Stand Quotes
7661 Stand quotes by 4427 unique authors
-
Knowing who you are is good for one generation only. You haven't the foggiest idea where you stand now or who you are
— Flannery O'Connor
-
When the peacock has presented his back, the spectator will usually begin to walk around him to get a front view; but the peacock will…
— Flannery O'Connor
-
Pete (Rose) doesn't run with celebrities and he can't stand the phonies. His big buddy in LA ain't Sinatra, it's a funny old groundskeeper.
— Sparky Anderson
-
I'll always be grateful for the dream season of 1986. In a corner of my mind I will stand forever with my bat cocked, waiting…
— Gary Carter
-
The good news - and it is largely good news - is that everyone has a chance to stand out. Everyone has a chance to…
— Tom Peters
-
Start by identifying the qualities or characteristics that make you distinctive from your competitors - or your colleagues. What have you done lately - this…
— Tom Peters
-
If few can stand a long war without deterioration of soul, none can stand a long peace.
— Oswald Spengler
-
In death as in life, we stand together, always a family, always a team. The brotherhood never dies.
— Marcus Luttrell
-
All elongated objects, such as sticks, tree-trunks and umbrellas(the opening of these last being comparable to an erection) may stand for the male organ...Boxes, cases,…
— Sigmund Freud
-
...I think of improvising as composing - fo me it's all about playing melodies. When I improvise, there's not a lot of real thinking going…
— Robben Ford
-
All men who have moved the world have been men who would stand true to their conscience.
— David O. McKay
-
Do not stand directly in front of a cannon...how true that is.
— Brian Regan
-
What I said was, the NSA does not voyeuristically pore through U.S. citizens' e-mails. I stand by that.
— James R. Clapper
-
It's no good telling somebody they're trying too hard. It's very much like ordering a child to go stand in a corner for a half…
— John D. MacDonald
-
Freud says, Man fears that his strength will be taken from him by woman, dreads becoming infected with her femininity and then proving himself a…
— Camille Paglia
-
I have to keep facing the darkness. If I stand tall and face the thing I fear, I have a chance to conquer it. If…
— Mary Pope Osborne
-
I believe television is going to be the test of the modern world, and that in this new opportunity to see beyond the range of…
— Elwyn Brooks White
-
The national unity government will need to implement a program that brings all Iraqis together, builds a happy future for the people of Iraq, and…
— Zalmay Khalilzad
-
Our continents unification is at hand and we must stand to account.
— Romano Prodi
-
The rules themselves are clear enough, and within everyone’s reach. But many forces, both within ourselves and in the environment, stand in the way. It…
— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
-
Treating an identity as an illness invites real illness to make a braver stand.
— Andrew Solomon
-
Writing is hard for every last one of us—straight white men included. Coal mining is harder. Do you think miners stand around all day talking…
— Cheryl Strayed
-
The world cries for men who are strong--strong in conviction, strong to lead, to stand, to suffer. I pray that you will be that kind…
— Elisabeth Elliot
-
I hated the brutality, the sadism, and the insanity of Nazism. I just couldn't stand by and see people destroyed. I did what I could,…
— Oskar Schindler
-
I say that a Christian congregation can survive and often appear to prosper in the community by the exercise of human talent and without any…
— Aiden Wilson Tozer
Who Wrote These Stand Quotes
4,427 authors contributed a total of 7,661 Stand Quotes, led by these top contributors: