Stand Quotes - page 38

Liberals believe they own the franchise on minorities and can't stand any Hispanic or black who breaks rank. (Linda Chavez)
Well, I think it's important to stand as an advocate for the mentally ill. View quote
Linda Hamilton
September 11 is one of our worst days but it brought out the best in us. It unified us as a country and showed our charitable instincts and reminded us of what we stood for and stand for. View quote
Lamar Alexander
I love being in public places, but I can't stand long, drawn-out music festivals. View quote
Lamorne Morris
Without the brave efforts of all the soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines and their families, this Nation, along with our allies around the world, would not stand so boldly, shine so brightly and live so freely. View quote
Lane Evans
The independent girl is a person before whose wrath only the most rash dare stand, and, they, it must be confessed, with much fear and trembling. View quote
Lou Henry Hoover
When a profit-seeking company proposes to take citizens' private land away for its own gain, people should stand up for their rights. View quote
Louis Bacon
In legal practice, in the representation of clients, I have always felt deeply engaged, serene, and not all inclined to stand aside. I have always done whatever needed to be done, and have usually gotten my way. View quote
Louis Begley
This House cannot function without an open, accountable, and independent ethics process; and the molestation of that process by the majority is an abuse of power that cannot stand. View quote
Louise Slaughter
Credit card companies pay college students generously to stand outside dining halls, dorms, and academic buildings and encourage their fellow students to apply for credit cards. View quote
Louise Slaughter
AIDS win be our first priority, but in two years' time we don't know where AIDS research will stand, so we are also thinking of activity on other diseases. (Luc Montagnier)
These are tough times and under this Tory-led government many people in Manchester are suffering and getting left behind. If elected I will use all my energy, skills, experience and knowledge to stand up for our communities and get things done for the better. View quote
Lucy Powell
I'm definitely an animal lover, and I stand up for all animals' rights. View quote
Laura Mennell
I've never really considered doing stand up, but I have done readings/spoken word things fairly often in which I'll just tell a bunch of stories and run off at the mouth. I'm a big tangent person. View quote
Laurie Notaro
In case of a thunderstorm, stand in the middle of the fairway and hold up a one iron. Not even God can hit a one iron. View quote
Lee Trevino
It may not always be easy, convenient, or politically correct to stand for truth and right, but it is the right thing to do. Always. View quote
M. Russell Ballard
You have to stand up for some things in this world. View quote
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
There's a certain way you stand to give yourself authority, which gives you the texture for the part. I chose that my character hadn't been married, he'd worked his way up the chain of command. For a small cameo role, I gave it a lot of thought. View quote
Mark Goddard
Everybody who served in John Kerry's boat under his command, save one, has stood with him. View quote
Mark Shields
It's a unique thing to stand in front of a crowd and sing your songs. View quote
Marcus Mumford
I want my careless song to strike no minor key; no fiend to stand between my body's Southern song - the fusion of the South, my body's song and me. (Margaret Walker)
I really believed that the priests were acquainted with my thoughts; and often stood in great awe of them. They often told me they had power to strike me dead at any moment. View quote
Maria Monk
The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public. View quote
George Jessel
Architectural kitsch is most common in the commercial pop vernacular - typified by the Big Duck of 1931 in Flanders, New York, a Long Island roadside poultry stand resembling a duck, which Venturi and Scott Brown made a cult object through their writings. View quote
Martin Filler
Scientists are really very conscious of the fact that they stand on the shoulders of an enormous tree of preceding workers and that their own contribution is not so enormous. View quote
Martin Fleischmann