Stands Quotes

Shakespeare's name, you may depend on it, stands absurdly too high and will go down.

The home stands in contrast to all other capitalist institutions as the last stronghold of pre-capitalist isolation.

America stands for the land of opportunity.

We have to attack those things which stand in the way of America progress. And what stands in the way of American progress right now is the federal government.

In any story, the villain is the catalyst. The hero's not a person who will bend the rules or show the cracks in his armor. He's one-dimensional intentionally, but the villain is the person who owns up to what he is and stands by it.

If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated.

I was blessed with a long career where I won gold medals for myself and my country. Nothing stands out as a disappointment.

I think that people, despite my law enforcement background, view me as taking these consistently progressive stands, and I think that, philosophically, there is a desire to get at that person. But I think the stands I have taken are totally consistent with a person who is looking at things realistically, factually.

There is in fact no such thing as art for art's sake, art that stands above classes, art that is detached from or independent of politics. Proletarian literature and art are part of the whole proletarian revolutionary cause.

If you hear Anarchy in the UK today your hair stands on end. It gives you the shivers.

If I was crazy, I'd throw the ball into the stands with the bases loaded. Now, that's crazy. If I was stupid, I'd throw the ball into center field with the bases loaded and a 3-2 count on the hitter. Now, that's stupid.

I am proud that the Republican Party stands for strong support for the military, and I am sure we will consistently support our men and women serving in dangerous places around the world and their families.

I hope to be around past the 90's. I don't want to just be categorized as one of this era. My goal is to have a career that stands.

In my case, the body of work stands for itself... I think my work has been representative of me as a man.

The higher a man stands, the more the word vulgar becomes unintelligible to him.

In most of the European countries - France stands out in its resistance to this particular form of American cultural imperialism - the national film industries were forced onto the defensive after the war by such binding agreements.

When we stand up for America, we stand up for what America stands for, which is a safety net for our seniors and really helping our families be able to help themselves.

It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on the human mind it has overcome man's insecurity before himself and before nature.

I have six locks on my door all in a row. When I go out, I lock every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the locks, they are always locking three.

Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered.

Our country stands at a critical point in its history. Our heritage as a nation of immigrants is at stake.

We have as many planes of speech as does a painting planes of perspective which create perspective in a phrase. The most important word stands out most vividly defined in the very foreground of the sound plane. Less important words create a series of deeper planes.

It's been made clear to all of us that a player should never leave the playing field and go into the stands.

Everywhere the human soul stands between a hemisphere of light and another of darkness; on the confines of the two everlasting empires, necessity and free will.

The bust of Colonel Sanders stands as a monument to cruelty and has no place in the Kentucky state Capitol.

He asked if I was a songwriter, and I said yeah, that I was in town because I'd won this contest. He said, okay, then he was gonna play me his hit, and started singing 'When it's time to relax, one beer stands clear... '

And who cares, five years down the road, what most movies made or didn't make? If it's good, it stands up.

I try to teach my son about sanitation, especially when handling foods like chicken that could be dangerous. I remind him to wash his hands all the time. When my son cooks with me, he stands on a step stool so he can reach the stove. I teach him about safety and fire.

I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life is that at a certain age one stands still and stagnates.

The white spruce forest along the banks is most inspiring, magnificent here. Down the terraced slopes and right to the water's edge on the alluvial soil it stands in ranks.