Standing Quotes

2631 Standing quotes by 1880 unique authors

My encounters with racism are sort of second-hand situations where I might be standing around with a group of white friends and someone makes a… — Wentworth Miller
Well, that covers a lot of ground. Say, you cover a lot of ground yourself. You better beat it - I hear they're going to… — Groucho Marx
I don't like standing near the edge of a platform when an express train is passing through. I like to stand right back and if… — Winston Churchill
I was attacked the other night for being grandiose. I would just want you to note: Lincoln standing at Council Bluffs was grandiose. The Wright… — Newt Gingrich
I did films with Wanda Ventham, Benedict’s mother, and we lived in the same area, in Kensington. So I’d be out with my pram and… — Unknown Author
I don't sit around and wait for great parts. I'm an actress, and I love being one, and I'll probably be doing it till I'm… — Suzanne Pleshette
You yourself are time- your body, your mind, the objects around you. Plunge into the river of time and swim, instead of standing on the… — Philip Kapleau
No one longs for what he or she already has, and yet the accumulated insight of those wise about the spiritual life suggests that the… — Barbara Brown Taylor
One of my many horrors is to become the man with the frayed jacket and unfastened flies standing at the Co-op counter with egg on… — Per Petterson
I was not a tribalist when I had a long-standing and intimate relationship with Miss Bianca Onoh, an Igbo lady… — Femi Fani-Kayode
We should be less concerned about hurting the feelings of the oppressors and more concerned about standing in solidarity with the oppressed. — Remi Kanazi
Drekitude is the lowest point in the lowest ebb. It could be your look. It could be your shoes. It could be that you're standing… — Andre Leon Talley
In the penitentiary you learn this: don't lie. Don't lie, man. If someone catches you in a lie you leave yourself open to get snuffed.… — Charles Manson
Why couldn't we put on a defense? I had seventeen witnesses standing outside the door. They just dropped the defense and went on to the… — Charles Manson
I thought how proud I am to be standing up beside my dad. Never did it occur to me that he would become the gist… — George W. Bush
The armies of Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon are poised on the borders of Israel ... to face the challenge, while standing behind us are… — Gamal Abdel Nasser
I stand for 8-10 hours a day. Why is standing limited to four hours? — Donald Rumsfeld
Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient. The objections which have been brought against… — Henry David Thoreau
I love the sound of snow... You can hear it even if you are only standing on a balcony. [The sound] is only minimal, not… — Unknown Author
Everybody is looking with his own world of desires, expectations, passions, lust, greed, anger. There are a thousand and one things standing between you and… — Rajneesh
I only wanted Uncle Vernon standing by his own car (a Hudson) on a clear day, I got him and the car. Ialso got a… — Lee Friedlander
Standing in the nordic nook of the kitchen, I can gaze down at the flimsy-limbed joggers heading south towards the Park. It's nearly as bad… — Martin Amis
It is a cruel thought, that, when we feel ourselves standing on the firmest ground in every respect, the cursed arts of our secret enemies,… — Thomas Jefferson
This [a state militia system] appears to me the only substitute that can be devised for a standing army, and the best possible security against… — Alexander Hamilton
I'd rather die standing than live on my knees. — Shania Twain

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