Camp Fire All-Nighter

Genius borrows nobly. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Genius is sorrow's child. - John Adams

Insomnia is my greatest inspiration. - Jon Stewart

Camping is something I've done all my life. - Stefanie Powers

Mediocrity can talk; but it is for genius to observe. - Benjamin Disraeli

If someone's lying, are their pants really on fire? - Jerry Seinfeld

Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories. - Laurie Anderson

Inspiration usually comes during work, rather than before it. - Madeleine L'Engle

Genius is the ability to reduce the complicated to the simple. - C.W. Ceram

No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration. - Cicero

Amateurs wait for inspiration. The real pros get up and go to work. - Harvey Mackay

Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped. - L. Ron Hubbard

I'm no genius. I'm smart in spots but I stay around those spots. - Thomas J Watson

I am 100% in the camp that says forgiveness is mostly about the forgiver. - Hillary Clinton

Inspiration at its best means breath, and only too frequently means wind. - G K Chesterton

Success is more a function of consistent common sense than it is of genius. - An Wang

No amount of facts in his head can compensate for the lack of fire on his lips. - Vance Havner

Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant. - Mitchell Kapor

Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity. - Bo Bennett

Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity and truth accomplishes no victories without it. - Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration? - George Eliot

A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald, but if he has fire, women will like him. - Mae West

Man who invented the hamburger was smart; man who invented the cheeseburger was a genius. - Matthew McConaughey

People hate me because I am a multifaceted, talented, wealthy, internationally famous genius. - Jerry Lewis

The most beautiful thing in the world is, precisely, the conjunction of learning and inspiration. - Wanda Landowska

In France we leave unmolested those who set fire to the house, and persecute those who sound the alarm. - Sebastien Chamfort

The men who have furnished me with my greatest inspiration have not been men of wealth, but men of deeds. - James C Penney

I've enjoyed many camping holidays with my sister and her children, but we're pretty posh campers. - Erin O'Connor

Inspiration comes from within yourself. One has to be positive. When you're positive, good things happen. - Deep Roy

Years steal fire from the mind as vigor from the limb; and life's enchanted cup but sparkles near the brim. - Lord Byron

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm. - Aldous Huxley

There was a fire at the main Inland Revenue office in London today, but it was put out before any serious good was done. - Ronnie Corbett

Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant. There is a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks. - Johann Gottfried Von Herder

Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly. - Stephen R. Covey

I have a microwave fireplace in my house... The other night I laid down in front of the fire for the evening in two minutes. - Steven Wright

The twelve notes in each octave and the variety of rhythm offer me opportunities that all of human genius will never exhaust. - Igor Stravinsky

The true genius shudders at incompleteness - and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it should be. - Edgar Allan Poe

When nature is my inspiration and subject, I am witness to an extraordinary range of color and every imaginable atmospheric condition. - Karen Casey

Some national parks have long waiting lists for camping reservations. When you have to wait a year to sleep next to a tree, something is wrong. - George Carlin

Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home. - Edith Sitwell