Certain Quote by Ambrose Bierce

A writer is hoisted up onto a pedestal only to scrutinize him more closely and conclude that it was a mistake to put him…

— Simone de Beauvoir

I came from the bottom, from nothing. To a man who has nothing in his life, imagine what it's like to be hoisted on…

— Milkha Singh

“Their intent caught her breath as they hoisted her onto the dining table. With two sets of hands, her clothes went flying in record…

— Eve Langlais

Give immediate instruction to all your posts in said territory, under your direction, at no time and on no pretence to hoist, or suffer…

— Zebulon Pike

It is a tribute to Indian democracy that a person from a poor family, an ordinary family, is today addressing the nation from the…

— Narendra Modi

“Every great building once begun as a building plan. That means, sitting in that building plan on the table is a mighty structure not…

— Israelmore Ayivor

I grew up in the Cayman Islands. I didn't play video games or watch TV. I would basically come home from school, throw down…

— Armie Hammer

Imagine foreign troops sitting idly, laughing as hooligans trashed the Smithsonian, stole the gold from Fort Knox and burned down the Department of the…

— Ted Rall

Consider the islands bearing the names of all the saints, bristling with forts like chestnut-burs, or Echinidæ, yet the police will not let a…

— Henry David Thoreau

To be tempted is not to sin. The strongest attacks are made on the strongest forts.

— Dwight L. Moody

The court is like a palace built of marble; I mean that it is made up of very hard but very polished people. [Fr.,…

— Jean de la Bruyere

I want a big house with a moat and dragons and a fort to keep people out.

— Victoria Beckham