Firefighter Quotes:

I feel like Josh, Michelle and Adam were all team players, who wanted to be a part of an ensemble.

- Adam Arkin

source: "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Team, Player, Firefighter, Josh

My heroes are the camera crew and the electricians. They work such long hours.

- Adam Baldwin

topic: Hero, Long, Firefighter, Electrician

In every age poets and social reformers have tried to stimulate the people of their own time to a nobler life by enchanting stories of the virtues of the heroes of old.

- Alfred Marshall

topic: Hero, People, Firefighter, Enchanting

Poets and heroes are of the same race, the latter do what the former conceive.

- Alphonse de Lamartine

topic: Hero, Race, Firefighter

Making duplicate copies and computer printouts of things no one wanted even one of in the first place is giving America a new sense of purpose.

- Andy Rooney

topic: Technology, America, Firefighter, Duplicate

Tom Arnold and I, we have a huge firefight scene on top of a German tank. I get to shoot 50 caliber rounds. We shoot a helicopter out of the sky. That's the only fight I'm in.

- Anthony Anderson

source: "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Fighting, Sky, Firefighter, Helicopters, Caliber

This is a wonderful way to celebrate an 80th birthday... I wanted to be 65 again, but they wouldn't let me - Homeland Security.

- Art Buchwald

topic: Birthday, Firefighter, Way, Homeland Security

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

topic: Firefighter, Training, Proud, Maryland

Earth Day 1970 was irrefutable evidence that the American people understood the environmental threat and wanted action to resolve it.

- Barry Commoner

topic: People, Firefighter, Earth Day, World Earth Day

I identify with the Clint Eastwoods and Harrison Fords. Those are my heroes.

- Barry Pepper

topic: Hero, Firefighter, My Hero

Ron Atkinson was a firefighter. He came in and he stabled the club

- Bobby Gould

topic: Firefighter, Clubs

We were like heroes, to stand there and observe the police, and the police were scared to move upon us.

- Bobby Seale

source: "Super Bowl 50: The Hate Speech Halftime Show" by Katherine Ainsworth, blog.uspatriottactical.com. February 09, 2016.

topic: Moving, Hero, Firefighter

I want to be a hero, a small and good kind of hero, even though I know heroes have very short lives.

- Boris Becker

topic: Short Life, Hero, Firefighter, Very Short Life

I got my heroes secondhand, from television and movies, to a certain extent.

- Brad Bird

topic: Hero, Firefighter, Television

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

- Brian D. McLaren

topic: People, Firefighter, Goal, Burning Buildings

Secretly, I wanted to look like Jimi Hendrix, but I could never quite pull it off.

- Bryan Ferry

topic: Music, Firefighter, Looks, Ferry

I decided I would go to Chicago and try my luck as a writer after those eight months as a fireman.

- Carl Sandburg

topic: Eight, Firefighter, Luck, Fireman

Kids are always asked, What are you going to be when you grow up? I needed an answer. So instead of saying, a fireman, or a policeman, I said, a reporter.

- Charles Kuralt

topic: Growing Up, Kids, Firefighter, Fireman

Wanted: a needle swift enough to sew this poem into a blanket.

- Charles Simic

source: Charles Simic (1990). “Selected Poems, 1963-1983”, George Braziller

topic: Firefighter, Poetry, Enough

Firefighters are indispensable foot soldiers here at home.

- Christopher Dodd

topic: Home, Feet, Firefighter

Our Nation must provide sufficient access to healthcare, adequate benefits, and the supplemental resources our veterans were promised and so dearly need. We owe our heroes no less.

- Dan Lipinski

topic: Hero, Our Veterans, Firefighter

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

topic: Simple, People, Firefighter, Vandalism, Looting

I wanted to produce Nancy LaMott's albums, so I created my own record company.

- David Friedman

topic: Firefighter, Albums, Records, Record Companies

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

topic: Military, People, Firefighter

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

topic: Cousin, Firefighter, Guy

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

topic: Country, Firefighter, Support

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

topic: Real, Grief, Firefighter

Every time I listened to Lux Radio Theatre, I wanted to vomit.

- Dick York

topic: Firefighter, Theatre, Radio

It's different today than it was then. In those days we were strictly amateurs. If I had wanted to stay in for the '80 Olympics, my parents couldn't have afforded it.

- Dorothy Hamill

source: "Gold Medal Figure Skater". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 17, 2000.

topic: Firefighter, Parent, Different

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

topic: Teacher, Firefighter, Enemy, Governors, Walkers

I wanted so badly to study ballet, but it was really all about wearing the tutu.

- Elle Macpherson

topic: Firefighter, Ballet, Study

I don't have any influences, any heroes, it's just me.

- GG Allin

topic: Hero, Firefighter, Influence

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

topic: Virginia, Firefighter, Honor, West Virginia, Miners

They were involved in a firefight and felt they were surrounded. Whether they escaped from that and were fleeing and went in the wrong direction, we don't know.

