Standing Quotes · Page 11

“You never jump far when you are standing still.”

— Yuri van der Sluis

A Conservative is a fellow who is standing athwart history yelling 'Stop!'

— William F. Buckley, Jr

I have a confidence about my life that comes from standing tall on my own two feet.

— Jane Fonda

Standing Up: Wow! I'm actually kinda skinny! Sitting Down: Okay maybe not..

— Anonymous

No one remembers you for standing in the crowd . But they do remember you for standing out of it.

— Eddie Harris

“It’s funny how you can miss someone desperately when they’re standing right in front of you.”

— Heather Lyons

A man defines his standing at the court of chastity by his views of women.

— Amos Bronson Alcott

Edgar found a way to get the ball where nobody was standing.

— Kevin Millar

“Being with you is like standing next to the sun. It's so hot you die if you don't move.”

— Mo

I'm not running after glamorous roles, honestly. I'm a performer and want to perform instead of standing like a mannequin wearing a…

— Nia Sharma

A dependent clause is like a dependent child: incapable of standing on its own but able to cause a lot of trouble.

— William Safire

I don't see myself as some kind of lone figure standing out there and doing my work in solitary splendour, but as…

— Jeanette Winterson

The nuclear arms race is like two sworn enemies standing waist deep in gasoline, one with three matches, the other with five.

— Carl Sagan

“When others sit, a #StaticJedi is found standing—even standing along, with a message not in hand but secure in heart!”

— Eric Samuel Timm

The turn I made was not the one I planned. And I watched my social standing slip away from me, while I…

— Merle Haggard

Men and women of high professional standing were reduced to the status of vagrants, unable to find employment and forced to eat…

— Elmer Rice

[John D. Rockefeller] didn't care about anyone he did anything just to be rich and be the only company standing without any…

— Ida Tarbell

Open nominations means it is local Liberals who choose who gets to be their representative. But what that doesn't mean is that…

— Justin Trudeau

Heroism is not fighting some big battle. It is not standing up to some fearsome foe ... Heroism is every day getting…

— Cory Booker

I'm not supposed to be playing, the music is supposed to be playing me. I'm just supposed to be standing there with…

— Sonny Rollins

To some extent it [Mr. Bush's standing in the polls] is affecting the races, but only because the races really haven't begun.…

— John Brabender

It is a noteworthy fact that not one of the women to whom I have spoken so far believes in abortion as…

— Margaret Sanger

I think that every artist dreams of renewing the forms which came before, but I think very few can be considered to…

— Anonymous

Each time I see the Upside-Down Man Standing in the water, I look at him and start to laugh, Although I shouldn't…

— Shel Silverstein

I wish I could say I didn't owe anything to anyone. But the truth is, I wouldn't be standing here if it…

— Jack O'Neill

Eventually man, too, found his way back to the sea. Standing on its shores, he must have looked out upon it with…

— Rachel Carson

Silence emerges from the sound of rain and spreads in a crescendo of gray monotony over the narrow street I contemplate. I’m…

— Fernando Pessoa

“The gospel of submission, commitment, decision, and victorious living is not good news about what God has achieved but a demand to…

— Anonymous

Virginia," Billy said urgently. "Don't do this." "Shut up,Billy." "Think of the people in San Francisco." "I don't know any of the…

— Michael Scott

There are random moments - tossing a salad, coming up the driveway to the house, ironing the seams flat on a quilt…

— Elizabeth Berg

I can see her clearly, standing on the rock beside Peg Gratton, unflinching before Eaton and the rest of the race committee.…

— Maggie Stiefvater

I have the mohawk,even though people still call it the mohawk I say "I don't wanna be disrespectful to the Mohican Indians…

— Mr. T

A man who knows a thing, recognizes a given danger, and sees with his own eyes the possibility of a remedy, damned…

— George Lincoln Rockwell

If you're considered a beauty, it's hard to be accepted doing anything but standing around.

— Cybill Shepherd

“Mr. Grayson, your charm is showing. You might want to tuck it back in,” she said, standing up. ”

— Christine Zolendz

Winners of wars get a standing start in the post-war stakes of remembrance.

— Norman Davies

Sometimes standing strong means you have to stand alone.

— Levita BRAHZ

Standing up for America, investing in America, will pay off.

— Hillary Clinton

“So much of life is about standing on the curb, willing to see what rolls up.”

— Jardine Libaire

“She'd stand on her own two feet if she had to crawl.”

— Patricia McLinn