“We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it.”
Christopher
Source: The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore (1963)
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“When a house is on fire, the neighbors' duty is to put it out”
[TUNISIA: Neighbor's Duty, TIME, Monday, Dec. 02, 1957, 1, http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,825330-1,00.html, September 6, 2011]

“I was the first woman to burn my bra - it took the fire department four days to put it out.”

“We burn a hot fire here; it melts down all concealment.”
Deputy Governor Danforth
The Crucible (1953)

Ring of Fire (1963); co-written with Merle Kilgore · June Carter Cash performance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyNf6sw8xaE · Anita Carter version (1963) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlWGsaorj6U · Johnny Cash performance (1987) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEOdXU_JQPA · Johnny Cash performance (1994) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-zNQA5Xi4Q · Live performance by June (1999) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpRa6JbywTc

“You can call the dogs in, wet the fire, and leave the house. The hunt's over.”
On Obama winning the White House
CNN Election Night in America 11/7/2008