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Torches Quotes (page 4)

Patriotism, n. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name. In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer I beg to submit it is the first. Ambrose Bierce
Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans. John F. Kennedy
Civilization is not a spontaneous generation with any race or nation known to history, but the torch to be handed down from race to race from age to age. Kelly Millar
Billy Graham quote: "I don't need a successor, only willing hands to accept the..."
I don't need a successor, only willing hands to accept the torch for a new generation. Billy Graham
Ben Sweetland quote: "We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without..."
We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own. Ben Sweetland
Praise the Lord, O England's Jerusalem: and Netherland's Zion, praise ye the Lord! He hath secured your gates, and blessed your possessions with peace, even here, where the threatened torch of war was lighted. Peter Stuyvesant
In Torch Song, I did that character almost non-stop from 1978 until I made the movie in 1987. Then I had some failure, which also colors how you react to doing other things. Harvey Fierstein
But I'm not adverse to the idea of Torch Song as a musical. It would just be different. Because the play will always be there exactly as it was, and in a musical you could tell a lot of the story through songs. Harvey Fierstein
I had a longing for ritual, something I could cling to, a routine to make me feel well and contented. I hoped that reading Bible commentaries and theological critiques would nudge me closer to some kind of absolute that I could hold up as a torch to light my way. Jack Dee
Jane D. Hull quote: "Yesterday the flame of the Olympic torch was carried through..."
Yesterday the flame of the Olympic torch was carried through our great state on its way to Salt Lake City. Jane D. Hull
Adolf Hitler quote: "Whoever lights the torch of war in Europe can wish for nothing..."
Whoever lights the torch of war in Europe can wish for nothing but chaos. Adolf Hitler
All great movements are popular movements. They are the volcanic eruptions of human passions and emotions, stirred into activity by the ruthless Goddess of Distress or by the torch of the spoken word cast into the midst of the people. Adolf Hitler
James Cash Penney quote: "I cannot remember a time when the Golden Rule was not my motto..."
I cannot remember a time when the Golden Rule was not my motto and precept, the torch that guided my footsteps. James Cash Penney
Louis Pasteur quote: "Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to..."
Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. Louis Pasteur
May joy and good fellowship reign, and in this manner, may the Olympic Torch pursue its way through ages, increasing friendly understanding among nations, for the good of a humanity always more enthusiastic, more courageous and more pure. Pierre de Coubertin

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