Torch Quotes

185 quotes by 160 authors

The cuties I desire, I be the first to set it on off, flame on like the Human Torch. — Method Man
Any writer of any worth at all hopes to play only a pocket-torch of light - and rarely, through genius, a sudden flambeau - into… — Nadine Gordimer
The tiny flame that lights up the human heart is like a blazing torch that comes down from heaven to light up the paths of… — Khalil Gibran
What better comfort have we, or what other Profit in living Than to feed, sobered by the truth of Nature, Awhile upon her beauty, And… — George Santayana
Occupation is the best safeguard for women under all circumstances--mental or physical, or both. Cupid extinguishes his torch in the atmosphere of industry. — Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A… — Emma Lazarus
Glow-worms on the ground are moving, As if in the torch-dance circling. — Heinrich Heine
As the generation of Holocaust survivors and liberators dwindles, the torch of remembrance, of bearing witness, and of education must continue forward. — Dan Gillerman
The spirit of the year, like bacchant crowned, With lighted torch goes careless on his way; And soon bursts into flame the maple's spray, And… — Edith M. Thomas
America now is stumbling through the darkness of hatred and divisiveness. Our values, our principles, and our determination to succeed as a free and democratic… — Gerald R. Ford
It was so cold in New York City today that the Statue of Liberty had her torch under her dress. — David Letterman
Whenever anyone wants others to do their work they call upon their Altruism. 'Never mind your own needs,' they say, 'Think of the needs of...… — Andrew Ryan
Thus with most careful devotion Thus with precise attention To detail, interfering preparation Of that which is already prepared Men lighten the knot of confusion… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
I don't need a successor, only willing hands to accept the torch for a new generation. — Billy Graham
May joy and good fellowship reign, and in this manner, may the Olympic Torch pursue its way through ages, increasing friendly understanding among nations, for… — Pierre de Coubertin
Brits and Americans have hundreds of different phrases for the same thing. Luckily, it's usually a source of amusement rather than frustration. A flashlight by… — Sloane Crosley
I've always disliked kamikazes, that is, people who commit suicide in order to kill others. Starting with the Japanese ones from World War II. I… — Oriana Fallaci
But I'm not adverse to the idea of Torch Song as a musical. It would just be different. Because the play will always be there… — Harvey Fierstein
In Torch Song, I did that character almost non-stop from 1978 until I made the movie in 1987. Then I had some failure, which also… — Harvey Fierstein
Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge. — Stephen Hawking

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