Quotes with stand

Quotes 161 till 180 of 344.

  • Thorstein Veblen In order to stand well in the eyes of the community, it is necessary to come up to a certain, somewhat indefinite, conventional standard of wealth.
    Thorstein Veblen
    Norwegian-American economist and sociologist (1857 - 1929)
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  • 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.
    Speaking the truth with eloquent thunder
    Barbara Jordan
    American lawyer, educator and politician (1936 - 1996)
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  • Gerald Holton In the sciences, we are now uniquely privileged to sit side by side with the giants on whose shoulders we stand.
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  • Adolf Loos It does not do to use it with forms whose origin is intimately bound up with a specific material simply because no technical difficulties stand in the way.
    Adolf Loos
    Austrian and Czechoslovak architect (1870 - 1933)
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  • Andrew Lloyd Webber It doesn't stand up to huge intellectual scrutiny.
    Andrew Lloyd Webber
    English composer and impresario (1948 - )
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  • Robert Green Ingersoll It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions.
    Robert Green Ingersoll
    American lawyer, a Civil War veteran and politician (1833 - 1899)
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  • Anthony Trollope It is a comfortable feeling to know that you stand on your own ground. Land is about the only thing that can't fly away.
    Anthony Trollope
    British writer (1815 - 1882)
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  • Thomas Jefferson It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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  • Marianne Moore It is human nature to stand in the middle of a thing.
    Marianne Moore
    American poet (1887 - 1972)
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  • Robert Louis Stevenson It is not enough to be ready to go where duty calls. A man should stand around where he can hear the call!
    Robert Louis Stevenson
    Scottish writer and poet (1850 - 1894)
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  • Vince Lombardi It is time for us all to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever - the one who recognizes the challenges and does something about it.
    Vince Lombardi
    American football player (1913 - 1970)
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  • Asa Gray It remains to consider what attitude thoughtful men and Christian believers should take respecting them, and how they stand related to beliefs of another order.
    Asa Gray
    American botanist (1810 - 1888)
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  • Rollo May It requires greater courage to preserve inner freedom, to move on in one's inward journey into new realms, than to stand defiantly for outer freedom. It is often easier to play the martyr, as it is to be rash in battle.
    Rollo May
    American psychologist
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  • Alice Walker It seems our fate to be incorrect (look where we live, for example), and in our incorrectness stand.
    Alice Walker
    American Author, Critic (1944 - 1982)
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  • Bette Davis It's a rare man who can stand being around an intelligent woman, let alone married to her.
    Bette Davis
    American Actress, Producer (1908 - 1989)
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  • Bruce Springsteen It's a sad man my friend who's livin' in his own skin and can't stand the company.
    Bruce Springsteen
    American singer-songwriter (1949 - )
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  • Biz Stone It's important to credit the brave people that take chances to stand up to regimes. They're the star.
    Biz Stone
    American entrepreneur (1974 - )
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  • Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa It's not whether you fall or make a mistake, it's what you do when you fall. And I say you stand up. You keep standing up. It's not how many times you fall, it's how many times you stand up.
    Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
    Japanese actor and film producer (1950 - )
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  • Camille Paglia Jesus was a brilliant Jewish stand-up comedian, a phenomenal improviser. His parables are great one-liners.
    Camille Paglia
    American academic and social critic (1947 - )
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  • Captain Beefheart Johnny Rotten. He's a big fan of mine. I used to see him out in the audience in England and he'd stand up and holler. He's funny. Smart too, and a nice guy. Don't think he's a jerk because he isn't.
    Captain Beefheart
    American singer, songwriter and musician (1941 - 2010)
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