Stand Quotes

I just want to make my music, and I want it to stand on its own.

Have I ever made a mistake? I am sure. Do I think I can stand on my record? I do.

I hate being mean. I watch those roasts on Comedy Central and they make the hair on the back of my neck stand up.

Whether we are poor among the poorest, or less poor among the wealthier, let us stand proud and noteworthy, united and strong, comforted by our belonging to the Community of the Free Nations of our Planet.

The great advantage of the Lib Dems is precisely that no-one knows what they stand for.

Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken.

It's not always easy to stand aside and be unable to do anything except record the sufferings around one.

What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare?

Well, I don't know. Home Alone, I was a lot younger and I was in every shot and it was a lot colder, so Home Alone was physically demanding but more like being able to stand for a long time.

It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions.

Definition of a Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits than under analysis some of them won't stand up either.

Ah, great it is to believe the dream as we stand in youth by the starry stream; but a greater thing is to fight life through and say at the end, the dream is true!

You just have to stand and grit your teeth and know your poll numbers are going to go down - and mine have - but you gotta grit through it because the alternative is unacceptable.

Burst down those closet doors once and for all, and stand up and start to fight.

It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.

Stand before the people you fear and speak your mind - even if your voice shakes.

Smith and Carlos aside, I object to using the Olympic awards stand to make a political statement.

Townes van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that.

The Republicans have put together serious detailed counter-proposals when we have objected to this administration's agenda. And so, I want to tell the President and remind him again, we're not voting no for political expediency. We've got our principles, and we're going to stand up and defend those.

I tried for a while to be an agricultural worker and was hopelessly bored. To me it was meaningless. I would stand around in heaps of manure and sings about the beauty of the work I wasn't doing.

You know I took an oath to tell the truth when I took the witness stand.

I am aware that in presenting myself as the advocate of the Indians and their rights, I shall stand very much alone.

It required a strong heart to stand up against such talk, but I urged my people to be quiet and not to begin a war.

No minister ever stood, or could stand, against public opinion.

It's a sad man my friend who's livin' in his own skin and can't stand the company.

He imitated me so well that I couldn't stand myself any longer.

Doubt is a killer. You just have to know who you are and what you stand for.

Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.

At the same time, I think books create a sort of network in the reader's mind, with one book reinforcing another. Some books form relationships. Other books stand in opposition. No two writers or readers have the same pattern of interaction.

He once had his toes amputated so he could stand closer to the bar.