--- title: "22 Fire Quotes By Ray Bradbury" description: "22 Fire quotes by Ray Bradbury. Plus more from Ray Bradbury and more Fire sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/518/ray-bradbury-75_bright_fire-is-bright-and-fire-is-clean-2999153_2999153.jpg" --- > [“Fire is bright and fire is clean.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/fire-is-bright-and-fire-is-clean/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/518/ray-bradbury-75_bright_fire-is-bright-and-fire-is-clean-2999153_2999153.jpg) > [Fire the doubters out of your life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/fire-the-doubters-out-of-your-life/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/773/ray-bradbury-75_doubters_fire-the-doubters-out-of-your-life-30201_3020198.jpg) > [“If you need to find out the kindling point of paper (451° F), don’t call an academic, call the fire department.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/if-you-need-to-find-out-the-kindling-point-of-paper-451-f-don-t-call/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e99/ray-bradbury-75_fire_if-you-need-to-find-out-the-kindling-poi_2188529.jpg) > [Memory is an illusion, nothing more. It is a fire that needs constant tending.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/memory-is-an-illusion-nothing-more-it-is-a-fire-that-needs-constant/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/906/ray-bradbury-75_constant_memory-is-an-illusion-nothing-more-it-is_265978.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) > [A conglomerate heap of trash, that's what I am. But it burns with a high flame.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/a-conglomerate-heap-of-trash-that-s-what-i-am-but-it-burns-with-a/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3d/ray-bradbury-75_fire_a-conglomerate-heap-of-trash-that-s-what_836201.jpg) > [When rivers flooded, when fire fell from the sky, what a fine place the library was, the many rooms, the books. With…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/when-rivers-flooded-when-fire-fell-from-the-sky-what-a-fine-place-the/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a6/ray-bradbury-75_book_when-rivers-flooded-when-fire-fell-from_676970.jpg) > [“What is fire? It’s a mystery. Scientists give us gobbledegook about friction and molecules. But they don’t really know. Its real beauty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/what-is-fire-it-s-a-mystery-scientists-give-us-gobbledegook-about/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c08/ray-bradbury-75_fire_what-is-fire-it-s-a-mystery-scientists-g_746652.jpg) > [“The fire crackled up the stairs. It fed upon Picassos and Matisses in the upper halls, like delicacies, baking off the oily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/the-fire-crackled-up-the-stairs-it-fed-upon-picassos-and-matisses-in/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/749/ray-bradbury-75_fire_the-fire-crackled-up-the-stairs-it-fed-u_2099076.jpg) > [We should go to the moon and prepare a base to fire a rocket off to Mars and then go to Mars…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/we-should-go-to-the-moon-and-prepare-a-base-to-fire-a-rocket-off-to/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/239/ray-bradbury-75_fire_we-should-go-to-the-moon-and-prepare-a-b_1559178.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) > [“He hung up his black beetle-colored helmet and shined it; he hung his flameproof jacket neatly; he showed luxuriously, and then, whistling,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/he-hung-up-his-black-beetle-colored-helmet-and-shined-it-he-hung-his/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49f/ray-bradbury-75_fire_he-hung-up-his-black-beetle-colored-helm_1547334.jpg) > [Get rid of those friends of yours who make fun of you and don't believe in you. And when you leave here…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/get-rid-of-those-friends-of-yours-who-make-fun-of-you-and-don-t/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a15/ray-bradbury-75_believe_get-rid-of-those-friends-of-yours-who-ma_729866.jpg) > [“And then he was a shrieking blaze, a jumping, sprawling gibbering manikin, no longer human or known, all writhing flame on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/and-then-he-was-a-shrieking-blaze-a-jumping-sprawling-gibbering/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87d/ray-bradbury-75_blaze_and-then-he-was-a-shrieking-blaze-a-jump_1013873.jpg) > [“This afternoon, burn down the house. Tomorrow, pour critical water upon the simmering coals. Time enough to think and cut and rewrite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/this-afternoon-burn-down-the-house-tomorrow-pour-critical-water-upon/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cc/ray-bradbury-75_afternoon_this-afternoon-burn-down-the-house-tomor_171172.jpg) > [They walked still farther and the girl said, "Is it true that long ago firemen put fires out instead of going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/they-walked-still-farther-and-the-girl-said-is-it-true-that-long-ago/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acc/ray-bradbury-75_accidents_they-walked-still-farther-and-the-girl-s_192645.jpg) > [“And what lights the sun? Its own fire. And the sun goes on, day after day, burning and burning. The sun and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/and-what-lights-the-sun-its-own-fire-and-the-sun-goes-on-day-after/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e8/ray-bradbury-75_decision_and-what-lights-the-sun-its-own-fire-and_621615.jpg) > [You'll be found, your nickels, dimes and Indian-heads fused by electroplating. Abe Lincolns melted into Miss Columbias, eagles plucked raw on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/you-ll-be-found-your-nickels-dimes-and-indian-heads-fused-by/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/742/ray-bradbury-75_abe_you-ll-be-found-your-nickels-dimes-and-i_1795701.jpg) > [Why