Winter Wildfires

Every mile is two in winter. - George Herbert

Genius is initiative on fire. - Holbrook Jackson

Now is the winter of our discontent - William Shakespeare

I used to be Snow White, but I drifted. - Mae West

If winter comes, can spring be far behind? - Percy Bysshe Shelley

Content is fire and social media is gasoline. - Jay Baer

We must rekindle the fire of idealism in our society. - Joe Biden

If someone's lying, are their pants really on fire? - Jerry Seinfeld

Words are only painted fire; a book is the fire itself. - Mark Twain

Finally my winter fat is done. Now I have spring rolls. - Unknown

Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart. - Victor Hugo

People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes. - Abigail Van Buren

Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden. - Cormac McCarthy

The inner fire is the most important thing mankind possesses. - Edith Sodergran

The English winter - ending in July, to recommence in August. - Lord Byron

By the time I have money to burn, my fire will have burnt out. - Unknown

The wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never. - Yiddish Proverb

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. - William Butler Yeats

Managers light a fire under people; leaders light a fire in people. - Kathy Austin

She walked across the ballroom as if she were trudging through deep snow. - Noel Coward

The four building blocks of the universe are fire, water, gravel and vinyl. - Dave Barry

Always give them the old fire, even when you feel like a squashed cake of ice. - Ethel Merman

We feel free when we escape - even when it be from the frying pan into the fire. - Eric Hoffer

Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant. - Mitchell Kapor

What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness. - John Steinbeck

Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire. - Arnold H Glasow

Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow. - Jeff Valdez

Some preachers ought to put more fire into their sermons or more sermons into the fire. - Vance Havner

Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell. - Joan Crawford

The Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought to be as many for love. - Margaret Atwood

Usually the thing that signifies that I'm done with the winter and all that is that I start skateboarding. - Shaun White

Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow. - Alice M Swaim

Too much sun after a Syracuse winter does strange things to your head, makes you feel strong, even if you aren't. - Laurie H. Anderson

There was a fire at the main Inland Revenue office in London today, but it was put out before any serious good was done. - Ronnie Corbett

In case of fire, don't panic. Simply flee the building with the same reckless abandon that occurs each day at quitting time. - Don Delcourt

You don't have to say everything to be a light. Sometimes a fire built on a hill will bring interested people to your campfire. - Shannon L. Alder

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. - Anne Bradstreet

To have a curable illness and to leave it untreated except for prayer is like sticking your hand in a fire and asking God to remove the flame. - Sandra L. Douglas

Passover and Easter are the only Jewish and Christian holidays that move in sync, like the ice skating pairs we saw during the winter Olympics. - Marvin Olasky

Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home. - Edith Sitwell