Stand Quotes

I love things that age well - things that don't date, that stand the test of time and that become living examples of the absolute best.

I claim the right to take a stand once in a while.

The last person to stand still and repeat himself was Walt Disney. He refused to repeat himself. So to think that he'd be making the same kind of film in the year 2001 that he made in 1941 is absurd.

So I will stand more steadfastly for the things I stand up for, like people who work for a living. I'd like to be able to stand that way when I go to Congress.

I felt that the studio recording process makes you stand still too long.

I can scarcely stand to have a manicure. I have to have them because you don't want to look like a disgusting human being - it's self-care and it has to happen, but I get very restless.

Stand straight, walk proud, have a little faith.

If you ask almost any of them, 'Do you stand behind your theory? Is this the answer?' I think almost everyone would say, 'No, no, no. I'm just trying to expand the range of possibilities.' We really don't know what's going on.

Good taste is the first refuge of the non-creative. It is the last-ditch stand of the artist.

In 'The General Strike,' we celebrate those who bring a new vision for the world to the table. People who stand for workers rights, human rights, a just representative political system, and a new mode of doing business where sustainability is the norm not the exception.

I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other, so help me God. Amen.

To meet the expectations of the majority of our people, and to open up new vistas of economic opportunity so that the aspirations of Nigerians can stand a fair chance of being fulfilled in a lifetime, there must be a truly committed leadership in a democratic Nigeria.

The United States has to move very fast to even stand still.

People took part in the referendum because they were tired of the war. They are afraid of talking about it out loud, but they have shown exactly where they stand: Yes, we want peace, and we want to be a part of Russia.

It is not only all right but necessary to stand up to George Bush.

Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other.

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.

Women's Lib? I couldn't stand it.

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.