#fire

I mean, it's pretty disillusioning for all of us right now, and we feel pretty helpless when Congress, their approval rating is thirteen percent, and across the board, whether you're a Democrat or a Republican, you sort of want to walk in and fire everybody. ↗

— Christopher Cross

#approval #board #congress #democrat #everybody

When I got to the Mavericks people were all giving me advice - change this, change that - and one thing that I didn't do was fire anybody. ↗

— Mark Cuban

#anybody #change #fire #giving #got

It was a terrible blow that was dealt when I was fired from 'Saturday Night Live', but I have to say that a few doors opened right away. Movie roles started to roll in, and pretty soon, I was over it. ↗

— Joan Cusack

#blow #dealt #doors #few #fired

I think Michigan keeps you sane and on an even keel through the ups and downs. In Michigan, I do fireworks, shovel snow and live life. ↗

— Jeff Daniels

#even #fireworks #i #i do #i think

Whenever Percy stopped by to see [Annabeth], she was so lost in thought that the conversation went something like this: Percy: 'Hey, how's it going?' Annabeth: 'Uh, no thanks.' Percy: 'Okay...have you eaten anything today?' Annabeth: 'I think Leo is on duty. Ask him.' Percy: 'So, my hair is on fire.' Annabeth: 'Okay, in a while. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#cute #distracted #hair-on-fire #mark-of-athena #not-listening

To say that its wrong to feel this way is not the point; you do feel it. All you see is a flash of fire and, depending on your altitude, you don't even see that sometimes. ↗

— James Dickey

#depending #even #feel #fire #flash

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#bullying #fire #smoke

And then ESPN fired me. I did not think that was a fitting punishment. ↗

— Gregg Easterbrook

#espn #fired #fitting #i #me

The elements and majestic forces in nature, Lightning, Wind, Water, Fire, and Frost, were regarded with awe as spiritual powers, but always secondary and intermediate in character. ↗

— Charles Eastman

#awe #character #elements #fire #forces

Brave people are the firemen who run into the burning building. That's brave. ↗

— Elizabeth Edwards

#building #burning #firemen #into #people