"They walked still farther and the girl..." - Quote by Ray Bradbury
They walked still farther and the girl said, "Is it true that long ago firemen put fires out instead of going to start them?" No. Houses have always been fireproof, take my word for it." Strange. I heard once that a long time ago houses used to burn by accident and they needed firemen to stop the flames.
More by Ray Bradbury
“I feel like I own all the kids in the world because, since I've never grown up myself, all my books are automatically for children.”
“Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down.”
“And some day well remember so much that well build the biggest goddam steamshovel in history and dig the biggest grave of all time and shove war in and cover it up.”
More on Truth
“But such is the irresistable nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants is the liberty of appearing.”
“The only way to tell the truth is to speak with kindness. Only the words of a loving man can be heard.”
“The most foolish of all errors is for clever young men to believe that they forfeit their originality in recognizing a truth which has already been recognized by others.”
More on History
“From reading of the people I admired - ranging from the soldiers of Valley Forge and Morgan's riflemen to my Southern forefathers and kinfolk - I felt a great admiration for men who were fearless and who could hold their own in the world. And I had a great desire to be like them.”
“Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected.”
“I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then is pretty well known.”