Quotes About Firefighters

#1. Firefighters are some of the most selfless public servants you will ever encounter.

Denis Leary

#2. Firefighters go where they're needed, sometimes ignoring the dangers even when no one is inside a burning building to be saved.

Bill Dedman

#3. My father's a firefighter. He was my whole life. And my brother-in-law and several family members are firefighters.

Brad Paisley

#4. What is most admirable about firefighters, is there reliability. When they are called, they come

Dennis Smith

#5. What firefighters and people in our military and cops do is separate from what the rest of us do; basically these people say, 'I'm going to protect all these strangers.'

Denis Leary

#6. Are all firefighters as hot as you?

Lisa Kessler

#7. Firefighters are indispensable foot soldiers here at home.

Christopher Dodd

#8. In 1964, I tried to convince my grandfather, who was active in the New York City firefighters union, to vote for Barry Goldwater over Lyndon Johnson because at the time I thought his approach to limited government was right on.

Joe Lhota

#9. Having dealt with a lot of real firefighters, I know there are a lot of guys who, for lack of a better term, become addicted to the grief because it has kept them connected to these guys that they felt responsible for having lost.

Denis Leary

#10. If Scott Walker sees 100,000 teachers & firefighters as his enemies, maybe it's time we take a closer look at his friends.

Elizabeth Warren

#11. What?" The corner of his mouth turned up, his white teeth gleaming in the light.
"Just thinking how hot you are."
He scoffed and playfully rolled his eyes. "Thanks - but aren't all firefighters hot? I mean, we do basically live in fire.

Shaye Evans

#12. So many people wanted an adventure. It was really more about finding the cast that I wanted for 'Expedition Impossible,' so it had good diversity, and people could really say, 'Oh, there's the firefighters, there's the team of cops, there's the grandpa' - so that you can really relate with them.

Mark Burnett

#13. Cops, more than firefighters, EMTs or other public safety employees, almost always get the first glance of the human condition at the worst, most lethal moments; nobody calls a cop with good news.

Mike Barnicle

#14. Anytime I get to help the firefighters, I will. I'm real lucky to be in a position to help.

Adam Ferrara

#15. Some people procrastinate so much that all they can do is run around like firefighters all day - putting out fires that should not have gotten started in the first place.

Nido R. Qubein

#16. Firefighters, police officers and state troopers place themselves in
harm's way every day, every week, every year.

James McGreevey

#17. Most people go to the office and sit at a desk. When firefighters go to the office, we might birth a baby in the morning, save a drowning surfer in the afternoon, and run into a fire at night. What could be more interesting than that?

Caroline Paul

#18. Police officers, firefighters, EMTs - they are all out there every single day - literally just a phone call away for anyone who needs them.

Doreen Cronin

#19. I love race car drivers, I love gymnastics, I love UFC, I love police officers, I love firefighters. I just try to give them the same enjoyment they give me.

Shaquille O'Neal

#20. I talked to General Downer about some of the funding about the National Guard and some of the civil defense workers, the firefighters, the police officers, and the way that FEMA is making them spend that money. We have got a problem there.

Lynn Westmoreland

#21. It would be great if firefighters across the country had the guarantee that they would be making enough money to support their family right from the get-go, but that's not the case.

Denis Leary

#22. I was a big fan of Indiana Jones; then I realized he was kind of a fake hero. The real heroes are the people who work hard and do their stuff right, like firefighters and policemen.

Nathan Gamble

#23. I've always found the Irish really attractive-they make wonderful writers and sexy firefighters, and if they didn't like the Red Socks they'd be perfect.

Julie Klausner

#24. An ax came through the door. Then two firefighters. They looked down at and assistant mall manager crying and wearing a melted toupee, sitting cross-legged next to a mall cop with a bleeding ankle and a mouth full of paper.
One of the firefighters look at the other. Not again.

Tim Dorsey

#25. My heroes are those who risk their lives every day to protect our world and make it a better place - police, firefighters and members of our armed forces.

Sidney Sheldon

#26. God Lord, give me strength. Please keep the local firefighters away from me. Keep me out of the path of hardened abs and tall men in uniform, for they are bastards, one and all. Amen

Rosanna Leo

#27. Those who purify your water, inspect your meat, and test your kids' toys, as well as a huge number of nurses, teachers, and our soldiers, are public employees. The firefighters who don't hesitate to rush toward danger while you run away from it - they are all public employees.

