Standing Quotes

2631 Standing quotes by 1880 unique authors

Am I in the picture? Am I getting in or out of it? I could be a ghost, an animal or a dead body, not… — Francesca Woodman
What we need is more money back in the hands of Americans of any economic standing and so raising taxes right now doesnt make sense. — Kevin Yoder
There was a man that hated his footprints and his shadow, so one day he thought that if he ran fast enough, his footprints and… — Benjamin Hoff
The aim was simple: to deprive Karpov of his favourite occupation - standing at the board, staring straight at his opponent. While I was wearing… — Viktor Korchnoi
There should be a new way to record standings in this league; one column for wins, one for losses and one for gifts. — Gene Mauch
Your Marines having been under my command for nearly six months, I feel that I can give you a discriminating report as to their excellent… — John J. Pershing
This all came of a conversation I had with [John] Steinbeck once when we were standing in a men's room somewhere. Steinbeck asked me why… — Eddie Condon
What can be more soul shaking than peering through a 100-inch telescope at a distant galaxy, holding a 100-million-year-old fossil or a 500,000-year-old stone tool… — Michael Shermer
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… — Unknown Author
For some people, history is simply what your wife looks good standing in front of. It’s what’s cast in bronze, or framed in sepia tones,… — Elizabeth McCracken
Standing in the park, I was wondering why a frisbee looks larger the closer it gets...then it hit me — Stewart Francis
There is no way of influencing men so powerfully as by means of the women. These should therefore be our chief study; we should insinuate… — Adam Weishaupt
My greatest fear in life is standing before the Lord and hearing Him say, ‘I had so much more for you, but you held on… — Larry Burkett
So I'm at the wailing wall, standing there like a moron, with my harpoon. — Emo Philips
A mountain has no need for people, but people do need mountains. We go to them for their beauty, for the exhilaration of standing closer… — Earl Hamner, Jr.
Thus is the fruit of the Earth taken, its flesh torn. Thus is it given over standing, toward rot. It is the principle of corruption,… — Richard Selzer
Remember the last show you saw that got a standing ovation? Now try to think of one that had the audience on its feet at… — Unknown Author
If we spend all our time gazing at the wonders ahead without remembering where we're standing right now, we're going to trip and fall flat… — Greg Egan
When I was standing there on top of the world, you become so humble, you do not think about breaking records anymore, you do not… — Felix Baumgartner
One of the most exciting moments was standing out on top of the world, 30 seconds before stepping off. — Felix Baumgartner
A tourist is a fellow who drives thousands of miles so he can be photographed standing in front of his car. — Unknown Author
People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up. — Ogden Nash
Martin O'Neill, standing, hands on hips, stroking his chin. — Mike Ingham
I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by… — Xunzi
He had drawn many a thousand of these rations in prisons and camps, and though he'd never had an opportunity to weight them on scales,… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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