Scorching Quotes

32 quotes by 32 authors

When the Saracens came to attack him, they threw Greek fire onto the barrier he had made; and the fire caught easily, And you should… — Jean de Joinville
Like fresh milk a bad deed does not turn at once. It follows a fool scorching him like a smouldering fire. — Gautama Buddha
The raging fire which urged us on was scorching us; it would have burned us had we failed to restrain it. — Giacomo Casanova
He must be independent and brave, and sure of himself and of the importance of his work, because if he isn't he will never survive… — Robert E. Sherwood
I get to play a scorching lead guitar, and there's not much that's more fun than that. — Peter Tork
A little rain, a little blood. Black fingernails in August; and going berserk, going bananas. As if entrapped in a tropical heatwave, with dozens of… — Adam Zagajewski
Each day she removes a small portion of the unwanted things in people's lives, though all of it, she thinks, was previously wanted, once useful.… — Jhumpa Lahiri
I came out for exercise, gentle exercise, and to notice the scenery and to botanise. And no sooner do I get on that accursed machine… — H.G. Wells
The tires were scorching hot, in fact I burned my fingers on one. — Malcolm Campbell
Saints are like trees. They do not call to anyone, neither do they send anyone away. They give shelter to whoever cares to come, be… — Anandamayi Ma
If you have wit, use it to please and not to hurt: you may shine like the sun in the temperate zones without scorching. — Lord Chesterfield
The prairies were dust. Day after day, summer after summer, the scorching winds blew the dust and the sun was brassy in a yellow sky.… — Rose Wilder Lane
Buying a car used to be an experience so soul-scorching, so confidence-splattering, so existentially rattling that an entire car company was based on the promise… — Susan Orlean
At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed. — Frederick Douglass
My family lived off the land and summer evening meals featured baked stuffed tomatoes, potato salad, corn on the cob, fresh shelled peas and homemade… — David Mixner
We have these earthly bodies. We don't know what they want. Half the time, we pretend they are under our mental thumb, but that is… — Louise Erdrich
I want to keep sleeping, but the sun outside my window has other ideas: First blind her. Then jab her eyeballs with scorching-hot daggers. — Natasha Friend
The thing you can count on in life is that Tennessee will always be scorching hot in August. — Ann Patchett
My stories are of gas chambers, shootings, electrified fences, torture, scorching sun, mental abuse, and constant threat of death. But they are also stories of… — Livia Bitton-Jackson
Isabella Swan?â€ He looked up at me through his impossibly long lashes, his golden eyes soft but, somehow, still scorching. â€œI promise to love you… — Stephenie Meyer

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