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Fires Quotes

Passion, danger, and pink slips

One quote compares husbands to fires that Go out when unattended, a playful warning about what happens when a relationship gets neglected.

Husbands are like fires - they go out when unattended.

Quotes by Zsa Zsa Gabor

To stimulate wildly weak and untrained minds is to play with mighty fires.

Quotes by W. E. B. Du Bois

With bombs and fires, you get only one mistake.

Quotes by Red Adair

Al Davis fires everybody.

Quotes by Lane Kiffin

Al Quotes

Fires of suffering and strife are raging around the world.

Quotes by Aung San Suu Kyi

The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles.

Anton Chekhov

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a quote comparing marriage to fire?
Yes — one quote compares husbands to fires, warning that they go out when left unattended, using flame as a metaphor for the upkeep relationships need.
Which coach is known for firing people, according to these quotes?
Al Davis is named directly, with one quote simply stating that he fires everybody, a nod to his reputation for frequent staffing changes.
Do these quotes warn against playing with fire in a literal sense?
Yes — one warns that stimulating weak and untrained minds is like playing with mighty fires, treating dangerous ideas the same way you'd treat something genuinely destructive.
Is there a quote about bombs alongside fires?
One pairs the two directly, warning that with bombs and fires, there's only room for one mistake, emphasizing how little margin for error either allows.
Does this collection use 'fires' mostly literally or as wordplay?
Both — it moves between literal danger, like bombs, and wordplay, like a coach who 'fires everybody,' showing how flexible the word is across contexts.

Another turns the word literal and blunt, noting that a famous coach named Davis fires everybody, using the same word for flames and dismissals alike.