#fire

I think violence, cynicism, brutality and fashion are the staples of our diet. I think in the grand history of story-telling, going back to people sitting around fires, the dark side of human nature has always been very important. Movies are part of that tradition. ↗

— Eric Stoltz

#around #back #been #brutality #cynicism

Coming through the fire and through the storm of life with a strong man, my fiance Ashanti, whom I've been dating for eight months and two wonderful children beside me, I'm just so happy that I have been able to maintain my integrity and get to where I am today with the right energy around me. ↗

— Angie Stone

#am #around #been #beside #children

Sometimes I wish I could get fired. ↗

— Matt Stone

#fired #get #i #i wish #sometimes

The pale whiteness of her upturned face as she choked on the smoke; the tangled length of her hair as she tried to shake the flames from it; the beauty of her cherry-blossom robe as it burst into flame: it was all so cruel, so terrible! ↗

— Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

#japan #japanese #japanese-literature #beauty

It's hard to get fired from the government. You have to, like, kill people. ↗

— Wanda Sykes

#get #government #hard #kill #like

It is folly to punish your neighbor by fire when you live next door. ↗

— Publilius Syrus

#fire #folly #live #neighbor #next

Leaders should lead as far as they can and then vanish. Their ashes should not choke the fire they have lit. ↗

— H. G. Wells

#ashes #choke #far #fire #lead

You cannot play with fire. ↗

— Al-Waleed bin Talal

#fire #play #you

Performing is a profound experience, at least for me. It's not as if I sit down and play 'Fire and Rain' by myself, just to hear it again. But to offer it up... the energy that it somehow summons live takes me right back, and I do get a reconnection to the emotions. ↗

— James Taylor

#back #down #emotions #energy #experience

Love is friendship set on fire. ↗

— Jeremy Taylor

#friendship #love #love is #set