Burns Quotes
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More Burns Quotes
When the stress Burns my brain just like acid raindrops, Mary Jane is the only thing that makes the pain stop.
— People Under the Stairs, "Acid Raindrops".
The capon Burns, the pig falls from the spit, The clock hath strucken twelve.
william shakespeare— William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors, Act I, scene 2, line 44.
On February 17, 1999, while at a meeting of the Montana Implement Dealers Association in Billings, Montana, Burns referred to Arabs as "ragheads".
conrad burns— Burns later apologized.
Burns stated that "We've got to remember that the people who first hit us in 9/11 entered this country through Canada."
conrad burns— December 21, 2005 This claim, which is false and is directly contradicted by the findings of the 9/11 Commission, drew criticism from those questioning Burns' grasp of domestic security. Canadian ambassador Frank McKenna demanded an apology from Burns.
I fear dying in here, while my city Burns, and there's no one there to save it.
Bruce Wayne— The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Christian Bale
Now Autumn's fire Burns slowly along the woodsAnd day by day the dead leaves fall and melt.
william allingham— Autumnal Sonnet; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
"I ever give a thought to another, you may well spare it, for those fancies are here and gone like a flash of lightning, while my love for you Burns on steadily, and for ever, like the sun."
anne brontë— Arthur to Helen (Ch. XXVII : Misdemeanour)
We are earth’s best, that learnt her lesson here, Life is our cry. We have kept the faith! And when we die, All’s over that is ours; and life Burns on Through other lovers, other lips, Heart of my heart, heaven is now, is won!
rupert brooke— 1910
The wrath of God Burns against them, their damnation does not slumber; the pit is prepared, the fire is made ready, the furnace is now hot, ready to receive them; the flames do now rage and glow.
jonathan edwards— Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, sermon delivered in Enfield, Connecticut (July 8, 1741)
...but every lyarMust have his portion in the lakeThat Burns with brimstone and with fire.
Isaac Watts— Song 15: "Against Lying".
It's mournful and troubling in a way that goes beyond ordinary movie manipulation. It Burns clean.
stephanie zacharek— Review of Cast Away (2000)
The temple of fame stands upon the grave: the flame that Burns upon its altars is kindled from the ashes of dead men.
william hazlitt— William Hazlitt, Lectures on the English Poets, Lecture VIII.
Argument is conclusive... but... it does not remove doubt , so that the mind may never rest in the sure knowledge of the truth , unless it finds it by the method of experiment. For if any man who never saw fire proved by satisfactory arguments that fire Burns, his hearer's mind would never be satisfied, nor would he avoid the fire until he put his hand in it that he might learn by experiment what argument taught.
roger bacon— Cited in: Carol A. Dingle (2000) Memorable Quotations: Philosophers of Western Civilization. p. 21
Love in your hearts as idly Burns As fire in antique Roman urns.
— Canto I, line 309.
I am amazed that Congressmen can pass a bill imposing severe penalties on anyone who Burns the American flag , whereas they are responsible for burning that for which the flag stands: the United States as a territory, as a people , and as a biological manifestation. That is an example of our perennial confusion of symbols with realities.
alan watts— Audio lecture "Individual and Society"
But if we hide ourselves away, afraid to grow and learn, we might wake up in the flames of the ignorance that Burns and we’ll never be much more than only casualties of war in a struggle we can’t win if we have no faith to begin. We’ve got to tip the lid and let some sunlight in.
dawud wharnsby— "The People of The Boxes"
We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire Burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it.
tennessee williams— Christopher
A man must live like a great brilliant flame and burn as brightly as he can. In the end he Burns out. But this is far better than a mean little flame.
Boris Yeltsin— Statement to a TImes reporter in 1990, as quoted in "The wit and wisdom of Boris" in Guardian Unlimited (23 April 2007)
It is with eloquence as with a flame; it requires fuel to feed it, motion to excite it, and it brightens as it Burns.
— William Pitt the Younger, Paraphrase of Tacitus.
Ay, springes to catch woodcocks. I do know When the blood Burns, how prodigal the soul Lends the tongue vows.
william shakespeare— William Shakespeare, Hamlet (1600-02), Act I, scene 3. ("Lends" in quarto, "gives" in folio).
In seeking tales and informations Against this man, whose honesty the devil And his disciples only envy at, Ye blew the fire that Burns ye.
william shakespeare— William Shakespeare, Henry VIII (1613), Act V, scene 3, line 110.
Hate is like fire; it Burns those who hold it.
— Alden Loveshade, Same River Twice (1999).
Hate is like fire; it Burns those who hold it.
— Alden Loveshade, Same River Twice (1999).
Ha! see where the wild-blazing Grog-Shop appears, As the red waves of wretchedness swell, How it Burns on the edge of tempestuous years The horrible Light-House of Hell!
mcdonald clarke— The Rum Hole.
[W]e were inspired by the fierce dignity of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, as she proved that no human being can truly be imprisoned if hope Burns in your heart. [...] You're the ones who are going to have to seize freedom, because a true revolution of the spirit begins in each of our hearts.
— Barack Obama, Yangon University Speech, Remarks by President Obama at the University of Yangon, Rangoon, Burma, (19 November 2012)
The boy believed you could be saved. But he doesn't know...what Burns within your soul. When in your heart, you know we are the same.
— Who: Mannoroth
— Source: Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
— Note: Spoken to Grom Hellscream while fighting him and Thrall. Grom had previously struggled to control the orcish curse of bloodlust brought on by drinking Mannoroth's blood. Grom refuses to submit again, and attacks Mannoroth, killing him and ending the curse.
Let you sleeping head, my love, Human on my faithless arm; Time and fever Burns away Individual beauty from Thoughtful children and the grave Proves the child ephemeral; But in my arms till break of day Let the living creature lie: Mortal , guilty , but to me The entirely beautiful .
— W. H. Auden, in A Book of Love Poetry, p.155
