Forces Opened Fire

Famous quotes containing the words forces, opened and/or fire:

“I don’t think that a leader can control to any great extent his destiny. Very seldom can he step in and change the situation if the forces of history are running in another direction.”
—Richard M. Nixon (1913–1995)

“There was not much that was ahead of him,
And there was nothing in the town below—
Where strangers would have shut the many doors
That many friends had opened long ago.”
—Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935)

“When did your sparkle turn to fire and your warmth become desire?”
—Alan Jay Lerner (1918–1986)