Carlene Carter

My grandma passed in '78, and that's the year I started recording. It's also the year that my dad retired from his career. So it's funny how torches get passed on, and you feel a responsibility to be connected to the music that they did and try to carry it on in your own way.

American Musician

Lucretius

Thus the sum of things is ever being reviewed, and mortals dependent one upon another. Some nations increase, others diminish, and in a short space the generations of living creatures are changed and like runners pass on the torch of life.

Roman Poet

John F. Kennedy

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.

American President

Robert Green Ingersoll

The great poets have sympathized with the people. They have uttered in all ages the human cry. Unbought by gold, unawed by power, they have lifted high the torch that illuminates the world.

American Lawyer

Christian Coleman

To be looked up to as one of the Americans that's supposed to carry the torch, go to the major championships and get medals, that's a huge honour.

American Athlete

Louis Pasteur

Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world.

French Scientist

Stephen Hawking

Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge.

English Physicist

Mel Brooks

I don't have a mission. I don't have a torch to burn.

American Comedian

William Hamilton

Truth, like a torch, the more it's shook it shines.

Scottish Politician

Joan Jett

I feel like it's my job to carry the torch.

Traditional torches evoke historical or primitive settings; think of caves, castles, or old rituals.

Historical Context

A burning torch can symbolize the only light source, showing a lack of modern technology.

Light Source

Using 'torch' as a verb often implies destruction or violence as it means setting fire deliberately.

Violent Action

To 'torch' sometimes is to destroy evidence, removing any trace by fire.

Destroy Evidence

Remember 'torch' means a handheld electric light in the UK, similar to 'flashlight' in the US.

British English

A 'torch' is often used in emergencies or power outages; it's handy and portable.

Emergency Use

A 'torch' can symbolize hope or inspiration, lighting the way in difficult times.

Metaphor for Hope

The 'torch' can represent leadership, as it often leads the way or stands out in darkness.

Symbol of Leadership

As a verb, 'torch' can simply mean to shine light on something, often briefly.

Illumination

Use 'torch' when someone is searching or investigating an area with a portable light.

Search Context

 The power is now in the hands of the creator, as I'm sure you guys would agree, as opposed to the big record company executive or the big man or something like that. It's somebody with a good idea. Here I am at TED saying this to you guys who know this already, but it's somebody with a good idea who can sow that seed. That's the person who carries the torch into the world.

A one-man musical...

 to help me out there I need some things I need I need a glass container I need a glove a nice blowtorch or something you like you ain't with us man go go go six okay okay I'm here I'm guys I could nap right that's fine oh I got a torch okay right now work yes that's perfect I got gloves for see good and I need some

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 And notice I said, "What's up with us white people?" because right now, I'm not talking about those white people, the ones with the swastikas and the hoods and the tiki torches. They are a problem and a threat. They perpetrate most of the terrorism in our country,

The lie that invented...

 We went on the deck and turned our torches on and off to attract the attention of any passing boat. We kept trying to attract their attention by waving our life jackets and whistling. Eventually, we made it to a small island. Our boat crashing onto the rocks,

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 To honor the region, the torch relay will begin in Fukushima. So I've been in Fukushima for a few days now. And it seems that with every tragic story, there's also a story about hope, and people really trying and fighting to bring this place back to life.

Returning to Fukushima PIPE...

 And in this surreal, otherworldly place, it's almost possible to imagine that you hear the muffled footfall of skin boots on soft earth, or that you see the flickering of a torch around the next bend. When I'm in a cave,

Why are these 32 symbols...

 constructive agents using fire to make a more habitable world so let's go back to the fundamentals fire in the living world ourselves as holders of the torch two narratives prevail one is the

How fire shapes...

 one of the most unusual things about these squirrels is that they fluoresce under uv light so when you think you see a glimpse of one you can turn a torch on and then they shine bright pink

Filming Flying Squirrels...

 he's playing with this we gotta play the game you know the first and my whole life since daddy is nearing retirement he's preparing to pass the torch to a new generation and actually

Who's Your Daddy? PIPE...

 A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command

Torch