- Hugh Shelton

topic: Firefighter, Fleeing, Wrong Direction

The real heroes were my good buddies who died during the battles.

- Ira Hayes

topic: Real, Hero, Firefighter, Real Heroes

Our firefighters are our last line of defense, baby.

- Jack Scalia

topic: Baby, Firefighter, Defense

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

- James McGreevey

topic: Years, Firefighter, Police

I was so flattered that someone wanted me to write a book, I said I would. It was published in 1969.

- Jilly Cooper

topic: Book, Writing, Firefighter

A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did.

- John Burroughs

topic: Inspiration, Firefighter, Wanted

I wanted to do everything. I wanted to be a pilot. I wanted to be a secret agent. I wanted to be a fireman and a doctor, all that. So I related that through movies and stuff.

- Josh Holloway

topic: Doctors, Firefighter, Secret, Fireman, Secret Agent

One of the things I really like about Ford's films is how there is always a focus on the way characters live, and not just the male heroes.

- Ken Burns

topic: Hero, Character, Firefighter

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is one of my personal heroes.

- Ken Salazar

topic: Kings, Hero, Firefighter, Dr Martin Luther King

I never met anybody in my life who says, I want to be a critic. People want to be a fireman, poet, novelist.

- Leslie Fiedler

topic: People, Firefighter, Novelists, Fireman

I didn't want to do anything my mother wanted me to do so surely I wasn't going to sing for her.

- Linda Lavin

topic: Mother, Firefighter, Want

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

topic: Firefighter, Police, Defense, National Guard, Downers

As the member of a firefighter family myself, supporting the widowed families of rescue workers is an important, personal cause of mine.

- Mark Sanchez

topic: Firefighter, Important, Causes, Widowed

Women have to make a living. We don't live in a wealthy world where we even have a choice. We're losing our choice of whether or not we need to work. If we want to work, we obviously should work and have that choice, but a lot of women can't even get to the word "want." They need to work. And it's great to see women who needed to work and found a way to become a firefighter or a steel worker. That, to me, is very exciting.

- Marlo Thomas

topic: Firefighter, Choices, Needs

I used to go and flatten my nose against that window and absorb all I could of his art. It changed my life. I saw art then as I wanted to see it.

- Mary Cassatt

source: Forbes Watson, Mary Cassatt (1932). “Mary Cassatt”

topic: Art, Firefighter, Noses

I'm too shy, really to be able to hang out with my heroes for too long.

- Michelle Shocked

topic: Hero, Firefighter, Long

See, heroes never die. John Wayne isn't dead, Elvis isn't dead. Otherwise you don't have a hero. You can't kill a hero. That's why I never let him get older.

- Mickey Spillane

source: Interview with Michael Carlson, "Crime Time", crimetime.co.uk, 2001.

topic: Hero, Redneck, Firefighter

When I was younger, there was a huge gap between what I wanted to do and what I could do as an idol.

- Namie Amuro

topic: Idols, Firefighter, Gaps

There's no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were.

- Nina Simone

topic: Hero, Knowing, Firefighter

True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that's what courage is.

- Norman Schwarzkopf

topic: Jobs, Firefighter, True Courage, Gulf War

The innovative leader has to be an arsonist and a firefighter.

- Paul Sloane

topic: Firefighter, Leader, Arsonists

Michael Mann's always been one of my heroes.

- Peter Berg

topic: Hero, Firefighter, My Hero

No, in 1968 I still wanted to be a Pop Star, and be about the music. Now, I want to be just about the music.

- Peter Tork

topic: Stars, Firefighter, Want, Pop Stars

Those two songs condense the two albums. They also show what the audiences wanted. I was desperate to keep the band together and find something that the public would like.

- Randy Bachman

topic: Song, Two, Firefighter

It was just the thrill of a lifetime. Brando and Hackman were two of my heroes.

- Richard Donner

topic: Hero, Two, Firefighter, Brando

My heroes are people like Picasso and Miro and people who at last really reach something in their old age, which they absolutely couldn't ever have done in their youth.

- Robert Wyatt

topic: Hero, Firefighter, People

Kevin and Annette... I wanted them to do it together. They clearly wanted to work with each other.

- Sam Mendes

topic: Firefighter, Together, Kevin

I asked him a number of questions and I got some very interesting answers. Ken's heroes, according to Christopher, would be people like John Wayne, of course.

- Stacy Keach

topic: Hero, Numbers, Firefighter

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

- Thomas Carper

topic: Firefighter, Effort, Safe, Jeopardy, Delaware

I am often asked why men don't get as worked up as they might about women particularly poor women having to use their bodies as prostitutes. Because most men unconsciously experience themselves as prostitutes every day the miner, the firefighter, the construction worker, the logger, the soldier, the meatpacker these men are prostitutes in the direct sense: they sacrifice their bodies for money and for their families.

