Michael Leunig Quotes

If you take 67 brush fires times 10 years, that's almost 700 right there. Those brush fires are incredibly dangerous, all those homes going down proved that.

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.

Wildfires are a result of temperature conditions, of soil moisture conditions; and, of course, something has to start it.

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'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.

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

It is not acceptable that we continue to see thousands of acres burn because of forest fires, because of poor management on our forests, big kill, and we have these catastrophic situations take place when we are not able to take action.

Eastern Washington has experienced a number of deadly forest fires this season, and it is crucial that we have bipartisan legislation that will expedite the research and restoration process.

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.

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.

Remote fountains are of little help to nearby fires

If Europe blazes in the late spring or summer, we must put our house in order before the sparks reach the Western Hemisphere.

California must be a really big fan of the 'Hunger Games.' Because it's always catching fire.

When it comes to wildfires, 2013 wasn't a good year, which is why I'm especially proud that the majority of my wildfire prevention legislation was signed into law today.

A litle wind kindles; much puts out the fire.

Stamping out fires is a lot of fun, but it is only putting things back the way they were.

A little fire is quickly trodden out, Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.

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

Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor's wall is ablaze.

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

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

In a fire, you have to be thoughtful; you have to have a certain kind of intuitive smarts that the veterans have. I'm not there yet, despite the Stanford degree.

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

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.