Standing Quotes

2631 Standing quotes by 1880 unique authors

I support legal immigration. I don't support amnesty because it is not fair to people standing in line at consulates around the world. — Heather Wilson
There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot. — Steven Wright
I'm standing behind a wall of jokes. You don't know about my personal life, my girlfriends, or what I do when I'm not on the… — Steven Wright
Age becomes reality when you hear someone refer to that attractive young woman standing next to the woman in the green dress, and you find… — Lois Wyse
I have a long-standing history of respecting artists' wishes. — Al Yankovic
I don't care about my character here on earth.I don't care about what other people think or say about me, all I care about is… — Brigham Young
A stand-up comedian will never be the life of a party. Instead, he will be the guy who is standing at a corner and observing… — Vir Das
The one thing I have never been afraid of is standing before important people and speaking my mind. I represent women who may never have… — Leymah Gbowee
The most valuable insight on choosing whom to love is to be honest with yourself about the man standing before you. — Niecy Nash
Being an activist is about getting things done. It's not about standing around shaking your fist in anger. — Christine Quinn
[The doctor] peeked into the trauma room and saw the situation: the clerk - that is, me - standing next to the orderly, Georgie, both… — Denis Johnson
To someone standing in the nave, looking down the length of the church toward the east, the round window would seem like a huge sun… — Ken Follett
Sometimes I have loved the peacefulness of an ordinary Sunday. It is like standing in a newly planted garden after a warm rain. You can… — Marilynne Robinson
Once there were brook trout in the streams in the mountains. You could see them standing in the amber current where the white edges of… — Cormac McCarthy
Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousands of little kids, and nobody's… — J D Salinger
Summer, and he watches his children's heart break. Autumn again and Boo's children needed him. Atticus was right. One time he said you never really… — Harper Lee
And if these mountains had eyes, they would wake to find two strangers in their fences, standing in admiration as a breathing red pours its… — Donald Miller
My patience has dreadful chilblains from standing so long on a monument. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
This was the tree, and it seemed to me standing there to resemble those men, the giants of your childhood, whom you encounter years later… — John Knowles
In the days that follow, he begins to remember things about Moushumi, images that come to him without warning while he is sitting at his… — Jhumpa Lahiri
I stand on the end platform of the tram and am completely unsure of my footing in this world, in this town, in my family.… — Franz Kafka
Actually loneliness has a kind of fascination; it's a state of egotistical, inner grace that you can achieve only by standing guard on old, forgotten… — Arturo PÃ©rez-Reverte
You cannot make a man by standing a sheep on its hind-legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position you can make… — Max Beerbohm
Would it be possible for me to see something from up there?" asked Milo politely. "You could," said Alec, "but only if you try very… — Norton Juster
…and the next moment all of them were filled with wonder. For they saw, standing in just the spot the screen had hidden, a little… — L. Frank Baum

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