Stand Quotes

I can't stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action.

You can't stand for too many things. You can't use the bully pulpit for too many things. So, I promise you, every day, I am going to talk about jobs, spending, and education.

It may not always be easy, convenient, or politically correct to stand for truth and right, but it is the right thing to do. Always.

As Brian Urquhart has said quite correctly, I don't think that individual countries in the international community can stand aside and let all of these slaughters continue without doing anything.

I stand ready to lead us down a different path where we're lifted up by our desire to succeed, not dragged down by a resentment of success.

Stand a little less between me and the sun.

We stand a better chance with aristocracy, whether hereditary or elective, than with monarchy.

I have watched patients stand and gaze longingly toward the city they in all likelihood will never enter again. It means liberty and life; it seems so near, and yet heaven is not further from hell.

I will stand up for what I believe and for what I have always believed: Every person has a right to be rich in this country and I want to help them get there.

I was determined to share my positive approach and not let diabetes stand in the way of enjoying my life.

We need to make it clear that we will withdraw from Iraq within 6 to 9 months - so that the Iraqis will know that they must stand up and defend the opportunity given to them.

Indeed I did not stand as a beggar at the Parliament door, for I never was at the Parliament-House, nor stood I ever at the door as I do know or can remember; not as a petitioner I am sure.

We need leaders who will stand up for the little guy and listen once again.

Life does not stand still for families and local communities when our brave men and women are deployed, but we can make their time apart more bearable by recognizing their sacrifice and fulfilling our commitments to them.

Think 100 times before you take a decision, But once that decision is taken, stand by it as one man.

Only the man who disciplines himself strictly can stand for long the terrific pace of modern war.

Mr. Churchill is proud of Britain's stand alone, after France had fallen and before America entered the War.

A lot of times I blend in a little bit easier because I'm not like a basketball player who's going to stand out because of his height.

I am proud to stand with the millions of women and men who recognize that our government should legislate according to the reality of our lives - not for ideology.

My mother taught me that when you stand in the truth and someone tells a lie about you, don't fight it.

It is shallow people who think beauty is frivolous or excessive. If you are bringing beauty and god, you are enriching the country. Rice feeds the body, books feed the mind, beauty feeds the soul. It is one thing I can really be proud of and stand tall in the world.

Very good coaches for ski jumpers stand at the top of the slope and watch the jumpers prepare, rather than standing at the bottom and watching them land.

The enemy fought with savage fury, and met death with all its horrors, without shrinking or complaining: not one asked to be spared, but fought as long as they could stand or sit.

When you stand up acoustic in front of an audience, you really are a man without any clothes on. And that can be fun - it depends how much of an exhibitionist you are, I suppose. I quite enjoy it.

Women stand for the objective world for a man. They stand for the thing that you're not and that's what you always reach for in a song.

A good photograph is knowing where to stand.

When a child grows up without a father, there is an empty place where someone must stand, providing an example of character and confidence.

TIVO executives stand up and say, 'Well, we're not getting rid of commercials, but we are letting them fast forward, because people like commercials, and if they see one that they like they stop and watch it.' I mean, please.

I kind of have a happy magnet. I can't stand being depressed, so I work my ass off to get out of it as soon as possible.

I'm content to stand on tradition. I'm even more content to wipe my feet on it.