Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria Quotes

I fought fire with oil.

Fire is our first form of technology.

A drop of water can't stop a fire alone. But a drop of water, plus another one, plus another one, then you have the rain, and the rain can stop the fire.

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

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

I love fire. As a child I loved setting light to things. I'd always be in the forest putting matches to pieces of wood. I've always regarded fire as my friend.

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.

When I was 6 years old, we were lighting firecrackers in the backyard and started a fire. My brother ran out and was pulling water from the creek and pouring it on the fire with a 7-Eleven Big Gulp cup.

I always had a pretty serious fascination with fire. Luckily I'm not an arsonist!

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

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.

Not facing a fire doesn't put it out.

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

I burned down my backyard as a seven-year-old. I poured kerosene over dried leaves and set the whole place on fire, just for fun. Yeah, not a very normal thing to do.

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

There is nothing Federal about local volunteer fire departments.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.