I Stood Quotes

210 quotes by 190 authors

I had no experience with broadcasting basketball games, so I took a tape recorder and went to a playground where there was a summer league,… — Ed Bradley
To be alive, it seemed to me, as I stood there in all kinds of sorrow, was to be both original and reflection, and to… — Teju Cole
To protest, I stood in the place of a waste receptacle and opened my mouth. That's how I lost my virginity *laughs* — Thom Yorke
I couldnâ€™t get near what I wanted through seeing, recognizing and recreating, so I stood the problem on its head. I started studying squares, rectangles,… — Bridget Riley
Earth and sea merged, the sea tossed itself in the air in a fantastic dance, into the shapes of men and horses and tattered banners.… — Knut Hamsun
For me too, the periodic table was a passion. ... As a boy, I stood in front of the display for hours, thinking how wonderful… — Freeman Dyson
I'd always thought that my awkwardness was a thin veil disguising the real me. The me that was funny and could write songs that touched… — Sarra Manning
Certainly something had happened to me during the night. Or after months of tension I had arrived at the edge of some precipice and now… — Elena Ferrante
I was made, by the law, a criminal, not because of what I had done, but because of what I stood for, because of what… — Nelson Mandela
Tentatively I stood a great lump of wood on the chopping block and bought the axe down on it. It flew into two perfect halves.… — Helen Garner
I stood checked for a moment - awe, not fear, fell upon me - and whist I stood, a solemn wind began to blow, the… — Thomas de Quincey
When I was a teenager, my self esteem was really low. But when I stood next to Yunho and his crooked teeth, I felt better. — Jaejoong
A jury of my countrymen, it is true, have found me guilty of the crime of which I stood indicted. For this I entertain not… — Thomas Francis Meagher
I stood for parliament with the amazing support and help of my ex-husband, but it's not something that was handed to me like a peerage.… — Louise Mensch
I was educated privately for free because I was a scholarship girl, 100% scholarship girl. I got it on my own merits. I would never… — Louise Mensch
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
Away back in that time-in 1492 - there was a man by the name of Columbus came from across the great ocean, and he discovered… — Chitto Harjo
Steven and I stood on the stage at the Boston Garden after the Stones had just played there and the stage was still up. We… — Joe Perry
I stood looking down through the beech trees. When I threw a stone I could count to five before the splash. Then I jumped in… — Alice Oswald
The truth is that the man I am was born in those moments, as I stood near the flood sticks with my face lifted to… — Gregory David Roberts

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