Stood up Quotes

The Chinese people have stood up.

— Mao Zedong

A sculpture is just a painting cut out and stood up somewhere.

— Frank Stella

I was brought up in a household where you stood up to be counted.

— Aminatta Forna

I got stood up by the letter Y, he was hanging around with his X.

— Norah Jones

The lie was dead And damned, and truth stood up instead.

— Robert Browning

I've always stood up for country music.

— Alan Jackson

John Lewis stood up and said in an interview that Donald Trump was not a legitimate president. It's insanity.

— John Lewis

I stood up to the liberal elite when they came to our state (Alabama) and tried to eliminate the death penalty, we…

— Troy King

You asked me if I ever stood up for anything. Yeah, I stood up for my life.

— Tina Turner

Peter stood up and let a wicked smile slide across his face. "Time to play.

— Brom

When I stood up there as a pinch hitter, I honestly believed I was the best hitter in the game. That's the…

— Manny Mota

I don’t think I will get married,” Polly said as she stood up. “I’m going to train to be a hero instead.

— Diana Wynne Jones

Writers vary tremendously. Was it Tom Wolfe who stood up or was it [Ernest] Hemingway who had to stand up? I don't…

— Rod Serling

I stood up for myself as I always have done. Nobody has ever told Coco Chanel what to think.

— Coco Chanel

Civil rights happened because youth got involved. The youth stood up and helped to break the pattern that their parents had got…

— Octavia Spencer

I was shy, but I stood up in front of the class and I gave my report.I was reporting on books that…

— Judy Blume

[Donald Trump] stood up and was asked a very specific question, if there's an undocumented illegal in the military or wants to…

— Eric Bolling

He stood up straight and looked the world squarely in the fields and hills. To add weight to his words he stuck…

— Douglas Adams

Jimmy Snuka stood up, 25 feet in the air, drove his knee through my ribs, but did I allow them to carry…

— Don Muraco

To wage war, we need a commander in chief who has made tough calls in tough times and stood up to be…

— Carly Fiorina

This is a guy [Michael Flynn] who stood up at the Republican convention and reveled in the chants of "lock her up"…

— John Heilemann

May future generations look back on our work and say that these were men and women who, in a moment of great…

— Ron Paul

I do agree that the science is not settled on this. The idea we would put Americans' economy in jeopardy based on…

— Rick Perry

For many years now, I have been an outspoken supporter of civil and human rights for gay and lesbian people. Gays and…

— Coretta Scott King

People were standing up everywhere shouting, "This is me! This is me!" Every time you looked at them they stood up and…

— Philip Roth

I feel bad that people think that "feminism" is a dirty word. I don't understand that at all, I'm proud to be…

— Janeane Garofalo

When you're 20 you care what everyone thinks, when you're 40 you stop caring what everyone thinks, when you're 60 you realize…

— Winston Churchill

I don't think of myself as a feminist, but if someone calls me a feminist icon, that's fine. I've always stood up…

— Dolly Parton

Yugoslavia is, with Iran, the only country which under difficult, not to say agonising, circumstances stood up to Joseph Stalin. It was…

— Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

My sister stood up, trembling, and I must admit that I expected her familiar sneer to have taken its usual place on…

— J. Robert Lennon

And what I tell people is this - as a citizen of this country, there are certain rights that are given to…

— Sharon Cooper

Now, there was an anchorite called Timothy in a coenobium. The abbot, having heard of a brother who was being tempted, asked…

— Poemen

The problem with Antigone is that she stood up to the despot Creon, but in such a way that she ended up…

— Judith Butler

I do agree that the science is not settled on this. The idea that we would put American's economy at jeopardy based…

— Rick Perry

So I stood up and did a handstand on my Guru's roof, to celebrate the notion of liberation. I felt the dusty…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

Patrick started driving really fast, and just before we got to the tunnel. Sam stood up, and the wind turned her dress…

— Stephen Chbosky

Nelson Mandela stood up against a great injustice and was willing to pay a huge price for that. That's the reason he's…

— Rick Santorum

The fact is that Britain is the most warlike nation on earth. In the history of armed combat, we are the only…

— Jeremy Clarkson

The only time I had any butterflies was when I stood up and backed toward the open door and looked down.

— George H. W. Bush

There was one awkward moment where a black man stood-up to ask a question and out of habit, Bush said 'Clemency denied.'

— Bill Maher