“I decided not to cross any bridges I had burned behind me.”
Robert A. Heinlein book Time for the Stars
Source: Time for the Stars (1956), Chapter 7, “19,900 Ways” (p. 69)
“And then what?"
"I'll burn that bridge when I cross it.”
Source: Magic Bites
Last update July 8, 2021. History
Help us to complete the source, original and additional information
Do you have more details about the quote "And then what?"
"I'll burn that bridge when I cross it." by Ilona Andrews?
Ilona Andrews428
American husband-and-wife novelist duoRelated quotes
“One if the hardest things in life to learn are which bridges to cross and which bridges to burn.”
Oprah Winfrey (1954) American businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist
“The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.”
David Russell (1953) Scottish classical guitarist
“Crossing that bridge,
With lessons I've learned.
Playing with fire,
And not getting burned.”
Seal (musician) (1963) British singer-songwriter
"Prayer For The Dying"
Seal (1994)
Context: Crossing that bridge,
With lessons I've learned.
Playing with fire,
And not getting burned.
I may not know what you're going through.
But time is the space,
Between me and you.
Life carries on... it goes on.
“Sometimes the hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn”
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) logician, one of the first analytic philosophers and political activist
Variant: The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
Kate Bush (1958) British recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician and record producer
Song lyrics, Singles and rarities
“When one burns one's bridges, what a very nice fire it makes.”
Dylan Thomas (1914–1953) Welsh poet and writer
