National Fire Plan

Famous quotes containing the words national, fire and/or plan:

    “Maybe it’s understandable what a history of failures America’s foreign policy has been. We are, after all, a country full of people who came to America to get away from foreigners. Any prolonged examination of the U.S. government reveals foreign policy to be America’s miniature schnauzer—a noisy but small and useless part of the national household.”
    —P.J. (Patrick Jake)

    “Not till the fire is dying in the grate,
    Look we for any kinship with the stars.
    Oh, wisdom never comes when it is gold,
    And the great price we paid for it full worth:
    We have it only when we are half earth.
    Little avails that coinage to the old!”
    —George Meredith (1828–1909)

    “Fix’d like a plan on his peculiar spot,
    To draw nutrition, propagate, and rot.”
    —Alexander Pope (1688–1744)