Portcullis Quotes

#1. The drawbridge was up and the portcullis down,

George R R Martin

#2. Mr. Flynn took it and studied the carving on the handle; then, with a gleam in his eyes, he handed the umbrella to me. On one side of the handle was a carved portcullis, the symbol of the

Karen Odden

#3. I would advise you to read with a pen in your hand and enter in a little book short hints of what you feel that is common or that may be useful; for this will be the best method of imprinting such portcullis in your memory.

Benjamin Franklin

#4. Almost astride the Equator, night fell like a portcullis. The sun dropped below the horizon and suddenly all was dark.

Tim Butcher

#5. The food in the House of Commons is fairly good. The cafe in Portcullis House is really very high quality, and you also have a choice of eating in the more traditional restaurants, the Churchill Room or the Members' Dining Room. I don't often eat in them, though, as I'm usually on the run.

Vince Cable

#6. The world is full of people who have stopped listening to themselves or have listened only to their neighbors to learn what they ought to do, how they ought to behave, and what the values are they should be living for.

Joseph Campbell

#7. Fate is for the weak--those people who don't have enough power or will to shape life into what they need it to be.

Erin Watt

#8. in a crowd of Caucasians, two Chinese people are already like family

Amy Tan

#9. Leanness of body and soul may go together.

John Owen

#10. to every kid in Georgetown and in all "the Gardens" of the world: your voices matter, your dreams matter, your lives matter. Be roses that grow in the concrete.

Angie Thomas

#11. Please don't give me words; give me a hug. Don't tell me that I'm holding up so well; break down with me and admit our shared wretchedness. Don't feign some bright mountaintop; walk with me through the dark valley where neither of us can utter a word.

Robert Dykstra

#12. Hurt is a weapon. Better weapon than most because it doesn't look like one.

Deb Caletti

#13. God created man for fellowship ... The fall of man ruined that and Paradise that is, the garden of Eden was lost, but on the new earth paradise will be regained and God will again fellowship with mankind in a unique sense.

Paul P. Enns

#14. There is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination and engages the affections of mankind, as the right of property.

William Blackstone