Canadians Watching U.S. Politics

Genius is initiative on fire. - Holbrook Jackson

Moose are the squirrels of Alaska. - Tim Moon

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke. - Benjamin Disraeli

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

Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves. - Italian Proverb

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 Irish seem to have more fire about them than the Scots. - Sean Connery

Pound for pound, the moose is the leanest ruminant on earth. - Daniel M Ortberg

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

Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds. - Buddha

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

I don't really get romance. Bring me fish or moose, not flowers. - Eden Robinson

Yesterday is ashes; tomorrow wood. Only today does the fire burn brightly. - Eskimo Proverb

Contentment consisteth not in adding more fuel, but in taking away some fire. - Thomas Fuller

As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words. - William Shakespeare

Chaos in the midst of chaos isn't funny, but chaos in the midst of order is. - Steve Martin

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

A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald, but if he has fire, women will like him. - Mae West

Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos. - Karl W F Schlegel

When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the Fire Department usually uses water. - Unknown

This momentous question, like a fire bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror. - Thomas Jefferson

You're an old-timer if you can remember when setting the world on fire was a figure of speech. - Franklin P Jones

Just 'cause there's snow in the basement don't mean there ain't no fire in the roof! - Archie Bunker

You get the best effort from others not by lighting a fire beneath them, but by building a fire within. - Bob Nelson

Folks who don't know why America is the Land of Promise should be here during an election campaign. - Milton Berle

Years steal fire from the mind as vigor from the limb; and life's enchanted cup but sparkles near the brim. - Lord Byron

One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are. - Cal Thomas

Everyone has a skeleton in their closet. The difference between Bill Clinton and myself is that he has a walk-in closet. - Pat Buchanan

Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly. - Stephen R. Covey

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

These are stupid people that say, "Oh didn't Trump declare bankruptcy? Didn't he go bankrupt?" I didn't go bankrupt. - Donald Trump

Hillary Clinton was the worst Secretary of State in the history of the country. The world came apart under her reign as Secretary of State. - Donald Trump

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

My theory on housework is, if the item doesn't multiply, smell, catch fire, or block the refrigerator door, let it be. No one else cares. Why should you? - Erma Bombeck

The moose is singularly grotesque and awkward to look at. Why should it stand so high at the shoulders? Why have so long a head? Why have no tail to speak of? - Henry David Thoreau

Love him or hate him, Trump is a man who is certain about what he wants and sets out to get it, no holds barred. Women find his power almost as much of a turn-on as his money. - Unknown

We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won't need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don't fire cannons to call attention to their shining - they just shine. - Dwight L Moody

We feel (Trump National) is better than Pebble Beach. We have had some people out who are very familiar with Pebble Beach. Most people consider (Trump National) to be substantially superior. - Donald Trump

Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader. Don't fall victim to what I call the "ready-aim-aim-aim-aim syndrome." You must be willing to fire. - T. Boone Pickens