Burns Quotes

538 Burns quotes by 448 unique authors

Creation happens to us, burns into us, changes us, we tremble and swoon, we submit. Creation - we participate in it, we encounter the creator,… — Martin Buber
Based on my time living with rats and mice in Washington, D.C., I have always assumed that animals will escape such fires, since their senses… — Bruce Friedrich
Even if our home burns down we can rebuild it. But the things that we got for nothing, we can never replace. — Earl Nightingale
Wood feeds the fire which burns it. — Leonardo da Vinci
I heard this expression once: Each time someone dies, a library burns. Â I'm watching it burn right to the ground. — Jandy Nelson
Every old man that dies is a library that burns. — Amadou Hampate Ba
Time burns but leaves no ashes. — Elsa Triolet
In the heart of every lawyer, worthy of the name, there burns a deep ambition so to bear himself that the profession may be stronger… — John W. Davis
But sometimes shame is a more powerful engine than rage. Like rage, it burns hot; and like rage it tends to consume its own furnace. — Jonathan Maberry
My heart burns like fire but my eyes are as cold as dead ashes. — Soyen Shaku
Worried about dry skin? Concerned about lines and wrinkles? Then visit a burns unit and get some perspective. — Shaun Micallef
You can't be happy that fire cooks your food and be mad it burns your fingertips. — Chris Rock
I want a trouble-maker for a lover, Blood spiller, blood drinker, a heart of flame, Who quarrels with the sky and fights with fate, Who… — Unknown Author
The sinner is not the one who uses a lot of grace... The saint burns grace like a 747 burns fuel on take off. — Dallas Willard
I have trouble with toast. Toast is very difficult. You have to watch it all the time or it burns up. — Julia Child
The trueÂ saint burns graceÂ like a 747Â burnsÂ fuel on takeoff. — Dallas Willard
Joy is a great purifier. It burns away many polluted currents trying to reach us. — Torkom Saraydarian
Does the sun ask itself, "Am I good? Am I worthwhile? Is there enough of me?" No, it burns and it shines. Does the sun… — Andrea Dworkin
All the goods of this world...are finite and limited and radically incapable of satisfying the desire that perpetually burns within us for an infinite and… — Simone Weil
Paddy was in the delivery room when the midwife handed him a black baby. "Is this yours?" she asked "probably" said Paddy "she burns everything… — Billy Connolly

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448 authors contributed a total of 538 Burns Quotes, led by these top contributors: