(182 quotes found)
“I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.”
Jack London
“Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.”
Samuel Johnson
“Pride, envy, avarice - these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of all men”
Dante Alighieri
“A mighty flame followeth a tiny spark”
“The spark divine dwells in thee: let it grow.”
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
“There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.”
Washington Irving
“From a little spark may burst a flame.”
“They say that a good cook can ignite sparks by the way he kisses. The way I see, just because a guy can turn on the stove doesn't necessarily make him a good cook.”
Stefanie Powers
“A cat's rage is beautiful, burning with pure cat flame, all its hair standing up and crackling blue sparks, eyes blazing and sputtering.”
William S. Burroughs
“My dear, he sounds like all plug and no spark to me, you know, all bug and no lightning”
Bill Balance
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