#torch

Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#any #combustible #his #illuminate #name

I had a longing for ritual, something I could cling to, a routine to make me feel well and contented. I hoped that reading Bible commentaries and theological critiques would nudge me closer to some kind of absolute that I could hold up as a torch to light my way. ↗

— Jack Dee

#bible #cling #closer #commentaries #contented

But I'm not adverse to the idea of Torch Song as a musical. It would just be different. Because the play will always be there exactly as it was, and in a musical you could tell a lot of the story through songs. ↗

— Harvey Fierstein

#always #be different #because #could #different

We pay homage to the people who came before, doing satires, like Mel Brooks; we're just carrying the torch. ↗

— Shawn Wayans

#brooks #came #carrying #doing #homage

I don't need a successor, only willing hands to accept the torch for a new generation. ↗

— Billy Graham

#generation #hands #i #need #new

I don't have a mission. I don't have a torch to burn. ↗

— Mel Brooks

#i #mission #torch

I also taught myself how to blow glass using a propane torch from the hardware store and managed to make some elementary chemistry plumbing such as tees and small glass bulbs. ↗

— Robert B. Laughlin

#blow #bulbs #chemistry #elementary #glass

Thus the sum of things is ever being reviewed, and mortals dependent one upon another. Some nations increase, others diminish, and in a short space the generations of living creatures are changed and like runners pass on the torch of life. ↗

— Lucretius

#being #changed #creatures #dependent #diminish

We have been frustrated that there are a number of incumbents in Maryland offices who have been in office for years and years and show no movement or desire to pass the torch. ↗

— John Mahoney

#desire #frustrated #incumbents #maryland #movement

He who could have been a torch and stoops to being a pair of jaws is a deserter. ↗

— Jose Marti

#being #could #jaws #pair #torch