Standing Quotes

2631 quotes by 1880 authors

One individual can begin a movement that turns the tide of history. Martin Luther King in the civil rights movement, Mohandas Ganhi in India, Nelson… — Jack Canfield
Standing ovations have become far too commonplace. What we need are ovations where the audience members all punch and kick one another. — George Carlin
All's the government should do is keep the taxes and regulations at a manageable rate, keep a decent standing army and get out of the… — Adam Carolla
Some nights it was a melee, literally, where I'd be standing trying to defend myself for what I was doing. People would be screaming at… — Jim Carrey
Good critical writing is measured by the perception and evaluation of the subject; bad critical writing by the necessity of maintaining the professional standing of… — Raymond Chandler
I get criticized for a lot of what I write about, but as far as I'm concerned I'm actually standing up and having a look… — Nick Cave
Do not be very upright in your dealings for you would see by going to the forest that straight trees are cut down while crooked… — Chanakya
Fashion is always of the time in which you live. It is not something standing alone. But the grand problem, the most important problem, is… — Coco Chanel
People don't know what it's like standing up there onstage, when you have a wall of people smiling at you. — Dave Chappelle
You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas. — Shirley Chisholm
As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
It is better to be defeated standing for a high principle than to run by committing subterfuge. — Grover Cleveland
Republicans are good at standing by their candidate. — George Clooney
The aesthete aims at harmony rather than beauty. If his hair does not match the mauve sunset against which he is standing, he hurriedly dyes… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
When I'm standing at the Pearly Gates, I want to say to God, 'Don't look at the records. Look at my family. I'm much prouder… — John Fogerty
Admirals extolled for standing still, or doing nothing with a deal of skill. — William Cowper
If it seems like you can see farther than most people, it is because you're standing on shoulders of giants. — Gene Stallings
Elegance is not standing out, but being remembered. — Giorgio Armani
You saw him standing out there, and you knew you had a pretty damn good chance to win the baseball game. — Red Ruffing
Suffer me never to think that I have knowledge enough to need no teaching, wisdom enough to need no correction, talents enough to need no… — Eric Milner-White

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