Props Quotes

162 quotes by 152 authors

To compose our character is our duty, not to compose books, and to win, not battles and provinces, but order and tranquility in our conduct.… — Michel de Montaigne
Television, radio, and all the sources of amusement and information that surround us in our daily lives are also artificial props. They can give us… — Mortimer Adler
One can see now how the idea of heaven takes hold of men's consciousness, how it gains ground even when all the props have been… — Henry Miller
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
Now I am short on some props, and there isn't nearly enough time in one night to run through all the ways I've fantasized about… — Jeaniene Frost
I took the stool next to him, raising an eyebrow at the coffee and cruller on the counter. "Thought you weren't into internal pollution," I… — Janet Evanovich
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
The poet's, the writer's, duty is to write about these things. It is his privilege to help man endure by lifting his heart, by reminding… — William Faulkner
It did not seem as if a prop were withdrawn, but rather as if a motive were gone: it was not the power to be… — Charlotte Bronte
I had to give him props, but how annoying of him to be a hero when I was trying so hard to dislike him. It… — James Patterson
Simon looked from one of them to the other, and shook his head. â€œ When did you two get so buddy-buddy? Last night it was… — Cassandra Clare
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
Art glows with faith even in its weakest parts. At every moment, writing is an act of self-confidence â€“ the sheerest, most determined, most stubborn… — Kristin Cashore
I had to face the fact that I had been using my gay friends as props. They were always supposed to be funny and entertain… — Tina Fey
According to Chekhov," Tamaru said, rising from his chair, "once a gun appears in a story, it has to be fired." "Meaning what?" "Meaning, don't… — Haruki Murakami
He found himself remembering how on one summer morning they two had started from New York in search of happiness. They had never expected to… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
I am convinced that the deepest desire within each of us is to be liberated from the controlling influences of our own psychic madness or… — Caroline Myss

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