Extinguish Quotes

I always thought that the goal in movies was to extinguish disbelief.

Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of - for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.

If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it.

We must recognize that we`re all part of a web of life around the world. Anytime you extinguish a species, the consequences are serious.

Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out... Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.