Stand Quotes

A bass should sound like a bass with the thump of the finger against the wood, like it began with stand up.

There are people who must spend huge amounts of time composing these online diatribes against me, all about how disgusting and terrible I am and how no one should ever read my books, and it's not enough for them to hate me, they can't stand the fact that ANYONE likes me!

You got to have a courageous president to stand up and says, listen, if - if you send a bill to me that spends more money than what we've coming in, I'll veto it. I mean, I'm going to try to work with you the best I can, but I'm going to veto it.

I used to stand outside the theater knowing the truant officer was looking for me. I would stand there 'til someone came along and then ask them to buy my ticket.

I'll say this for adversity: people seem to be able to stand it, and that's more than I can say for prosperity.

It's so fine and yet so terrible to stand in front of a blank canvas.

Cultivate the frontal portion of her brain as much as that of man is cultivated, and she will stand his equal at least. Even now, where her mind has been called out at all, her intellect is as bright, as capacious, and as powerful as his.

If you feel good, you stand up a bit straighter.

Part of me has certainly been motivated by wanting to take a stand against the restrictions that made Mother give up so much.

My body could stand the crutches but my mind couldn't stand the sideline.

I have to thank my mum for kicking me out at 16 and making me stand on my own two feet - that's how I got here.

In the early part of your career you are always compared with somebody until you can stand on your own two feet.

It's the change of rhythm which I think is what keeps me alive. In Spain I hear so much noise from my window that can't stand it. In Switzerland it's the lack of noise that drives me crazy.

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'.

There are lots of women and lots of men in the business that the powers that be decide are the right people and they'll stand with them for quite a long time.

I think you have to be willing to take a bullet for somebody if you're going to stand up there, take your vows, and be married to them for the rest of your life.

A big part of being an actress specifically is feeling entitled to your artistic opinion, feeling that it means something, and being able to stand by it.

I want Ron to stand up to Malfoy and punish him.

The only thing that matters is that we stand firm.

We can either continue to collectively stand on the sidelines and debate what is causing autism and if it is an epidemic or we can get on the field and start addressing the real problem - a generation of children with autism. We are not focusing enough on prevention, treatments and support services.

I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not the least doubt that it will stand a good while.

There is nothing more fearful for the average person in our society than to stand before a group of people and speak.

If we don't stand up for children, then we don't stand for much.

In business, the competition will bite you if you keep running, if you stand still, they will swallow you.

When you take a stand out of deep conviction, people know. They may not even agree, but they ask, 'Do I want someone who is willing to take a hard stand and someone I can trust to do that when the chips are down?' They want that.

It is in vain to hope to please all alike. Let a man stand with his face in what direction he will, he must necessarily turn his back on one half of the world.

American businesses deserve a federal government that doesn't stand in their way, not one that tries to chase them overseas.

Our heroes are fighting to bring stability to the Middle East, and they have put pressure on all of the tyrannies of the Middle East. They have taken a stand against tyranny, against terrorists, and for the prospect of decent societies throughout that region.

Do not wait; the time will never be "just right." Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.

It was an unwritten law that black comics were not permitted to work white nightclubs. You could sing and you could dance, but you couldn't stand flat-footed and talk; that was a no-no.