Stand Quotes

Then come the wild weather, come sleet or come snow, we will stand by each other, however it blow.

I stand before you tonight as a young American, a proud American, of a generation born as the Cold War receded, shaped by the tragedy of 9/11, connected by the digital revolution and determined to re-elect the man who will make the 21st century another American century - President Barack Obama.

Now is the moment when we can stand up and say, 'I'm an American. I make my destiny. And we deserve better! My children deserve better! My family deserves better. My country deserves better!' So here we stand. Americans have a choice.

The national unity government will need to implement a program that brings all Iraqis together, builds a happy future for the people of Iraq, and gets Iraq to stand on its own feet.

I thought that that mission and the mission of taking care of those soldiers were my priorities, and I stand by the same today. There wasn't a lot of support for those soldiers.

To receive applause for works which do not demand all our powers hinders our advance towards a perfecting of our spirit. It usually means that thereafter we stand still.

He's psychologically damaged, I suppose, if you stand back and look objectively at him, but then, who isn't?

I stand by all the misstatements that I've made.

Friendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long.

Everybody in my band is married, pretty much, and have lives at home, and I don't want them to be away from their families so long that they just start to feel psychotic. You have to go home and stand around in your bathrobe doing your dishes to feel like a normal person sometimes.

When I wear the national team shirt, its sole contact with my skin makes it stand on an end.

I can't stand Bob Dylan.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

It's rather naive, apart from being ethically objectionable, to assume that our investigators travel around the country with bags of money trying to bribe witnesses to lie on the witness stand. We just don't operate that way.

I'd do entire music videos in my bedroom, where I used to stand in front of my television memorizing the moves to Michael Jackson's 'Beat It.'

What happened on September 11 compels us to focus on who we are as Americans, what we stand for, what really matters in our lives - family, friends, faith and freedom.

If they're willing to stand at polls for countless hours in the rain, as many did, then I should surely stand up for them here in the halls of Congress.

I believe that no man who holds a leader's position should ever accept favors from either side. He is then committed to show favors. A leader must stand alone.

Nobody's strong enough to stand up under a flood of weak material.

If you behave normally, people treat you normally. It's only when you act as if you're someone special that they feel obliged to stand on ceremony.

No matter whether it's someone from the political left or right, we just need a voice to stand up and defend animal rights.

We were like heroes, to stand there and observe the police, and the police were scared to move upon us.

I guess I thought I was Elvis Presley but I'll tell ya something. All Elvis did was stand on a stage and play a guitar. He never fell off on that pavement at no 80 mph.

To every New Yorker - and to all those who believed in what I tried to stand for - I sincerely apologize.

The hours, minutes and seconds stand as visible reminders that your effort put them all there. Preserve until your next run, when the watch lets you see how Impermanent your efforts are.

I stand for strict economy in governmental affairs.

I want to stand by my country, but I cannot vote for war.

Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons.

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.

Do not stand in the middle, go to the right or to the left.