Fired Quotes

379 Fired quotes by 330 unique authors

Those who are fired with an enthusiastic idea and who allow it to take hold and dominate their thoughts find that new worlds open for… — Norman Vincent Peale
It was almost as incredible as if you fired a 15-inch shell at a piece of tissue paper and it came back to hit you. — Ernest Rutherford
We are turning into a nation of whimpering slaves to Fear—fear of war, fear of poverty, fear of random terrorism, fear of getting down-sized or… — Hunter S. Thompson
We don't make bicycles anymore. It's all human relations now. The eggheads sit around trying to figure out new ways for everyone to be happy.… — Kurt Vonnegut
Give me the gun." Ranger said. I extracted the gun from my pants and handed it over. Ranger held the gun in the pulm of… — Janet Evanovich
You're getting into some kind of shape, cop." Aw, come on, now." Butch grinned. "Don't let that shower we took go to your head." Rhage… — J R Ward
Of course witnessing poverty was the first to be ticked off the list. Then I had to graduate to the more obscure stuff. Being in… — Alex Garland
I come home that morning, after I been fired, and stood outside my house with my new work shoes on. The shoes my mama paid… — Kathryn Stockett
I knew that I had shattered the harmony of the day, the exceptional silence of a beach where I'd been happy. Then I fired four… — Albert Camus
As you all know first prize is a Cadillac El Dorado. Anyone wanna see second prize? Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third… — David Mamet
Each Javelin round costs $80,000, and the idea that it's fired by a guy who doesn't make that in a year at a guy who… — Sebastian Junger
What if one of her father’s soldiers panicked and fired for no reason? Though pilots were carefully trained, mistakes happened and she didn’t want to… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
When we were arguing on my twenty-fourth birthday, she left the kitchen, came back with a pistol, and fired it at me five times from… — Denis Johnson
I didn't get fired." "You didn't punch your boss and get fired from the Tribune? That's what I heard." "I punched what could loosely be… — Nora Roberts
Most folks here got rules 'bout trespassing. Warning shot's fired right close to the head. Get they's attention. Next shot gets a lot more personal.… — David Baldacci
Getting fired,’ Tyler says, ‘is the best thing that could happen to any of us. That way, we’d quit treading water and do something with… — Chuck Palahniuk
Swathed in silk, I feel like a caterpillar in a cocoon awaiting metamorphosis. I always supposed that to be a peaceful condition. At first it… — Suzanne Collins
I'd say she's get us both fired, but the I.S. doesn't let anyone go. Alive. — Kim Harrison
I never ran out of ammo, because each time I fired a round, a new round was teleported into the bottom of the clip. My… — Ernest Cline
Robert McKee says humans naturally seek comfort and stability. Without an inciting incident that disrupts their comfort, they won’t enter into a story. They have… — Donald Miller
We’re not dead yet.” – Sundown “Yet is the operative word. If that’s all that’s in the way, I’ll kill you and end it. Ren?… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
According to Chekhov," Tamaru said, rising from his chair, "once a gun appears in a story, it has to be fired." "Meaning what?" "Meaning, don't… — Haruki Murakami
She said, “I’m going to have you fired.” I had two people say that to me today, “I’m going to have you fired.” Go ahead,… — David Sedaris
What you call magic is nothing more than an act of the imagination fired by the senses, then given shape by the power of your… — Michael Scott
Being fired has some of the advantages of dying without its supreme disadvantages. People say extra-nice things about you, and you get to hear them. — Howard Zinn

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330 authors contributed a total of 379 Fired Quotes, led by these top contributors: