“ Give me a lever long enough, and a prop strong enough, and I can single-handedly move the world. ”
- Archimedes- Copy
- 2.3K
“ We became spear carriers in a great televised opera. We were props in a show. I always felt we should have joined Actors Equity. ”
- Peter Lisagor- Copy
- 1.3K
“ I don't like it and I'm sorry I ever had anything to do with it. ”
- Erwin Schrodinger- Copy
- 2.3K
“ While I cannot be regarded as a pillar, I must be regarded as a buttress of the church, because I support it from outside. ”
- Lord Melbourne- Copy
- 652
“ If we can't turn the world around we can at least bolster the victims. ”
- Liz Carpenter- Copy
- 2.2K
“ In choosing where to live or vacation, we may be setting the stage for the play of ourselves, treating nature as a prop. ”
- Deborah Tall- Copy
- 439
“ I trained as a theater actor and you had a bare stage and you had to pretend, one prop and you are in the middle of 8th Ave. and traffic is just going by. ”
- Benicio Del Toro- Copy
- 566
“ The poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to help him endure and prevail. ”
- William Faulkner- Copy
- 3.1K
“ A little saint best fits a little shrine, A little prop best fits a little vine, As my small cruse best fits my little wine. ”
- Robert Herrick- Copy
- 2.3K
“ I love to come in and play with a wig or glasses or clothes. I love using props. I'm from the Peter Sellers school of trying to prepare for the character. ”
- Dan Aykroyd- Copy
- 1.2K
“ Woman gives herself as a prize to the weak and as a prop to the strong, and no man ever has what he should. ”
- Cesare Pavese- Copy
- 242
“ What does good in bed mean to me? When I'm sick and I stay home from school propped up with lots of pillows watching TV and my mom brings me soup — that's good in bed. ”
- Brooke Shields- Copy
- 2.3K
“ The externals are simply so many props; everything we need is within us. ”
- Etty Hillesum- Copy
- 471
“ Scientists have odious manners, except when you prop up their theory; then you can borrow money off them. ”
- Mark Twain- Copy
- 3.1K
“ I use many props. The props act as cue cards reminding me of what to say next. ”
- Tom Ogden- Copy
- 2K
“ Hollywood's like Egypt, full of crumbled pyramids. It'll never come back. It'll just keep on crumbling until finally the wind blows the last studio prop across the sands. ”
- David O. Selznick- Copy
- 409
“ Of course voting is useful. But then again, I don't put a big glow to it. Voting is about as essential as washing yourself. It's something you're supposed to do. Now, you can't go around bragging, expecting to get props because you voted. That's stupid. ”
- Chuck D.- Copy
- 1.2K
“ The joy we get as actors is out of transforming ourselves into something that's not necessarily anything true to ourselves. And it's a power - not being yourself, and being in the role; it's just like another prop. ”
- Reese Witherspoon- Copy
- 3.7K
“ Neoconservatives and the Pentagon have good reason to fear the return of the Vietnam Syndrome. The label intentionally suggests a disease, a weakening of the martial will, but the syndrome was actually a healthy American reaction to false White House promises of victory, the propping up of corrupt regimes, crony contracting and cover-ups of civilian casualties during the Vietnam War that are echoed today in the news from Baghdad. ”
- Tom Hayden- Copy
- 1.6K
“ Private schools prop up the class system in society. It is inconsistent, to put it mildly, for someone who believes in a fairer and more egalitarian society to send their child to a fee-paying school. But I had to choose between my reputation as a politician and my son. ”
- Diane Abbott- Copy
- 4K
“ What in fact takes place in an election is that two hand picked candidates are propped up before the citizenry, each candidate having been selected by a very small group of politically active people. A minority of the people… then elects one of these hand picked people to rule itself and the majority. ”
- Robert J. Ringer- Copy
- 2.9K
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