Chimney Quotes

73 Chimney quotes by 65 unique authors

I have discovered the secret of happiness - it is work, either with the hands or the head. The moment I have something to do,… — John Burroughs
If a man will kick a fact out of the window, when he comes back he finds it again in the chimney corner. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Infectious disease is one of the few genuine adventures left in the world. The dragons are all dead and the lance grows rusty in the… — Hans Zinsser
Fear no more the heat o' th' sun Nor the furious winters' rages; Thou thy worldly task hast done, Home art gone, and ta'en thy… — William Shakespeare
Maybe that whole love thing is just a grown-up version of Santa Claus; just a myth we've been fed since childhood. So, we keep buying… — Meg Ryan
Someday I'll wish upon a star And wake up where the clouds Are far behind me Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the… — Eva Cassidy
It's understandable that people are keeping one eye on the pot and another up the chimney. — Kevin Keegan
Anyone who is not an anarchist agrees with having a policeman at the corner of the street; but the danger at present is that of… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Sitting by the chimney corner as we grow old, the commonest things around us take on live meanings and hint at the difference between these… — Rebecca Harding Davis
With a tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you; with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner. — Philip Sidney
Your goal is to achieve the best results by following their wishes. If they want you to build a house upside down standing on its… — Unknown Author
Smoke like a chimney, work like a horse, eat without thinking, go for a walk only in really pleasant company. — Albert Einstein
The Gingerbread House has four walls, a roof, a door, a window, and a chimney. It is decorated with many sweet culinary delights on the… — Vera Nazarian
There did he sit shrivelled in his chimney corner, fretting on account of his weak legs, world weary, will weary, and one day he suffocated… — Friedrich Nietzsche
The experienced illustrator subscribes to the principle of the application of the seat of the pants to the seat of the chair. Should inspiration whisk… — Wallace Tripp
Such Roots as are soft, your best way is to dry in the Sun, or else hang them up in the Chimney corner upon a… — Nicholas Culpeper
From whence it happens, that they which trust to books, do as they that cast up many little sums into a greater, without considering whether… — Thomas Hobbes
With gas cookers and chip pans in every kitchen, the chip-pan fire was by far the most popular method these Proddies had for burning their… — Adrian McKinty
When we hold onto the negative in ourselves it comes with endless guilt. We hold onto a lifetime of floating visions and regrets about what… — Jennifer James
The sky was dark and gloomy, the air was damp and raw, the streets were wet and sloppy. The smoke hung sluggishly above the chimney-tops… — Charles Dickens
The clouds were flying fast, the wind was coming up in gusts, banging some neighboring shutters that had broken loose, twirling the rusty chimney-cowls and… — Charles Dickens
It is this refrain that we hear repeated by everyone: you are not at home, this is not a sanatorium, the only exit is by… — Primo Levi
Even the pictures I was doing at college - a little narrative based on a butterfly catcher, or a chimney sweep - the images were… — Tim Walker
I was lookin' high an' low for them Reds everywhere, I was lookin' in the sink an' underneath the chair. I looked way up my… — Bob Dylan
I'd like to start with the chimney jokes - I've got a stack of them. The first one is on the house. — Tim Vine

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