David Hunt Quotes

The closest fires were near enough for us to hear the crackling flames and the yells of firemen. Little fires grew into big ones even as we watched. Big ones died down under the firemen's valor only to break out again later.

I support firefighters.

If my house is on fire, I don't need the fire chief telling me I should not have built the house out of wood. I need somebody to put the fire out.

There is nothing Federal about local volunteer fire departments.

Cruise director is - I always laugh and say, 'He's the ship's liver,' because almost everything you can think of filters through you at some point.

Firefighters go where they're needed, sometimes ignoring the dangers even when no one is inside a burning building to be saved.

With better gear, firefighters no longer surround and drown a fire - they go in.

I've had tons of odd jobs, but I think that I would probably be a fireman because you get to see the results of your job. You get there and there is a house on fire. You leave and there's not a fire anymore.

Firefighters are indispensable foot soldiers here at home.

If my house was on fire, I can't compromise about which part of the house I'm going to save. You save the whole house or it will all burn down. We either save this country or we do not.

Anytime I get to help the firefighters, I will. I'm real lucky to be in a position to help.

It's not a party until the fire department shows up.

Police officers and firemen are so visible in their daily work, there's no mistaking they're there - and that presence makes people feel secure.

When you have an emergency, there is the urge to do whatever it takes to see people get assistance.

I used to think I'd like to be a fireman - in fact, I still would - and the only drawback I could see was coming back to the firehouse, after a day of fighting fires, and still having to put in an eight-hour day writing.

I rode fire trucks, slid down fire poles, wore a lot of red, and made a lot of appearances. I've always had a special place in my heart for fire fighters.

Delaware's firefighters put their lives in jeopardy every day in an effort to keep families safe.

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

When your neighbour's house is on fire, you should help with a bucket of water.

Tonight I am going to take a party to the headquarters of the fire department, where I have a cinch on the captain, a very nice fellow, who is unusually grateful for something I wrote about him and his men. They are going to do the Still Alarm act for me.

Come a crisis, we want other people.

You want to put the fire out first and then worry about the fire code.

I decline utterly to be impartial as between the fire brigade and the fire.

Fire itself is very beautiful, and there's an attachment to fire that firefighters have.

If the house is on fire, and the fireman shows up, you don't question his color or credentials. You don't send him back to the firehouse and say, 'Send somebody else.'