Prop Quotes

87 quotes by 82 authors

Cigarettes are an instant signifier in culture. It punctuates a joke, or puts that extra zing on a punch line. I like them as a… — Martha Plimpton
I told Warren if he mentions Prop. 13 one more time, he has to do 500 push-ups. — Arnold Schwarzenegger
I love costumes. My dream growing up was always to have my own costume and prop shop. — Amy Sedaris
'Prop trading' is just a fancy term for banks gambling in the market for their own profit. — Matt Taibbi
Kim Kardashian's marriage to Kris Humphries famously lasted 72 days, and was reported in the tabloids as being all about the big bucks paid by… — Naomi Wolf
The modern believer is not suspicious enough, which is perhaps why, when they try to construct arguments in their defence, the convictions are left doing… — Julian Baggini
The supreme mystery of despotism, its prop and stay, is to keep men in a state of deception, and with the specious title of religion… — Baruch Spinoza
There was only the broad square with the scattered dim moons of the street lamps and with the monumental stone arch which receded into the… — Erich Maria Remarque
I'm all right,' Jace protested, but his hand gripped Alec's sleeve tightly. 'I can stand.' It looks to me like you're using a wall to… — Cassandra Clare
Rochester: "I am no better than the old lightning-struck chestnut-tree in Thornfield orchardâ€¦And what right would that ruin have to bid a budding woodbine cover… — Charlotte Bronte
I looked at my hand resting on the shelf of the prop cabinet, thinking of the scars that were there whether anyone could see them… — Sara Zarr
It runs in the family. And don't expect me to be ashamed. Yankees lock away loony relatives, but down here, we prop 'em up on… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips
It did not seem as if a prop were withdrawn, but rather as if a motive were gone: it was not the power to be… — Charlotte Bronte
Crank, You See isn't any ordinary monster. It's like a giant octopus, weaving its tentacles not just around you, but through you, squeezing not hard… — Ellen Hopkins
Flannery craved a cigarette. Her nerves were so tense that only nicotine could soothe them, and for the first time, she genuinely understood how the… — Sylvia Brownrigg
I looked at her. Sheila was my girl--the girl I wanted--and wanted for keeps. But it wasn't any use having illusions about her. Sheila was… — Agatha Christie
Think of how many religions attempt to validate themselves with prophecy. Think of how many people rely on these prophecies, however vague, however unfulfilled, to… — Carl Sagan
Oh, please. If she's going to use Mr. Darcy to prop up her arguments, I give up. — Sophie Kinsella
O time, swift robber of all created things, how many kings, how many nations hast thou undone, and how many changes of states and of… — Leonardo da Vinci
The failure of Lehman may have allowed the government to do more to prop up the economy than it otherwise could. — Andrew Ross Sorkin

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