Stand Quotes

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

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears by voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.

Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.

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

Love is as strict as acting. If you want to love somebody, stand there and do it. If you don't, don't. There are no other choices.

Who am I that I have to sing under an umbrella? These people are my fans, and if they can stand in the rain to hear me sing, I can stand in the rain.

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

I believe in something.

Even if I would have left on a good note, there is still going to be people who don't like you, who don't like what you stand for. I can't worry about that.

All the conductor has to do is stand back and try not to get in the way. Mozart is doing all the work.

For me, the main principle for broadcasters has to be that if people stand to benefit from an interview, they should be prepared to face some downside as well.

The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.

There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher.

A lot of people can't stand touring but to me it's like breathing. I do it because I'm driven to do it.

But even the President of the United States sometimes must have to stand naked.

I can't stand to see myself on television.

For heaven's sake, when you see the enemy attacking, you pick up the pitchfork, and you enlist everybody you see. You don't stand around arguing about who's responsible, or who's going to pay.

There's a new television generation coming in every five or 10 years, and the classic stories stand up to being redone.

I can't stand folk who are all snobby about reality TV.

If we don't stand up for children, then we don't stand for much.

Don't just stand there, idiot. Call a doctor, and then help me find a nose.

Someone has to stand up for wimps.

My father taught me that you have to stand by your principles.

I'm an ambitious person. I never consider myself in competition with anyone, and I'm not saying that from an arrogant standpoint, it's just that my journey started so, so long ago, and I'm still on it and I won't stand still.

I guess I've always been attracted to people who stand out as individuals - people who are adventurous and take chances.

Joint undertakings stand a better chance when they benefit both sides.

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.'

I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's really only my own approval or disapproval that means anything.

Because as a youngster I longed to see the Black man free and I longed to see anyone stand up for us.

I enjoyed the position I was in as a tennis player. I was to blame when I lost. I was to blame when I won. And I really like that, because I played soccer a lot too, and I couldn't stand it when I had to blame it on the goalkeeper.

It is not only all right but necessary to stand up to George Bush.

Plenty of friendships are sustainable through dinners and lunches, but will not stand a week away. So be careful with whom you go on holiday.

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

We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand.

Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed.

When you're a short actor you stand on apple boxes, you walk on a ramp. When you're a short star everybody else walks in a ditch.

Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which has hidden them and stand forth in naked and simple beauty.

Nine g's is good, if the pilot can stand it. We couldn't stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.

I like to stand out and make a statement.

It is any day better to stand erect with a broken and bandaged head then to crawl on one's belly, in order to be able to save one's head.

I know I have the ability to do so much more than just stand in front of the camera the rest of my life.

Anyway, how can you sack anyone who still hasn't got a contract. I'll be there for the game and I'll stand behind the dugout giving instructions to the players from there. They will respond to me more than the next manager.

It's very rare to see an undisturbed birth in a modern U.S. teaching hospital, but when you see a woman who isn't frightened, who's giving birth without interference, you stand back in awe and realize how little needed you are except in the rare circumstance.

Mathematicians stand on each other's shoulders.

Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.

If the September 11 terror attack is supposed to constitute a caesura in world history, it must be able to stand comparison to other events of world historical impact.

American businesses deserve a federal government that doesn't stand in their way, not one that tries to chase them overseas.

I was just ice skating. I had no concept of that. In those days you couldn't see the judges. I was this little person on the ice and they were just people that would stand around the boards.

Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.

Well, I think it's important to stand as an advocate for the mentally ill.

I've worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down.

You can start right where you stand and apply the habit of going the extra mile by rendering more service and better service than you are now being paid for.

To succeed today, you have to set priorities, decide what you stand for.

We need to get our sons and daughters home and their responsibility for the security of Iraq needs to be assumed by Iraqis who will stand up and toe the line for their countries.

I had been plunged into a different world. I found myself spending half my time answering weird questions on book tours in the Midwest. People would stand up and explain to me the situation in their office and ask me whether they should resign or not.

Stand up for what you know is right.

Stand up and face your fears, or they will defeat you.

I guess the worst day I have had was when I had to stand up in rehab in front of my wife and daughter and say 'Hi, my name is Sam and I am an addict.'

Mum would have a panic attack if she had to stand up and give a speech around a table.

I can't stand to see myself act. It just makes me cringe.

To stand there and do nothing on film is probably the hardest thing to do.

I once told Nixon that the Presidency is like being a jackass caught in a hail storm. You've got to just stand there and take it.

Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it.

My body could stand the crutches but my mind couldn't stand the sideline.

One has to work for years and decades, to conduct negotiations, to stand for positions and points of view, to jointly develop a civilized view on the administrative and state organization of Chechnya.

I felt that the studio recording process makes you stand still too long.

'No' is always an easier stand than 'Yes.'

Too many people let others stand in their way and don't go back for one more try.

I have to thank my mum for kicking me out at 16 and making me stand on my own two feet - that's how I got here.

My mother always told me before shows to stand up and show them whose little boy you are.

I'll always stand by the first 'Batman'. Even for its imperfections, people will never know how hard that movie was to do. A lot of that still holds up.

Actually I never did stand up. I'm not that funny.

In business, the competition will bite you if you keep running, if you stand still, they will swallow you.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.

Clubs are so lame. Nobody even dances at these clubs. They stand around and get drunk and they schmooze. There is no enjoyment factor.