Kate O'Beirne Quotes

Delaware's firefighters put their lives in jeopardy every day in an effort to keep families safe.

In the 9/11 Commission Report, one of the things they point out is that firefighters saved just about everybody below the fire. I don't think they realize how proud the fire department is of that. Because, conceivably, that's all they could have done. They could not have gotten above that fire.

Walter Mayer was a hero at a Salvation Army home fire in Cincinnati.

Firefighters are indispensable foot soldiers here at home.

Our firefighters are our last line of defense, baby.

I never made a daring rescue, which is the story people want to hear. I did go to my share of fires.

Firefighters go where they're needed, sometimes ignoring the dangers even when no one is inside a burning building to be saved.

Brave people are the firemen who run into the burning building. That's brave.

Tonight I am going to take a party to the headquarters of the fire department, where I have a cinch on the captain, a very nice fellow, who is unusually grateful for something I wrote about him and his men. They are going to do the Still Alarm act for me.

I have such a deeper respect for firemen knowing how much they get paid and how much they put themselves on the line.

Without war there are no heroes. What harm would that be? Oh, Lavinia, what a woman's question that is.

One thing that's great about firefighters: If they don't have the equipment they desperately need, they don't have the help, they don't care. They'll do it on their own.

Think about a guy like Bob Mitchum, with his kind of chest gut not defining itself one way or the other. Was there anybody tougher? Lee Marvin was a marine sniper during the Second World War. They had this sense of themselves, and they had this product of being a man in a masculine way.

Virtually every society that survived did so by socializing its sons to be disposable. Disposable in war; disposable in work. We need warriors and volunteer firefighters, so we label these men heroes.

Some of the bravest and the best men of all the world, certainly in law enforcement, have made their contributions while they were undercover.

Firefighters are some of the most selfless public servants you will ever encounter.

I saved a girl from being attacked last night. I controlled myself.

Every day, first responders put their own lives on the line to ensure our safety. The least we can do is make sure they have the tools to protect and serve their communities.

I rode fire trucks, slid down fire poles, wore a lot of red, and made a lot of appearances. I've always had a special place in my heart for fire fighters.

My heroes are those who risk their lives every day to protect our world and make it a better place - police, firefighters and members of our armed forces.

Ask any soldier. To kill a man is to merit a woman.

Battle is the soldier's vital breath! Peace turns him into a stooping asthmatic. War makes him a whole man again, and gives him the heart, strength, and vigor of a hero.

I have gone through so many examinations of what a hero is, between the World War II stuff and the astronaut stuff.

Brave men are brave from the very first.

Manly deeds; womanly words