Africa is a continent in flames. And deep down, if we really accepted that Africans were equal to us, we would all do more to put the fire out. We're standing around with watering cans, when what we really need is the fire brigade.
When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes.
My theory on housework is, if the item doesn't multiply, smell, catch fire, or block the refrigerator door, let it be. No one else cares. Why should you?
But what of black women?... I most sincerely doubt if any other race of women could have brought its fineness up through so devilish a fire.
The McCarthy boys, at the proper moment, gave orders to fire upon the advancing enemy.
You who live your lives in cities or among peaceful ways cannot always tell whether your friends are the kind who would go through fire for you. But on the Plains one's friends have an opportunity to prove their mettle.
Some days I would go without any fire at all, and eat raw frozen meat and melt snow in my mouth for water.
We're still a great team. In your mind you can understand that but, emotionally, we needed to express the same belief. We came out full of fire and scored two early goals, two really beautiful goals, and that changed everything.
It is a revolution, and it can no more be checked by human effort... than a prarie fire by a gardener's watering pot.
Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears form the eyes of woman.
The four building blocks of the universe are fire, water, gravel and vinyl.
Running like a bunny with his tail on fire.
The successful pilots succeeded because they did not open fire until they were close to the target.
Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it again.
So, like a forgotten fire, a childhood can always flare up again within us.