“ One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever came to sit by it. Passers-by see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on their way. ”
- Vincent van Gogh- Copy
- 2.3K
“ I consider the television set as the American fireplace, around which the whole family will gather. ”
- Red Skelton- Copy
- 1.4K
“ There is in every American, I think, something of the old Daniel Boone — who, when he could see the smoke from another chimney, felt himself too crowded and moved further out into the wilderness. ”
- Hubert H. Humphrey- Copy
- 407
“ Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in stranger's gardens. ”
- Douglas William Jerrold- Copy
- 3K
“ When I retire I'm going to spend my evenings by the fireplace going through those boxes. There are things in there that ought to be burned. ”
- Richard M. Nixon- Copy
- 1.8K
“ My passions have never jumped out of the fireplace and set fire to the carpet. ”
- Mason Cooley- Copy
- 2.8K
“ Someone has a great fire in his soul and nobody ever comes to warm themselves at it, and passers-by see nothing but a little smoke at the top of the chimney and then go on their way. ”
- Vincent van Gogh- Copy
- 3.4K
“ He is a poor patriot whose patriotism does not enable him to understand how all men everywhere feel about their altars and their hearthstones, their flag and their fatherland. ”
- Harry Emerson Fosdick- Copy
- 1.2K
“ What the Vatican is to the Catholics, Ten Chimneys is to actors. ”
- Carol Channing- Copy
- 2.9K
“ Cities have always been the fireplaces of civilization, whence light and heat radiated out into the dark. ”
- Theodore Parker- Copy
- 2.5K
“ Farewell we call to hearth and hall! Though wind may blow and rain may fall. We must away ere the break of day. Far over wood and mountain tall. ”
- J.R.R. Tolkien- Copy
- 2.5K
“ Don't you stay at home of evenings? Don't you love a cushioned seat in a corner, by the fireside, with your slippers on your feet? ”
- Oliver Wendell Holmes- Copy
- 2.1K
“ You are a king by your own fireside, as much as any monarch in his throne. ”
- Miguel de Cervantes- Copy
- 1.3K
“ Golden lads and girls all must, As chimney-sweepers, come to dust. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
- 1.9K
“ Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell. ”
- Joan Crawford- Copy
- 2.2K
“ For me it is sufficient to have a corner by my hearth, a book and a friend, and a nap undisturbed by creditors or grief. ”
- Fernandez de Andrada- Copy
- 3.3K
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