Stand Quotes

I do not inveigh against higher education, I simply maintain that the sort of education the colored people of the South stand most in need of, is elementary and industrial. They should be instructed for the work to be done.

There are people who can't stand me, they say, 'God, he makes me sick', or, 'He's creepy', but it doesn't affect me too badly.

I stand before you a totally healthy person.

Whatever our creed, we stand with admiration before the sublime character of Jesus.

People are aware of what I stand for through television. Nobody gets rich on TV but you build brand. That's what I'm attempting to do.

The conductor's stand is not a continent of power, but rather an island of solitude.

It kills me to lose. If I'm a troublemaker, and I don't think that my temper makes me one, then it's because I can't stand losing. That's the way I am about winning, all I ever wanted to do was finish first.

The good feeling I get from contributing rivals anything I felt on the Olympic stand in Albertville.

One needs occasionally to stand aside from the hum and rush of human interests and passions to hear the voices of God.

Attempt the end, and never stand to doubt. Nothing's so hard but search will find it out.

It's important to stand up for what you believe in.

And if you don't believe the sun will rise, stand alone and greet the coming night in the last remaining light.

I can't stand light. I hate weather.

We need safe communities that are free from methamphetamine and a federal commitment to stand next to state leadership and law enforcement in the fight against this epidemic.

If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good.

He wanted me to learn to stand on my own feet, and to make it impossible for me to thank him.

Playing safe is probably the most unsafe thing in the world. You cannot stand still. You must go forward.

I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand.

Before I begin talking about the threats we face, the vulnerabilities that we have, and frankly the courage of the men and women in uniform that stand in harm's way on behalf of a very grateful Nation, let me first honor the sacrifices of September 11.

The thing with me. I can't stick musicians. I've thought about this. I can't stand them, and being stuck in a studio with them I think that's my strength I can hear what they can't.

Stand, you've been sitting much too long, there's a permanent crease in your right or wrong.

Since I have fair skin, I have to stay out of the sun. I can't stand the sun. I dyed my hair red for a while during the 1990s but I'm actually a natural blonde.

And of course I didn't make any money from stand up for years, so I had temp jobs. That was the way I made money.

And my approach has always been to stand up and speak out on behalf of the economic rights of people.

I think it's really great when you stand up for something that you really believe, even if you get heat for it.

If you are ever going to move beyond where you stand at that moment you have to conjure a picture in your head of where you want to go.

These children that come at you with knives, they are your children. You taught them. I didn't teach them. I just tried to help them stand up.

All these boundaries - Africa, Asia, Malaysia, America - are set by men. But you don't have to look at boundaries when you are looking at a man - at the character of a man. The question is: What do you stand for? Are you a follower, or are you a leader?

It's odd how people waiting for you stand out far less clearly than people you are waiting for.

We are hopeful about the opportunities ahead, and stand ready to join this President in an open and honest dialogue about improving the state of our union for all Americans not the select few.