--- title: "9 House Burn Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 9 House Burn quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best House Burn sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c9/joy-behar-13408_be-kind_i-mean-i-d-like-to-see-mitt-romney-s-hou_2022558.png" --- > [I mean, I'd like to see (Mitt Romney's) house burn, one of his millions of houses burning down. It would be kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-behar/i-mean-i-d-like-to-see-mitt-romney-s-house-burn-one-of-his-millions/) [Joy Behar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-behar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c9/joy-behar-13408_be-kind_i-mean-i-d-like-to-see-mitt-romney-s-hou_2022558.png) > [The next time the novelist rings the bell I will not stir though the meeting-house burn down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-next-time-the-novelist-rings-the-bell-i-will-not-stir-though-the/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72a/henry-david-thoreau-20_bells_the-next-time-the-novelist-rings-the-bel_2888178.jpg) > [Jace, on the other hand, looked like the sort of boy who'd come over to your house and burn it down for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cassandra-clare/jace-on-the-other-hand-looked-like-the-sort-of-boy-who-d-come-over-to/) [Cassandra Clare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cassandra-clare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99e/cassandra-clare-9_boys_jace-on-the-other-hand-looked-like-the-s_1774087.jpg) > [If my house was on fire, I can't compromise about which part of the house I'm going to save. You save the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marco-rubio/if-my-house-was-on-fire-i-can-t-compromise-about-which-part-of-the/) [Marco Rubio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marco-rubio/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/748/marco-rubio-355_compromise_if-my-house-was-on-fire-i-can-t-compromi_116777.jpg) > [I had a house burn down once, and everything in life burned, except my family, and it was so liberating. I didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-penn/i-had-a-house-burn-down-once-and-everything-in-life-burned-except-my-2/) [Sean Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-penn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/141/sean-penn-3005_about_i-had-a-house-burn-down-once-and-everyth_2496035.png) > [I had a house burn down once, and everything in life burned except my family, and it was so liberating. I didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-penn/i-had-a-house-burn-down-once-and-everything-in-life-burned-except-my/) [Sean Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-penn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/800/sean-penn-3005_anarchy_i-had-a-house-burn-down-once-and-everyth_895158.png) > [If my house caught fire I would save myself and anyone in there and I would try and save all the diaries…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dominic-monaghan/if-my-house-caught-fire-i-would-save-myself-and-anyone-in-there-and-i/) [Dominic Monaghan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dominic-monaghan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00f/dominic-monaghan-5520_fire_if-my-house-caught-fire-i-would-save-mys_935741.jpg) > [“O burn the house! You've murdered the husband, slaughtered the cattle, poisoned the well, raped the mother, killed the child - you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-bond/o-burn-the-house-you-ve-murdered-the-husband-slaughtered-the-cattle/) [Edward Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-bond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9f/edward-bond-13025_children_o-burn-the-house-you-ve-murdered-the-hus_591769.jpg) > [ Suppose you had a small electrical fire and... a structural engineer \[looked\] at your home's wiring \[and\] reports that the wiring is… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-chu/suppose-you-had-a-small-electrical-fire-and-a-structural-engineer/) [Steven Chu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-chu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa0/steven-chu-15304_agree_suppose-you-had-a-small-electrical-fire_1626230.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/house-burn/#itemlist", "name": "House Burn Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I mean, I'd like to see (Mitt Romney's) house burn, one of his millions of houses burning down. 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