Scorched Quotes

37 quotes by 33 authors

Traditional people of Indian nations have interpreted the two roads that face the light-skinned race as the road to technology and the road to spirituality.… — William Commanda
Contract law is essentially a defensive scorched-earth battleground where the constant question is, "if my business partner was possessed by a brain-eating monster from beyond… — Charles Stross
The Adderall Diaries is phenomenal. With jittery finesse and a reformed tweaker's eye for detail, Stephen Elliott captures the terrifying, hilarious, heart-strangling reality of a… — Jerry Stahl
And I'm a pair of pants with a hole scorched through the ass? — Spider Robinson
Oh, come! That boot is on the other leg. Why should you call me to account for eating decently? If I battened on the scorched… — George Bernard Shaw
The digital sunset always looks better than the real thing, always. Because a sunset generated by the basic package of yellow sun and blue sky… — Will Christopher Baer
If a conservative order is indeed to return, we ought to know the tradition which is attached to it, so that we may rebuild society;… — Russell Kirk
There has been plenty to criticize about President Obamaâ€™s handling of the economy. Yet the overriding story of the past few years is not Mr.… — Paul Krugman
The ones as big as sheep were easier to avoid, because you could see them coming, but when they flew in at the window and… — E. Nesbit
We never announced a scorched-earth policy; we never announced any policy at all, apart from finding and destroying the enemy, and we proceeded in the… — Michael Herr
The belief that life was hard and often its worst battles were fought in private, that it was possible to walk through fear and come… — Gail Caldwell
I only understand friendship or scorched earth. — Roger Ailes
In recent years, perhaps encouraged by competition from McDonald's, the British hamburger has become a credit to the nation. At the time of which I… — Clive James
The fourth angel poured his bowl on the sun, and it was allowed to scorch people with fire; they were scorched by the fierce heat,… — John the Apostle
Fire, loveliest of the four elements of the world, and yet an element too in Hell. While it burned adoringly in the core of the… — Walter M. Miller, Jr.
H. L Mencken's Dictionary of the American Language supplies a long list of slang terms for being drunk, but the Irish are no slouches, either.… — Bill Barich
There is a peculiar burning odor in the room, like explosives. the kitchen fills with smoke and the hot, sweet, ashy smell of scorched cookies.… — Alison Lurie
Perhaps it's true that things can change in a day. That a few dozen hours can affect the outcome of whole lifetimes. And that when… — Arundhati Roy
Pain! Deep, tearing, throbbing, needle-sharp, hammer-blunt pain â€“ ripping through his body and through his mind, twisting deep in his guts and slicing at his… — Stuart Hill
The point is to strip down, get protestant, then even more naked. Walk over scorched bricks to find your own soul. Your heart a searching… — Barry Hannah

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