-245089_245089.jpg" --- > [Those who don't build must burn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/those-who-don-t-build-must-burn/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76a/ray-bradbury-75_build_those-who-don-t-build-must-burn-245089_245089.jpg) > [“Burn 'em to ashes, then burn the ashes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/burn-em-to-ashes-then-burn-the-ashes/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/891/ray-bradbury-75_ashes_burn-em-to-ashes-then-burn-the-ashes-367_367209.jpg) > [There is more than one way to burn a book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/there-is-more-than-one-way-to-burn-a-book/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2f/ray-bradbury-75_advertising_there-is-more-than-one-way-to-burn-a-boo_1620354.jpg) > [It was a pleasure to burn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/it-was-a-pleasure-to-burn/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa8/ray-bradbury-75_burn_it-was-a-pleasure-to-burn-420131_420131.jpg) > [Let the world burn through you. Throw the prism light, white hot, on paper.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/let-the-world-burn-through-you-throw-the-prism-light-white-hot-on/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afb/ray-bradbury-75_burn_let-the-world-burn-through-you-throw-the_43358.jpg) > [There's no reason to burn books if you don't read them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/there-s-no-reason-to-burn-books-if-you-don-t-read-them/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54e/ray-bradbury-75_book_there-s-no-reason-to-burn-books-if-you-d_5553.jpg) > [Forget them. Burn all, burn everything. Fire is bright and fire is clean.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/forget-them-burn-all-burn-everything-fire-is-bright-and-fire-is-clean/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/922/ray-bradbury-75_burn_forget-them-burn-all-burn-everything-fir_2503234.jpg) > [Those who don't build must burn. It's as old as history and juvenile delinquents.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/those-who-don-t-build-must-burn-it-s-as-old-as-history-and-juvenile/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb6/ray-bradbury-75_burn_those-who-don-t-build-must-burn-it-s-as_79445.jpg) > [“My men are my references. They're waiting outside for the books. They're dangerous." "Men like that always are.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/my-men-are-my-references-they-re-waiting-outside-for-the-books-they/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/434/ray-bradbury-75_book-burning_my-men-are-my-references-they-re-waiting_1433165.jpg) > [There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/there-is-more-than-one-way-to-burn-a-book-and-the-world-is-full-of/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/654/ray-bradbury-75_book_there-is-more-than-one-way-to-burn-a-boo_112177.jpg) > [“Ten minutes after death a man's a speck of black dust. Let's not quibble over individuals with memoriams. Forget them. Burn them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/ten-minutes-after-death-a-man-s-a-speck-of-black-dust-let-s-not/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/387/ray-bradbury-75_death_ten-minutes-after-death-a-man-s-a-speck_1612682.jpg) > [“You should've thought of that before becoming a fireman." "Thought!" he said. "Was I given a choice? I was raised to think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/you-should-ve-thought-of-that-before-becoming-a-fireman-thought-he/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/977/ray-bradbury-75_ball-game_you-should-ve-thought-of-that-before-bec_849465.jpg) > [“Colored people don’t like Little Black Sambo . Burn it. White people don’t feel good about Uncle Tom’s Cabin . Burn it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/colored-people-don-t-like-little-black-sambo-burn-it-white-people-don/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af4/ray-bradbury-75_book-banning_colored-people-don-t-like-little-black-s_581862.jpg) > [There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/there-is-more-than-one-way-to-burn-a-book-and-the-world-is-full-of-2/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f8/ray-bradbury-75_banned-books_there-is-more-than-one-way-to-burn-a-boo_2044349.jpg) > [“Colored people don’t like Little Black Sambo. Burn it. White people don’t feel good about Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Burn it. Someone’s written…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/colored-people-don-t-like-little-black-sambo-burn-it-white-people-don-2/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c55/ray-bradbury-75_white-people_colored-people-don-t-like-little-black-s_1300705.jpg) ## Other authors on Burn ## More by Ray Bradbury > [That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/that-s-the-great-secret-of-creativity-you-treat-ideas-like-cats-you/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [You feed yourself. Make sure you have all the information, whether it's aesthetic, scientific, mathematical, I don't care what it is. Then you walk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/you-feed-yourself-make-sure-you-have-all-the-information-whether-it-s/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [Do you ever read any of the books you burn?" He laughed. "That's against the law!" "Oh. Of course.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/do-you-ever-read-any-of-the-books-you-burn-he-laughed-that-s-against/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [There's no reason to burn books if you don't read them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/there-s-no-reason-to-burn-books-if-you-don-t-read-them/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [We were put here as witnesses to the miracle of life. We see the stars, and we want them. We are beholden to give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/we-were-put-here-as-witnesses-to-the-miracle-of-life-we-see-the-stars/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [Remember, with writing, what you’re looking for is just one person to come up and tell you, 'I love you for what you do.