“He made it to look like it was an original fireplace wall, because he already had a great period mantle he could use. And there would have been a fireplace in the kitchen of this period.”
Denise Carpentier
“Carrying the what? What's the mantle. Like the mantle on the fireplace? Or Mickey Mantle? ... Well, obviously, we want to get it done. We've dedicated ourselves to the city of Houston and this organization.”
Craig Biggio
“Once you have mantle and fireplace installed you do interesting accessories above or on the fireplace, like the lamps, sconces. These lend a whole different feel to the room when you're done.”
Todd Zillweger
“There is no place more delightful than one's own fireplace.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“The grate had been removed from the wide overwhelming fireplace, to make way for a fire of wood, in the midst of which was an enormous log glowing and blazing, and sending forth a vast volume of light and heat; this I understood was the Yule-log, which the Squire was particular in having brought in and illumined on a Christmas eve, according to ancient custom.”
Washington Irving
“No sane local official who has hung up an empty stocking over the municipal fireplace, is going to shoot Santa Claus just before a hard Christmas.”
Alfred E. Smith
“When I retire I'm going to spend my evenings by the fireplace going through those boxes. There are things in there that ought to be burned.”
Richard M. Nixon
