Stand Quotes

I can't bear to see myself even in movies. The feeling is complex. I can't stand the sight of myself.

I think the future also will not belong to those who are cynical or those who stand on the sidelines.

Library campaigners are not prepared to stand by and watch something they cherish be dismantled brick by brick.

When the great history of trouble is written, my family will stand extremely high in the table of contents.

I've decided that the political context is such that the only way reform will finally come about in the Russian military is that the deterioration goes beyond the point to which these old generals can stand up there and resist it.

If there's one thing I can't stand, it's somebody doing something because I pushed them in that direction.

If my clothing does stand out, then I guess it's a compliment, but I just wear whatever feels comfortable.

I mean one of the basic rules when you're acting is that you mustn't stand in judgement on a character, you mustn't say Hitler was a bad man because you can't act in that way.

We'll try to include Iraqi officers in our staffs. We will do everything we can to empower Iraqi security forces to stand up on their own and operate where they can alone.

The real fact is that I could no longer stand their eternal cold mutton.

I can't stand most things that I see.

If the world could remain within a frame like a painting on the wall, I think we'd see the beauty then and stand staring in awe.

Color is a very critical thing. I've found that architects don't like colors. Engineers too. And so somebody has to stand in. Because this is the finish of it. It is the emotional part of a structure. I had great satisfaction in doing that.

AIDS win be our first priority, but in two years' time we don't know where AIDS research will stand, so we are also thinking of activity on other diseases.

Each department and institution has its own authorities and responsibilities, and they act on that basis. It is wrong to even compare such actions to what is done in Guantanamo or elsewhere by the Americans. They do not stand on a high moral platform to preach to others.

But my humble opinion is, I'm not quite sure where I stand on the legalization of drugs - though, if tequila is legal, pot should probably be legal.

We asked ourselves what we wanted this company to stand for. We didn't want to just sell shoes. I wasn't even into shoes - but I was passionate about customer service.

I don't even drink! I can't stand the taste of alcohol. Every New Year's Eve I try one drink and every time it makes me feel sick. So I don't touch booze - I'm always the designated driver.

As a captain, I think it's important that the players really know who you are and what you stand for, what your beliefs are, and to be consistent in those if things are going good or things are going bad.

I want a big career, a big man, and a big life. You have to think big - that's the only way to get it... I just couldn't stand being anonymous.

When the dictators and the opportunists are gone, the cross will still stand before us and something in us will say, 'That is the real thing.'

I believe that the United States has a moral obligation to stand up for those citizens of the world who cannot stand up for themselves, and I am proud to have authored the bill signed into law today that continues to put significant pressure on the brutal Burmese military junta.

Three simple words - freedom, justice and honesty. These sum up what the Liberal Democrats stand for.

I wanted to be a pianist but it just wasn't my thing. I guess I wanted to stand up rather than sit down.

I just want to be able to sit on grass as long as I want to, without anybody telling me to leave. Everything is so restricted, here, in that you actually have to stand behind a line, you can't go up the Canyon and enjoy the view.

This country needs to get a backbone and stand up for its economic interest.

I think for being not unsympathetic that their appearance may also appear, so differently it, must; similarly as with animals, which meet us in very different forms, which look somehow harmonious however all. On exactly such forms I would stand.

This great, though disastrous, culture can only change as we begin to stand off and see... the inveterate materialism which has become the model for cultures around the world.

I stand behind all the lyrics I've ever written; I don't have a problem with that.

Recruitment and retention are critical to sustain our Armed Forces with the best men and women willing to stand in the gap and make huge sacrifices to ensure our freedom.