Stands Quotes

The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.

If people don't sit at Chaplin's feet, he goes out and stands where they are sitting.

Our country, if you read the 'Federalist Papers,' is about disagreement. It's about pitting faction against faction, divided government, checks and balances. The hero in American political tradition is the man who stands up to the mob - not the mob itself.

The product of mental labor - science - always stands far below its value, because the labor-time necessary to reproduce it has no relation at all to the labor-time required for its original production.

Abortion and racism are both symptoms of a fundamental human error. The error is thinking that when someone stands in the way of our wants, we can justify getting that person out of our lives. Abortion and racism stem from the same poisonous root, selfishness.

We go old-school during the summer, like swimming or setting up lemonade stands. I try to teach my kids to make their own fun.

I still think there are some pitches in this pitching arm, so I will continue playing with USA Softball, but knowing that this could be the last time a softball player stands on the Olympic podium and has the opportunity of experiencing this - it was emotional.

As it stands now, those of us who are lucky enough to be citizens by birth don't have to do much. Very little is asked of us.

Many of America's and New York's sons and daughters are around the world fighting for the freedoms that the Statue of Liberty stands for.

Based on what our country stands for. We can't fail to stand for democracy.

Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered.

Why something in the public interest such as television news can be fought over, like a chain of hamburger stands, eludes me.

Listen, if you start worrying about the people in the stands, before too long you're up in the stands with them.

An inner process stands in need of outward criteria.

Testimony is an integral part of the Black religious tradition. It is the occasion where the believer stands before the community of faith in order to give account of the hope that is in him or her.

It is the individual who knows how little they know about themselves who stands the most reasonable chance of finding out something about themselves before they die.

For each one of us stands alone in the midst of a universe.

My sister and I shared a bedroom our entire lives and I believe she discovered the Beatles when she was about 11 and I'm four years younger. So from the age of 7 until 17 we had nothing but Beatles paraphernalia in our room, even those little stuffed Beatles that went on stands that are dressed as the Sgt. Pepper band.

Do we elect a man because of what he stands for, because of where he stands on the issues, because how he makes the nation feel?

It only stands to reason that where there's sacrifice, there's someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. Where there's service, there is someone being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice is speaking of slaves and masters, and intends to be the master.

The courage of very ordinary people is all that stands between us and the dark.

I had no experience with broadcasting basketball games, so I took a tape recorder and went to a playground where there was a summer league, and I stood up in the top of the stands and I called the game.

We believe that according the name 'investors' to institutions that trade actively is like calling someone who repeatedly engages in one-night stands a 'romantic.'

He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers.

A man should be rugged like Steve McQueen; the way he stands, like he's ready for something. Or he should be a man of the world like Dean Martin.

I think it is time to call it a day, and watch the game from the stands.

When I follow the finals of the European Cups, I look at all the aspects surrounding protocol, to get some ideas. I am interested in personalities, sponsors and the stands. But as soon as the whistle goes, it's all on the pitch.

One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If the spiritual is strong, it creates world history. If it is weak, it suffers world history.

Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents.

Plato stands for the union of truth and goodness in the supreme idea of God.