Standing Quotes

2631 Standing quotes by 1880 unique authors

These people haven't seen the last of my face. If I go down, I'm going down standing up. — Unknown Author
We must not let history repeat itself in Iraq. The reality is there is no military solution in Iraq. This is a sectarian war with… — Barbara Lee
True grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done. — John Wayne
. . . a jostling scrum of office buildings so mediocre that the only way you ever remember them is by the frustration they induce… — Prince Charles
I am only a physicist with nothing material to show for my labours. I have never even seen the ionosphere, although I have worked on… — Edward Victor Appleton
You can set up an altar to God in your minds by means of prayer. And so it is fitting to pray at your trade,… — Saint John Chrysostom
It is by standing up for the rights of girls and women that we truly measure up as men. — Desmond Tutu
When you are waiting for the bus and someone asks, "Has the bus come yet?". If the bus came would I be standing here? — Billy Connolly
'Sblood, you starveling, you elf-skin, you dried neat's tongue, you bull's pizzle, you stock-fish! O for breath to utter what is like thee! you tailor's-yard,… — William Shakespeare
It has been said that the great scientific disciplines are examples of giants standing on the shoulders of other giants. It has also been said… — Alan Cooper
Science is supposedly the method by which we stand on the shoulders of those who came before us. In computer science, we all are standing… — Unknown Author
The pursuit of science has often been compared to the scaling of mountains, high and not so high. But who amongst us can hope, even… — Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
It has the property of detonating very violently in certain circumstances. On one occasion a small amount of ether solution of pyroglycerin condensed in a… — Unknown Author
My generation's apathy. I'm disgusted with it. I'm disgusted with my own apathy too, for being spineless and not always standing up against racism, sexism… — Kurt Cobain
Be faithful and true of word; let thy walk be plain and lowly: thou wilt get on, though in savage land. If thy words be… — Confucius
My selective memory of what drinking was like told me that standing at the bar in a pub, on a summer's evening with a long,… — Eric Clapton
My daughter is in the lawsuit because you need that for standing. — Michael Newdow
I like to go to the frat house and drink with my white friends, because anytime you go drinking at the frat house, white boys… — Aries Spears
This government does not believe that public safety is enhanced by carrying weapons. In fact, it has been a long-standing Canadian government practice to discourage… — Anne McLellan
He was Caesar and Pope in one; but he was Pope without Pope's pretensions, Caesar without the legions of Caesar: without a standing army, without… — Unknown Author
A son of a poor man is standing in front of you today. This is the strength of a democracy. — Narendra Modi
It is not the man who is responsible for the offerings as they become Christ's Body and Blood; it is Christ Himself who was crucified… — Saint John Chrysostom
A king should die standing. — Louis XVIII of France
We can drift along as though there were still a cold war, wasting hundreds of billions of dollars on weapons that will never be used,… — Jimmy Carter
Those who work standing ... carpenters, sawyers, carvers, blacksmiths, masons ... are liable to varicose veins ... [because] the strain on the muscles is such… — Bernardino Ramazzini

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