Firefighting Quotes

The hero is commonly the simplest and obscurest of men.

— Henry David Thoreau

I can think of no more stirring symbol of man's humanity to man than a fire engine.

— Kurt Vonnegut

Fire is the best of servants, but what a master!

— Thomas Carlyle

“Every Hero Becomes a Bore at last." Ralph Waldo Emerson”

— Tim O. Casey

For safety is not a gadget but a state of mind.

— Eleanor Everest Freer

If Prometheus was worthy of the wrath of heaven for kindling the first fire upon earth, how ought all the gods honor…

— John Godfrey Saxe

When I was little I bragged about my firefighting father: my father would go to heaven, because if he went to hell…

— Jodi Picoult

President Obama has a good sense not just of the economic requisites for financial crisis firefighting but also how you build political…

— Lael Brainard

“He bolted right through the wooden cross arm at the parking garage exit and power-slid into traffic. A torrent of car horns…

— Rick Mayhew

Our goal in the '70s was to end the closed door era. There were so many things that were off limits to…

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

An astonishing book. In compelling language, both homely and elegant, Young Men and Fire miraculously combines a fascinating primer on fires and…

— Timothy Foote

I think what they've been doing is largely almost in firefighting mode without a good conceptual framework - either at the micro…

— Joseph Stiglitz

I think we have to acknowledge that people are different and succeed at different things, first of all. Men are better than…

— Zach Braff

“Our department takes 1,120 calls every day. Do you know how many of the calls the public expects perfection on? 1,120. Nobody…

— John Eversole

Yesterday, two firefighters with the Florida Division of Forestry were killed while working on the Blue Ribbon Fire in Florida. On behalf…

— John Godfrey Saxe