#fire

The spread of civilisation may be likened to a fire; first, a feeble spark, next a flickering flame, then a mighty blaze, ever increasing in speed and power. ↗

— Nikola Tesla

#civilisation #ever #feeble #fire #first

I think there's always going to be a problem dealing with firearms, with knives. It's the animal we are that cause the problems. ↗

— Joe Namath

#animal #cause #dealing #firearms #going

We have at least 125 communities in Arizona at risk from wildfire, not because of review processes or litigation delays but because of a lack of federal funding on the ground to actually begin the projects. ↗

— Janet Napolitano

#arizona #because #begin #communities #delays

You get the best effort from others not by lighting a fire beneath them, but by building a fire within. ↗

— Bob Nelson

#best #building #effort #fire #get

We set the town on fire and burned down every house as a warning to other small towns along the river. ↗

— Knute Nelson

#burned #down #every #fire #house

If we accept the notion that terrorists will have immunity because as they fire on civilians they hide behind civilians, then this tactic will be legitimized and the terrorists will have their greatest victory. ↗

— Benjamin Netanyahu

#because #behind #civilians #fire #greatest

So there was a fire inside me. And that fire inside you, it can be turned into a negative form or a positive form. And I gradually realised that I had this fire and that it had to be used in a positive way. ↗

— John Newcombe

#fire #form #gradually #had #i

The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#fire #go #hottest #steel #through

Despite recent speculation in the media, and after difficult but sincere consideration, I have decided not to direct 'Catching Fire.' As a writer and a director, I simply don't have the time I need to write and prep the movie I would have wanted to make, because of the fixed and tight production schedule. ↗

— Gary Ross

#because #catching #consideration #decided #despite

I'm probably a bit romantic about it, but I think we humans miss having contact with fire. We need it. ↗

— Jamie Oliver

#bit #contact #fire #having #humans