love the woman who is your wife? Her nose breathes in the air of a world that I know; therefore I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/why-love-the-woman-who-is-your-wife-her-nose-breathes-in-the-air-of-a/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cd/ray-bradbury-75_affliction_why-love-the-woman-who-is-your-wife-her_1323797.jpg) > [What is it about fire that's so lovely? No matter what age we are, what draws us to it?...The thing man wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/what-is-it-about-fire-that-s-so-lovely-no-matter-what-age-we-are-what/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69a/ray-bradbury-75_age_what-is-it-about-fire-that-s-so-lovely-n_322785.jpg) > [“It was a pleasure to burn. It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed. With…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/it-was-a-pleasure-to-burn-it-was-a-special-pleasure-to-see-things/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/246/ray-bradbury-75_burning_it-was-a-pleasure-to-burn-it-was-a-speci_2021752.jpg) > [They are so confident that they will run on forever. But they won't run on. They don't know that this is all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/they-are-so-confident-that-they-will-run-on-forever-but-they-won-t/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/266/ray-bradbury-75_apocalypse_they-are-so-confident-that-they-will-run_254385.jpg) ## Other authors on Fire - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 64 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fire/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-kristin-cashore-57885.jpg) Kristin Cashore 41 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fire/kristin-cashore/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rumi-81702.jpg) Rumi 39 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fire/rumi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rick-riordan-79077.jpg) Rick Riordan 35 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fire/rick-riordan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-dickens-22226.jpg) Charles Dickens 35 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fire/charles-dickens/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-suzanne-collins-88237.jpg) Suzanne Collins 32 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fire/suzanne-collins/) - [Lailah Gifty Akita 29 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fire/lailah-gifty-akita/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 27 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fire/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pablo-neruda-73079.jpg) Pablo Neruda 26 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fire/pablo-neruda/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-cassandra-clare-21529.jpg) Cassandra Clare 26 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fire/cassandra-clare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-heather-james-41000.jpg) Heather James 24 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fire/heather-james/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 22 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fire/henry-david-thoreau/) ## 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/fire/ray-bradbury/#itemlist", "name": "22 Fire Quotes By Ray Bradbury", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Fire is bright and fire is clean.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ray Bradbury" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/fire-is-bright-and-fire-is-clean/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/518/ray-bradbury-75_bright_fire-is-bright-and-fire-is-clean-2999153_2999153.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/518/ray-bradbury-75_bright_fire-is-bright-and-fire-is-clean-2999153_2999153.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/518/ray-bradbury-75_bright_fire-is-bright-and-fire-is-clean-2999153_2999153.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Fire is bright and fire is clean.” — Ray Bradbury", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Fire the doubters out of your life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ray Bradbury" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/fire-the-doubters-out-of-your-life/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/773/ray-bradbury-75_doubters_fire-the-doubters-out-of-your-life-30201_3020198.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/773/ray-bradbury-75_doubters_fire-the-doubters-out-of-your-life-30201_3020198.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/773/ray-bradbury-75_doubters_fire-the-doubters-out-of-your-life-30201_3020198.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Fire the doubters out of your life.” — Ray Bradbury", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“If you need to find out the kindling point of paper (451° F), don’t call an academic, call the fire department.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ray Bradbury" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/if-you-need-to-find-out-the-kindling-point-of-paper-451-f-don-t-call/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e99/ray-bradbury-75_fire_if-you-need-to-find-out-the-kindling-poi_2188529.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e99/ray-bradbury-75_fire_if-you-need-to-find-out-the-kindling-poi_2188529.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e99/ray-bradbury-75_fire_if-you-need-to-find-out-the-kindling-poi_2188529.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you need to find out the kindling point of paper (451° F), don’t call an academic, call the fire…” — Ray Bradbury", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Memory is an illusion, nothing more. 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