Stand Quotes - page 30

Back in the day, in '91 or so, I tried to interview Fugazi for Rolling Stone, which the band felt stood for everything they detested about corporate infiltration of music. They said, 'We'll do the interview if you give us a million dollars of cash in a suitcase.' Which was their way of saying no. (Michael Azerrad)
I was brought up in a household where you stood up to be counted. View quote
Aminatta Forna
There are people who must spend huge amounts of time composing these online diatribes against me, all about how disgusting and terrible I am and how no one should ever read my books, and it's not enough for them to hate me, they can't stand the fact that ANYONE likes me! View quote
Poppy Z. Brite
What I stand for is what I stand on. View quote
Wendell Berry
We found that just by the way we stood, affected women dramatically, and if you look at our show, you'll see that we always stood with our legs open our fists on hips and our bat bulges forward, which had a profound effect on women! View quote
Burt Ward
Be he the first to stand or the last, a man must stand," the father had told his adoring son. "And if there is only one man, then that man must stand alone." ~Thomas to Bruce Wayne. View quote
Andrew Vachss
Whereas the chemico-chemists always find in industry a beautiful field of gold-laden soil, the physico-chemists stand somewhat farther off, especially those who seek only the greatest dilution, for in general there is little to make with watery solutions. View quote
Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff
Hence, wherever we meet with vital phenomena that present the two aspects, physical and psychical there naturally arises a question as to the relations in which these aspects stand to each other. View quote
Wilhelm Wundt
Faith is to fear nothing, to stand unswayed, the power to surmount any obstacle. View quote
Daisaku Ikeda
I can't stand unpacking. View quote
Shannen Doherty
What I said was, the NSA does not voyeuristically pore through U.S. citizens' e-mails. I stand by that. (James Clapper)
Taxes on capital, taxes on labor, inflation, bureaucratic regulation, minimum wage laws, are all - to different degrees - unnecessary slices of the wedge that stand between an individual's effort and reward for that effort. View quote
Jack Kemp
Things on the whole are much faster in America; people don't 'stand for election', they 'run for office.' View quote
Jessica Mitford
Sometimes, life threw up problems that even the wisest, most trusted mentor couldn't solve for you. It was part of the pain of growing up. And having to stand by and watch was part of being a mentor. View quote
John Flanagan
Even as I stand here and admit that we have made mistakes I still believe that as the people of America sit in judgment on each party, they will recognize that our mistakes were mistakes of the heart. They'll recognize that. View quote
Barbara Jordan
In other times, I could stand here and give this kind of exposition on the beliefs of the Democratic Party and that would be enough. But today that is not enough. People want more. View quote
Barbara Jordan
It was my duty to shoot the enemy, and I don't regret it. My regrets are for the people I couldn't save: Marines, soldiers, buddies. I'm not naive, and I don't romanticize war. The worst moments of my life have come as a SEAL. But I can stand before God with a clear conscience about doing my job. View quote
Chris Kyle
What is magnificent about humans is when they decide to turn and stand. If they respond with non-violence on principle and hold their ground, they are really magnificent. View quote
James Cromwell
We stand in awe before that which cannot be seen. We respect with every fiber of our being that which cannot be explained. View quote
Tite Kubo
Black people should have recognition for themselves and their backgrounds and their relationships with other people in the world and thus lose some of their alienation. This museum has certainly stood for that in this town. View quote
Katherine Dunham
I love lamps. I can't stand overhead lighting. I have to have everything on a dimmer. (Kate Spade)
My verses stand gawping a bit. I never get used to this. They've lived here long enough. View quote
Hugo Claus
You can know that the final show is coming up, and prepare yourself for it mentally, but when it finally occurs, it's like a dream. You stand there feeling the love the audience has for you, and you think, 'Is this really going to end? View quote
Phil Lynott
She seems to have had the ability to stand firmly on the rock of her past while living completely and unregretfully in the present. View quote
Madeleine L'Engle
I stand fearlessly for small dogs, the American Flag, motherhood and the Bible. That's why people love me. View quote
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