Jennifer Granholm

#28. I'm so proud of Maryland's firefighters, risking their lives to protect others, but we need to protect our protectors with the best equipment training and resources.

Barbara Mikulski

#29. I also suspected he was on the cover of the Denver Firefighters calendar, picture used for the month of July, he was that hot. If the firefighters merged with the police officers and they did a group shot that included Lawson and Jury, the paper might spontaneously combust.

Kristen Ashley

#30. In West Virginia, we're all family. We know how firefighters and policemen honor their own and we feel our miners deserve to be honored in a similar way.

Ginger Baker

#31. The ideal of the military hero is clearly echoed in other contexts, and it includes those who routinely risk their health and lives in the line of duty, such as police officers, firefighters, and paramedics.

Philip G. Zimbardo

#32. With better gear, firefighters no longer surround and drown a fire - they go in.

Bill Dedman

#33. Delaware's firefighters put their lives in jeopardy every day in an effort to keep families safe.

Thomas Carper

#34. In addition to my cousin, there were 30 or 40 guys I grew up with who became firefighters as well. So, I've been around firefighters all my life.

Denis Leary

#35. Let me completely condemn these sickening scenes; scenes of looting, scenes of vandalism, scenes of thieving, scenes of people attacking police, of people even attacking firefighters. This is criminality pure and simple and it has to be confronted.

David Cameron

#36. Look, this isn't about the ring or when I ever made a hamburger, which, for your information, was my senior year of college."
"Right, when you almost caught our kitchen on fire."
"And you dated one of the firefighters for six months. You're welcome. Back to my problem.

Rachel Hauck

#37. My charity is in the business of helping firefighters in any way that we can. For instance, after 9/11 we were the second-fastest charity to raise and distribute money to the widows and surviving family members of the 343 firefighters who died that day.

Denis Leary

#38. One thing that's great about firefighters: If they don't have the equipment they desperately need, they don't have the help, they don't care. They'll do it on their own.

Denis Leary

#39. Virtually every society that survived did so by socializing its sons to be disposable. Disposable in war; disposable in work. We need warriors and volunteer firefighters, so we label these men heroes.

Warren Farrell

#40. As academia became my identity, my fascination with firefighters became buried and, seemingly, died.

S.A. Tawks

#41. Firefighters don't go on strike.

Denis Leary

#42. A foundation representing firefighters who die in the line of duty is calling for Congress to strip the Centers for Disease Control of its role investigating firefighter deaths.

Bill Dedman

#43. Women love firefighters so much because it's like a knight in shining armor kind of thing.

Taylor Kinney

#44. I think in the end the big issue is that the private sector still needs more help. And the answer is not more big government. I know in my state our reforms allowed us to protect firefighters, police officers, and teachers.

Scott Walker

#45. About 100 firefighters a year die in the line of duty in the U.S. Heart attacks on the job and vehicle accidents on the way to the fires account for about half. The other half are traumatic deaths while fighting fires.

Bill Dedman

#46. Police and firefighters are great, but they don't create wealth. They protect it. That's crucial. Teaching is a wonderful profession. Teachers help educate people to become good citizens so that citizens can then go create wealth. But they don't create the wealth themselves.

Rush Limbaugh

#47. The will to live that possesses us to create medicine, to become firefighters or teachers, is the same will to live that is woven into all living beings.

Ian Somerhalder

#48. Our firefighters are our last line of defense, baby.

Jack Scalia

#49. Firefighters are essential to the safety and security of our local communities. We owe it to these men and women to provide them with better training and equipment so they can do their jobs more effectively and safely.

Carl Levin

#50. If your goal is to produce firefighters and rescue workers, you have to produce people willing to enter burning buildings.

Brian D. McLaren

#51. I talk to nurses and programmers, salespeople and firefighters - people who bust their tails every day. Not one of them - not one - stashes their money in the Cayman Islands to avoid paying their fair share of taxes.

Elizabeth Warren

#52. The pregnancy test was called First Response, as if an emergency were already waiting for me inside the pink box. Little pink firefighters with little pink ladders waiting to climb up me.

Emily Schultz

#53. In the 9/11 Commission Report, one of the things they point out is that firefighters saved just about everybody below the fire. I don't think they realize how proud the fire department is of that. Because, conceivably, that's all they could have done. They could not have gotten above that fire.

Rudy Giuliani

#54. I think public sector workers, our teachers, our firefighters, our home health workers who work for states, they do God's work. They are some of our most important employees.

