Delta Burke Quotes

I actually wanted to be a fireman when I was younger.

I never made a daring rescue, which is the story people want to hear. I did go to my share of fires.

Walter Mayer was a hero at a Salvation Army home fire in Cincinnati.

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

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.

I support firefighters.

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

It is your business when the wall next door catches fire.

Firefighters are indispensable foot soldiers here at home.

Our firefighters are our last line of defense, baby.

If your house is burning, wouldn't you try and put out the fire?

Whenever our neighbour's house is on fire, it cannot be amiss for the engines to play a little on our own.

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.

My colleagues, we're here to smoke the little bugger out.

Every fire hydrant in the country will be concerned.

I did ride-alongs and did some firefighter training at the Chicago Fire Academy.

A lot of small towns in Texas have only volunteer fire departments. And even though they're called volunteer fire departments, they are usually very professional and have great training and usually have good equipment.

I'm just fire.

I have such a deeper respect for firemen knowing how much they get paid and how much they put themselves on the line.

I'm not allowed to be woken up under any circumstances except if my house starts burning. Then my wife is authorised to wake me up, but only if fire gets to the door of my room.

Working with real firefighters keeps us really grounded. How can you possibly complain that your trailer is not at the correct temperature when you are working with a man who ran out of a burning building to save someone's life?

Firemen can do almost everything. You already trust them in life-threatening situations; why not let them help you with your everyday problems, too?

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.

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