you can post some of your favorite fire fighter or fire related quotes here, mine is
"I am just another fireman because the story focuses on Joaquin Phoenix's character, but I play Joaquin's close friend and I get burned up a little bit, but I don't die. Morris Chestnut"
if you could supply the author it would be greatly apreciated
EDIT:-10.17.08- non fire fighter quotes are also excepted, EDIT:11/26/08 dont forget to add me
My fav quote and dont know who said it first " There aint a horse that cant be rode, nor a cowboy that cant be throwed." and this one from Memphis Belle " SNAFU " Situation normal all beeped up.
My BF got a call one evening while my 6yr. old daughter was with us. My daughter reached forward and turned on the lights and siren (in his truck) and said, "Time to go kick some ash".
my personal favorite is colonel jessup's courtroom speech in a few good men. its not a fire quote but it is accurate about service... the last lines in report from engine co 82...from backdraft, the "no iff's" speech...Heres one of my own, "In what other business can someone pick up a phone dial 3 numbers and get a bunch of men and women to go to where they are needed on a vehicle that costs up to half a million dollars and to their deaths if necessary for people they dont even know"
Remember it's their emergency not yours.
Gaelic quote I like so much it is tattooed on my ribs along with the maltese cross, the claddagh and celtic knotwork "An lamb a bheir, 's a gheibh" = The hand that gives is the hand that gets. Seems appropriate for what we do.
We worked a structure with a typical upset, FD isnt doing enough, citizen. My Chief with a straight face and calm voice told my Capt to "gear down so this nice lady could get dressed and go to work"
Best part was he sounded so serious my Capt wasnt 100% sure he was kidding