Thomas Perez

#55. When I started 'Third Watch,' I knew I was going to be with the firefighters and lifting, so I was doing yoga, running, and swimming - all at the same time. I didn't have a kid then. Now I don't have time for that. I want to spend time with my son and my husband, so it's mainly just yoga now.

Kim Raver

#56. I don't have individuals that are heroes per say but I will suggest that teachers are heroes for me, our firefighters are heroes for me, our police departments are heroes for me and our leaders are heroes for me.

John Assaraf

#57. I think what should be celebrated about our campaign is we have over 3 million people who have contributed to our campaign - teachers, firefighters, nurses, retirees. They're making up the backbone of this field organization in the country.

David Plouffe

#58. Communities must plan for a variety of uses and income levels. Why do we care about housing as high-tech employers? If teachers, firefighters, peace officers, retail or restau- rant workers can't live here, then we're going to fail.

Carl Guardino

#59. He was the hottest guy she had ever
seen, so out of her league they hadn't invented his league yet. It was like Future League of Hot Guys We Can't Place Because They're Too Fucking Hot.

Kate Meader

#60. How long do you have to stay and socialize?"

"Well, I still have to butter up the president of the Jupiter Point Business Coalition."

"I do hope you mean literally."

His eyes darkened with desire and he pulled her tighter against him. "As you wish, milady.

Jennifer Bernard

#61. I'm cheerful because the alternative is to see obstacles everywhere and expect people will hurt you. I choose to live in full color. I choose to say hey there to the hotties, fuck off to the haters, tell lovers how I want it, and people how it shall be.

Kate Meader

#62. The only good deed I'll be doing tonight is for the angels."
"The angels?"
"Haven't you heard? Every time I make you come, an angel gets his wings."
Brady dropped his smoky gaze to Gage's mouth for a beat. "We really need to leave. Now.

Kate Meader

#63. Pucker up, Hollywood. By the time I'm finished with you, the neighbors are gonna need a cigarette.

Kate Meader

#64. She pushed him back to the desk, poking his chest.
I may punch you, bite you, crush your nuts between my thighs. It's going to be the best hate sex I've ever had. And your survival is not my first concern.

Kate Meader

#65. Lie on your stomach," I ordered between kisses.
He pulled away. "Why?"
"Just do it.

Shaye Evans

#66. It's more common for people to get fire tattoos. Symbols of passion, transformation, change. But I wanted smoke because it's what remains. After the fire, after everything is destroyed, you're left with smoke and ash. You've gotta make somethin' out of it.

Kate Meader

#67. Find 'em hot, leave 'em wet," he murmured.
"Well known firefighter maxim.

Kate Meader

#68. Trying's good. Trying's sexy," Gage murmured against Brady's ear. "Now try telling me what you need.

Kate Meader

#69. That's right, baby. Scratch me up. Make your mark. I wanna look at my body later and know who I belong to.

Kate Meader

#70. You always have my attention. When you're in the room, you're my sun.

Kate Meader

#71. I'm just a simple guy. I love beer, sex, and hockey. I hate liars, Sting, and art that doesn't have people in it. - Luke Almeida

Kate Meader

#72. What can I do to get you out of your shirt today, Luke?
Her voice held a husky, wheeler-dealer tone, the kind of voice for which he was likely to do anything. He imagined that voice whispering in his ear, issuing wicked orders, making him hard as steel.

Kate Meader

#73. I understand that what you're doing when you call 911--it sounds so perfunctory--is announcing to strangers that you are losing the battle. I no longer have the strength, I no longer have the answers, the trouble is winning, and won't you please come help"?

Michael Perry

#74. She leaned in, a tip she had read today on HuffPo's Love & Sex section. Boobs out, smile wide, voice low.
Being sexy was exhausting.

Kate Meader

#75. He was perfectly formed, all steel flesh, so beautiful naked that it simply hurt to look at him. But she suspected it would hurt more when she no longer could.

Kate Meader

#76. I've wanted to do that since you saved me." -Lockland

Shaye Evans

#77. Knowing what she did to him made her feel powerful, just as knowing what he did to her made her feel weak.

Kate Meader

#78. His anger seemed out of proportion to the crime. Men. Give them an orgasm and they want ... well, probably more orgasms.

Kate Meader

#79. Who needs the fairy tale when crazy, messy, sexy reality with the woman I adore is a million times better?

Kate Meader