Fire Control Systems

Famous quotes containing the words fire, control and/or systems:

    “The wound that’s made by fire will heal,
    But the wound that’s made by tongue will never heal.”
    —Tiruvalluvar (c. 5th century A.D.)

    “Imagine believing in the control of inflation by curbing the money supply! That is like deciding to stop your dog fouling the sidewalk by plugging up its rear end. It is highly unlikely to succeed, but if it does it kills the hound.”
    —Michael D. Stephens. “On Sinai, There’s No Economics,” New York Times (Nov. 13, 1981)

    “Our little systems have their day;
    They have their day and cease to be:
    They are but broken lights of thee,
    And thou, O Lord, art more than they.”
    —Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)