Burning Quotes

1238 Burning quotes by 956 unique authors

One of the best ways of enslaving a people is to keep them from education... The second way of enslaving a people is to suppress… — Eleanor Roosevelt
The sun burnt every day. It burnt Time. The world rushed in a circle and turned on its axis and time was busy burning the… — Ray Bradbury
My land is bare of chattering folk; / the clouds are low along the ridges, / and sweet's the air with curly smoke / from… — Dorothy Parker
I don't have a burning desire to go out and document anything. It just happens when it happens. It's not a conscious effort, nor is… — William Eggleston
No nation, savage or civilized, save only the United States of America, has confessed its inability to protect its women save by hanging, shooting, and… — Ida B. Wells
If the invaders reach Iran, the country will turn into a burning hell for them. — Mohammad Khatami
As a form of moral insurance, at least, literature is much more dependable than a system of beliefs or a philosophical doctrine. Since there are… — Joseph Brodsky
Time is a vindictive bandit to steal the beauty of our former selves. We are left with sagging, rippled flesh and burning gums with empty… — Raphael
Only the Muslims defend their beliefs by burning down churches, killing people and destroying embassies. This path will not yield any results. The Muslims must… — Wafa Sultan
His master’s pain was his pain. And it hurt him more for his master to be sick than for him to be sick himself. When… — Malcolm X
A BURNING DESIRE TO BE, AND TO DO is the starting point from which the dreamer must take off. Dreams are not born of indifference,… — Napoleon Hill
Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. Thoughts are things! And powerful things at that, when mixed with definiteness of… — Napoleon Hill
Perhaps the mere idea of receiving a nasty missive will allow animal researchers to empathize with their victims for the first time in their lousy… — Ingrid Newkirk
A burning building doesnt help melt peoples hearts, but times change and tactics, Im sure, have to change with them. If you choose to carry… — Ingrid Newkirk
It's not a burning ambition for me to make sure that David Beckham earns less money. — Tony Blair
Our government has become too responsive to trivial or ephemeral concerns, often at the expense of more important concerns or an erosion of our liberty,… — William A. Niskanen
Ireland, as distinct from her people, is nothing to me; and the man who is bubbling over with love and enthusiasm for "Ireland," and can… — James Connolly
All philanthropy ... is only a savory fumigation burning at the mouth of a sewer. This incense offering makes the air more endurable to passers-by,… — Ellen Key
Most of the soap operas always use the Christmas special to kill huge quantities of their characters. So they have trams coming off their rails,… — Julian Fellowes
The best part about burning your candle at both ends is that everything is much brighter in the middle. — Wes Fesler
I am burning. If anyone lacks tinder, let him set his rubbish ablaze with my fire. — Unknown Author
I have got so low that I have asked to be hospitalized and for deep narcosis (sleep). I cannot stand being awake. The pain is… — Spike Milligan
Love is a magic ray emitted from the burning core of the soul and illuminating the surrounding earth. It enables us to perceive life as… — Khalil Gibran
A child born in a wealthy country is likely to consume, waste, and pollute more in his lifetime than 50 children born in developing nations.… — George Carey
Clean coal represents a breakthrough in the marketing of coal, but not in the science of burning coal. — Van Jones

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