Propped Quotes

When the franc was in danger of collapsing in 1956, it was the Americans who propped it up and their reward was to be insulted and swindled on the streets of Paris. I was there. I saw it. - Gordon Sinclair

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

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

We didn't sit around with our feet propped up eating bonbons. - Sherrie Williams

The tangible, physical disruption of Nigerian supply has propped up prices over the past few weeks. - Jason Schenker

The tail end of this year will be propped up and stimulated by Vista. - Tom Trill

The pleas entered today are admissions of guilt in one of the largest corporate accounting fraud schemes on record. This apparent but ephemeral performance by the company propped up its stock price, causing investors to suffer untold losses when the scheme collapsed. - Mark Mershon

The one who made firm the quaking earth; the one who made fast the shaken mountains; the one who measured out wide the atmosphere; the one who propped up heaven, he, O people, is Indra. - Rig Veda

She found him propped against a wall, clearly very severely injured. - Julian Smith