Quotes & Sayings About Mildred Fahrenheit 451

Fiction is open to whoever comes in the door, as long as you come in energetically. — George Saunders

At it's highest level, the purpose of teaching is not to teach - it is to inspire the desire for learning. Once a student's mind is set on fire, it will find a way to provide its own fuel. — Sydney J. Harris

Strange how it is that men never act crueler than when they're fighting for the sake of an idea. We've been killing since Cain over who stands closer to god. It seems to me that cruelty is just in the way of things. You drive yourself mad if you take it all personal. Those who hurt you don't have the power over you they would like. That's why they do what they do. — Marcel Theroux

I'm direct, I'm unpretentious and I'm pretty dogged, and I hope I've got a capacity to laugh at myself and not take myself too seriously. — John Howard

We must first peer into the darkness, feel strangled and entombed in the hopelessness of living without God, before we are ready to feel the presence of His living light. — Abraham Joshua Heschel

I've been training so long, its second nature to push myself to the limit. — Ronnie Coleman

Do not take the yardstick of your ignorance to measure what the ancients knew, and call everything which you do not know lies. Do not call things untrue because they are marvelous, but give them a fair consideration. — Wendell Phillips

I'm getting to be a real pro at coming into things midstream and trying to catch up. — Aaron Ashmore

You must not fight but learn to deal with an enemy. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Success is beautiful and dangerous. — Robin Sharma

Knives can be quite useful to a lady of quality. Swords are for men; they are too easily caught in the skirts. — Gail Carriger

Did Anton try the carrots?"
"I believe so. Flavio seems happier, at least on that count, and I have noticed now that Anton shudders whenever he sees anything vaguely resembling a carrot. Which I think is rather sad, as they are a beautiful root vegetable."
"Yes," said Joe seductively, remembering the huge carrots back on the kitchen table. — James Austen