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/remember-with-writing-what-you-re-looking-for-is-just-one-person-to/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [As a result of reading science fiction when I was eight, I grew up with an interest in music, architecture, city planning, transportation, politics,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/as-a-result-of-reading-science-fiction-when-i-was-eight-i-grew-up/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [“You can’t learn to write in college. It’s a very bad place for writers because the teachers always think they know more than you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/you-can-t-learn-to-write-in-college-it-s-a-very-bad-place-for-writers/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [We're going to become the martians when we land there. When we explore and build communities, we become the martians. That's a wonderful destiny…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/we-re-going-to-become-the-martians-when-we-land-there-when-we-explore/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [I wish you a wrestling match with your Creative Muse that will last a lifetime. ... I wish craziness and foolishness and madness upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/i-wish-you-a-wrestling-match-with-your-creative-muse-that-will-last-a/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [The library is the biggest cracker box factory in the world. The more you eat, the more you want.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/the-library-is-the-biggest-cracker-box-factory-in-the-world-the-more/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [We travel for romance, we travel for architecture, and we travel to be lost.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/we-travel-for-romance-we-travel-for-architecture-and-we-travel-to-be/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library, and it's better than college. People should educate themselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/i-spent-three-days-a-week-for-10-years-educating-myself-in-the-public/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [If we try to deny the darkness in our souls then we'll become completely dark.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/if-we-try-to-deny-the-darkness-in-our-souls-then-we-ll-become/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [But remember that the Captain belongs to the most dangerous enemy to truth and freedom, the solid unmoving cattle of the majority](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/but-remember-that-the-captain-belongs-to-the-most-dangerous-enemy-to/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/burn/ray-bradbury/#itemlist", "name": "15 Burn Quotes By Ray Bradbury", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Those who don't build must burn.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ray Bradbury" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/those-who-don-t-build-must-burn/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76a/ray-bradbury-75_build_those-who-don-t-build-must-burn-245089_245089.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76a/ray-bradbury-75_build_those-who-don-t-build-must-burn-245089_245089.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76a/ray-bradbury-75_build_those-who-don-t-build-must-burn-245089_245089.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Those who don't build must burn.” — Ray Bradbury", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Burn 'em to ashes, then burn the ashes.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ray Bradbury" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/burn-em-to-ashes-then-burn-the-ashes/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/891/ray-bradbury-75_ashes_burn-em-to-ashes-then-burn-the-ashes-367_367209.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/891/ray-bradbury-75_ashes_burn-em-to-ashes-then-burn-the-ashes-367_367209.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/891/ray-bradbury-75_ashes_burn-em-to-ashes-then-burn-the-ashes-367_367209.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Burn 'em to ashes, then burn the ashes.” — Ray Bradbury", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is more than one way to burn a book.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ray Bradbury" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/there-is-more-than-one-way-to-burn-a-book/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2f/ray-bradbury-75_advertising_there-is-more-than-one-way-to-burn-a-boo_1620354.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2f/ray-bradbury-75_advertising_there-is-more-than-one-way-to-burn-a-boo_1620354.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2f/ray-bradbury-75_advertising_there-is-more-than-one-way-to-burn-a-boo_1620354.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There is more than one way to burn a book.” — Ray Bradbury", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It was a pleasure to burn.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ray Bradbury" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/it-was-a-pleasure-to-burn/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa8/ray-bradbury-75_burn_it-was-a-pleasure-to-burn-420131_420131.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa8/ray-bradbury-75_burn_it-was-a-pleasure-to-burn-420131_420131.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa8/ray-bradbury-75_burn_it-was-a-pleasure-to-burn-420131_420131.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It was a pleasure to burn.” — Ray Bradbury", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Let the world burn through you. 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