Loren Eiseley Quotes

Big fires flare up in a wind, but little ones are blown out unless they are carried in under cover.

It is difficult to determine the cause of grass fires. There is usually nothing left behind when we get there, like a cigarette or a gas can, for us to determine what started it.

I'd rather fight 100 structure fires than a wildfire. With a structure fire you know where your flames are, but in the woods it can move anywhere; it can come right up behind you.

Fire is the best of servants, but what a master!

What is more useful than fire? Yet if any one prepares to burn a house, it is with fire that he arms his daring hands.

In any case, fire burns; that's its nature, and you can't expect to change that. You can use it to cook your meat or to burn down your neighbor's house. And is the fire you use for cooking any different from the one you use for burning? And does that mean you should eat your supper raw?" Maddy shook her head, still puzzled. "So what you're saying is . . . I shouldn't play with fire," she said at last. Of course you should," said One-Eye gently. "But don't be surprised if the fire plays back.

Fire is next akin to smoke.

Fire has always been and, seemingly, will always remain, the most terrible of the elements.

Fire is our first form of technology.

The professional arsonist builds vacant lots for money.

In open range fires it is about picking a spot and hoping it is the right location. At the head of the fire you have to worry about wind and humidity and a number of other factors.

I grew up in Sedgefield, which is in the heart of the area along the Garden Route that has been ravaged by fire.

Of the over 100,000 wildfires that happen in the U.S. each year, not a single one would get started without the fire triangle: Oxygen, heat and fuel. Fire needs all three to exist. It's like the three branches of our government: Legislative, judicial and executive. The fewer there are, the safer we are.

A litle wind kindles; much puts out the fire.

For those without fire, any fire is strange fire.

A miniature village in Bournemouth caught fire and the flames could be seen nearly three feet away.

Fire and people do in this agree,They both good servants, both ill masters be.

One man puts the fire out, the other lights the fuse.

Some burn damp faggots, others may consume The entire combustible world in one small room.

I did mostly good things, except light things on fire.

They have under invested in fire for so long that the catch up costs seem staggering. The traditional inclination is to rely on emergency interventions rather than systemic reforms.

I am used to playing with fire. Somebody has to do it.

People say to me, 'Why don't you fight fire with fire?' You fight fire with water, not fire.

A fire in a forest is alive with terror and power.

I put a bushfire out. It was one of the most incredible things, terrifying. We get them a lot in Australia.