Red Imported Fire

Famous quotes containing the words red, imported and/or fire:

    “the anchor weeps
    Its red rust downward,”
    —Louise Bogan (1897–1970)

    “If the jests that you crack have an orthodox smack,
    You may get a bland smile from these sages;
    But should it, by chance, be imported from France,
    Half-a-crown is stopped out of your wages!”
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    “These violent delights have violent ends
    And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,
    Which as they kiss consume.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)