Stand Quotes

It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.

I'm not going to say that every record I've put out was the greatest record in history, but I'd stand by even the bad ones. Don't make excuses, make hits.

I fear some of our leaders today have lost the courage to stand up. What we have now are politicians. They won't offer real plans, and only stand up when they want to blame someone else.

In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it.

I read to my kid, but I can't stand reading.

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.

I grew up in a family where the women were just nuts. They didn't stand around in cardigans making polite conversation while they chopped tomatoes.

I can't believe that I get to stand on the stages I stand on every summer, and get to sing the songs that I sing.

I will never again stand on the pitch as a professional player. But I won't stop playing the game.

He that is good, will infallibly become better, and he that is bad, will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue and time are three things that never stand still.

Our peace shall stand as firm as rocky mountains.

I ask you to stand by my side in the next five years. We shall live a good life in a Romania of all Romanians.

They have so fundamentally flawed techniques it's ridiculous. They shoot the ball flat. They all stand upright, there's just so many things they do incorrectly.

Very few people are original. There's very little original anything out there. Because to be original means you have to stand alone.

The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public.

You can take things that Jimi Hendrix took, from Curtis Mayfield or from Buddy Guy for example, because we are all children of everything, even Picasso. But if you want to stand out, you have to learn to crystallize your existence and create your own fingerprints.

We just wanna see where we stand at right now with our fans.

I've always enjoyed interleague play. It gives you a chance to see different clubs, to go to different places. It gives you a good chance to see where you are, where you stand with other teams.

Someone has to stand up and speak for the freedoms of the little guy.

I've always supported myself. I like the sense of knowing exactly where I stand financially, but there is a side of me that longs for a knight in shining armor.

When Europe and America stand together the world is a better and more prosperous place.

I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.

Well, one thing, you got to stand in a courtroom and listen to a judge sentencing you to 25 years in prison before you realize that freedom of expression can no longer be taken for granted.

A poor life this if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare.

We have much work ahead, to stand still.

That we are to stand by the President right or wrong is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.

A dramatic thing, the first time you stand up to your dad.

Many writers secretly long to be performers. You always get the 'if you weren't a writer' question. I would be a back-up singer, to stand in the back and go like 'do, do, do.'

Now that I've got some films under my belt, I have the courage of my convictions regarding acting. It gives me a leg to stand on.

In a war, you must hate somebody or love somebody; you must have a position or you cannot stand what goes on.