Famous quotes containing the words fire, giant and/or king:
“My passions have never jumped out of the fireplace and set fire to the carpet.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great
As when a giant dies.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“The actor is too prone to exaggerate his powers; he wants to play Hamlet when his appearance is more suitable to King Lear.”
—Sarah Bernhardt (1845–1923)