- Warren Farrell

source: "The Myth of Male Power". Book by Warren Farrell, 1993.

topic: Sacrifice, Men, Firefighter, Why Me, Miners

I am so happy to be on a show with writing I wanted to participate in.

- Yancy Butler

topic: Writing, Firefighter, Shows

There were a lot of people in our nationalist group who went on to become cops and firefighters and correctional officers. Unfortunately so. I haven't talked to them in 20 years, but just by keeping tabs on Facebook I know that there are some who've gone that way. And they've never indicated publicly that they've changed their opinions. It's a minority.

- Christian Picciolini

source: Source: chicagoist.com

topic: People, Firefighter, Opinion

It's important to have a fallback and other activities that keep you interested. I started acting when I was about nine or 10 years old. My father was a midtown firefighter so I always wanted to be a firefighter, but then acting came along. I have to have a plan B.

- Jake T. Austin

source: "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Father, Years, Firefighter

No other agency is scrutinized like the police. Everything we do is in a goldfish bowl. We are not the most popular people in society. We do things like use deadly force; we're the bearers of bad news. We're not firefighters, who are viewed as heroic, helping people, with people loving them back. The police have a much more complex and demanding job.

- Raymond Kelly

source: Source: playboysfw.kinja.com

topic: People, Firefighter, Police

There are times when I feel over-rewarded for what I do for a living, especially when I compare what I can earn to what my brother earns as a firefighter.

- Kate Thornton

source: Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

topic: Brother, Firefighter, Compare

Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards.

- Jean-Jacques Rousseau

topic: Sports, Hero, Firefighter, Being A Hero, Carriages

You had a package. It was torn, so I looked in.” She lifted one of a stack of firefighter calendars, with his own mug and half-naked body on the cover. “Nice,” she said, a ghost of a smile crossing her lips. “Mr. 2008.” He bit back a sigh. “It’s for charity.” “And you definitely contributed.

- Jill Shalvis

source: Lori Wilde, Rhonda Nelson, Cara Summers, Cami Dalton, Kira Sinclair (2008). “One-Click Buy: August Harlequin Blaze: Secret Seduction\The Hell-Raiser\Lie with Me\Pleasure to the Max!\Whispers in the Dark\Flashback”, p.1125, Harlequin

topic: Nice, Firefighter, Naked, Mug

I was never interested in being a rock star. I always wanted to be Boris Karloff.

- Gene Simmons

topic: Stars, Rocks, Firefighter

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

- Taylor Kinney

topic: Knights, Firefighter, Shining, Knight In Shining Armor

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

source: Source: insearchofheroes.com

topic: Teacher, Hero, Firefighter, Police Department

In my prayers I never said I needed a home. I said I wanted a sanctuary.

- Mary Anne Radmacher

topic: Prayer, Home, Firefighter

Designers are very fickle. I never wanted to be a victim of that. You're in one minute, out the next.

- Tyra Banks

topic: Firefighter, Design, Fickle

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

source: "The End of Rescue Me, But Not Denis Leary". Interview with Nancy Doyle Palmer, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 6, 2011.

topic: Military, People, Firefighter

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

topic: Firefighter, Needs, Care

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

- Denis Leary

topic: Firefighter, Encounters, Selfless, Public Servants

Once you have a firefighter in your family, your family and the families from his crew become one big extended family.

- Denis Leary

topic: Firefighter, Bigs, Crew, Extended Family

Firefighters don't go on strike.

- Denis Leary

topic: Firefighter, Goes On, Strikes

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

topic: Firefighter, Widows, Charity

There are terrible, terrible memories of September 11th, things that I saw, people that I lost, the devastation, the identification of bodies. I mean, all these memories come back to you at different times. And then the other side of it this tremendous response with the firefighters and the police officers saving people, the rescue workers.

- Rudy Giuliani

source: "Kudlow & Company", www.realclearpolitics.com. March 26, 2007.

topic: Memories, Mean, Firefighter, Different Times

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

source: "Interview with United Nations Goodwill Ambassador Ian Somerhalder". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

topic: Teacher, Medicine, Firefighter, Will To Live

I grew up like every young kid I know, who wants to be a cop and wants to be a firefighter, so this lifestyle that I've chosen happens to offer that in small doses in front of the camera. I want to take advantage of that. Hopefully I can play many, many different occupations.

- Ryan Guzman

source: Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

topic: Kids, Firefighter, Different

In those days a concert was a personal experience. I wanted to be as close as possible to the audience and of course big stadiums didn't enable you to do that. It wasn't my style.

- Cat Stevens

source: "Feline groovy". Interview with Molloy Woodcraft, www.theguardian.com. July 18, 2004.

topic: Firefighter, Style, Experience, Personal Experiences