Subterranean Fire Quotes

#1. There is a slumbering subterranean fire in nature which never goes out, and which no cold can chill.

Henry David Thoreau

#2. I dig out beautiful caves behind my characters; I think that gives exactly what I want; humanity, humor, depth. The idea is that the caves shall connect, & each comes to daylight at the present moment.

Virginia Woolf

#3. It's such a nice change to get to play a wretched, shallow, mergers-and-acquisitions woman. My true colors come out.

Sigourney Weaver

#4. Women leading means that Congress is working to create jobs, make quality child care more affordable and strengthen the middle class because we understand that America grows the economy and opportunity from the middle out, not the top down.

Barbara Mikulski

#5. The Lord wants double edged artistry, praising God's name and setting things straight.

Calvin Seerveld

#6. The selective voluntary blindness of human beings allows them to ignore the moral consequences of their choices. It has been one of the species' most valuable traits, in terms of the survival of any particular human community.

Orson Scott Card

#7. Elderly parents tend to think their relationship with their middle-aged children is smoother than the children do. Adult grandchildren, who have little stake in pulling away from their grandparents, tend to describe that relationship as less rose-colored than do Gram and Gramps.

Robin Marantz Henig

#8. The unconsidered act of the poorest of men may fire the train that leads to the subterranean mine, and an empire be rent by the explosion.

Albert Pike

#9. Every child had a pretty good shot, to get at least as far as their old man got. But something happened on the way to that place. They threw an American flag in our face.

Billy Joel

#10. Imagination without knowledge may create beautiful things, knowledge without imagination can create only perfect ones.

Albert Einstein

#11. The sun stopped shining for me is all. The whole story is: I am sad. I am sad all the time and the sadness is so heavy that I can't get away from it. Not ever.

Nina LaCour

#12. We do not choose whom we love...We can only choose how well.

Martha Brockenbrough

#13. I like to think of my son as having an extra puzzle piece rather than missing one.

Stuart Duncan

#14. The power of prayer is miraculous!

Lailah Gifty Akita

#15. Inspiration, in its rich variety, must be present in any discussion about Africa. We need role models - they are essential to the advancement of our society.

Richard Attias

#16. When my old life died, it didn't go quietly. It detonated.

Christina Lauren

#17. But there's not enough time in life to go sit at a party, have a drink, and make idle conversation. There's too many important things to do. Just being together with my husband, spending time alone, which I have very little of.

Pia Zadora