#spark

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

The rising cost of prescription drugs has sparked a prairie fire that is spreading across our nation. ↗

— Tim Pawlenty

#cost #fire #nation #our #prairie

The world is full of poetry. The air is living with its spirit; and the waves dance to the music of its melodies, and sparkle in its brightness. ↗

— James Gates Percival

#brightness #dance #full #living #melodies

The more you achieve, the more interest it should spark to go further, because there's so much - and I don't mean monetarily and I don't mean in society. This whole experience of living is so rich! ↗

— Susan Powter

#because #experience #further #go #i

I love romantic comedies. I like to watch them and I like to be in them. It's something that's increasingly difficult to find that spark of originality that makes if different than the ones that come before. ↗

— Julia Roberts

#come #comedies #different #difficult #find

The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation. ↗

— Auguste Rodin

#artist #before #born #consumed #create

I got a job with a law firm in Portland after a couple of years with Senator Muskie. But by then, my interest in politics had been sparked, through meeting Senator Muskie, through seeing what he did. ↗

— George J. Mitchell

#been #couple #did #firm #got

There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity. ↗

— Washington Irving

#beams #blazes #broad #dark #daylight

There is in every woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity. ↗

— Washington Irving

#beams #blazes #broad #dark #daylight

I never struggled with trying to figure out what it was I wanted to do or what made the sparks go for me. ↗

— Scarlett Johansson

#go #i #made #me #never