Stands Quotes

1686 Stands quotes by 1249 unique authors

The country where he lives is haunted by the ghost of an old forest. In the cleared fields where he gardens and pastures his horses… — Wendell Berry
In the presence of God, nothing stands between Him and us - we are forgiven. But we cannot feel His presence if anything is allowed… — Dag Hammarskjold
My hair stands on end at the cost and charges of these boys. Why was I ever a father! Why was my father ever a… — Charles Dickens
Preparing a character is the opposite of building-it is a demolishing, removing brick by brick everything in the actor's muscles, ideas and inhibitions that stands… — Peter Brook
One fact stands out in bold relief in the history of man's attempts for betterment. That is that when compulsion is used, only resentment is… — Samuel Gompers
The more I like a book, the more reluctant I am to turn the page. Lovers, even book lovers, tend to cling. No one-night stands… — Anatole Broyard
Each man must begin where he stands, must learn how to control the things that are nearest to him. — Swami Vivekananda
The cross is bigger than your mistakes, bigger than your regrets, bigger than the secrets you hold. The cross stands above it all. — Nicky Gumbel
The rule of no realm is mine. But all worthy things that are in peril as the world now stands, those are my care. And… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Microfinance stands as one of the most promising and cost-effective tools in the fight against global poverty. — Unknown Author
Each book, intuitively sensed and, in the case of fiction, intuitively worked out, stands on what has gone before, and grows out of it. — V.S. Naipaul
Put simply the novel stands between us and the hardening concept of statistical man. There is no other medium in which we can live for… — William Golding
There is a fixation in the human mind for structures, because in a structured life one feels secure, one knows where one is, one knows… — Rajneesh
If he loves, he wants to make a relationship out of it immediately! He wants to get married. He wants to create a certain conditioning.… — Rajneesh
As it has over the decades, the union movement stands for the fundamental moral values that make America strong: quality education for our children, affordable… — John Sweeney
Knowledge is the antidote to fear. [especially as fear often stands for false evidence appearing real!] — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Each generation of scientists stands upon the shoulders of those who have gone before. — Owen Chamberlain
This is a world of good and evil. Wherever there is good, evil follows, but beyond and behind all these manifestations, all these contradictions, the… — Swami Vivekananda
There could conceivably be circumstances in which an experiment on an animal stands to reduce suffering so much that it would be permissible to carry… — Peter Singer
The spirit of International Geneva is not only a catchword. It stands for Switzerland's commitment to advance international cooperation and dialogue - and we make… — Unknown Author
The state incurs debts for politics, war, and other higher causes and 'progress'. . . . The assumption is that the future will honour this… — Jacob Burckhardt
There can be no progress on climate change without strong and aggressive leadership from the White House. While we have been frustrated that it took… — Gary Hirshberg
I do utterly despise dailiness as it stands. I can't abide what the world has become, the frozen-ness of our product this evil thing that… — Alice Notley
Just like a Led Zeppelin album stands up today, we hope our album stands up in 10 or 20 years. — Unknown Author
Men have presented their plans and philosophies for the remedying of earth's ills, but Jesus stands alone in presenting not a system, but His own… — A C Dixon

Who Wrote These Stands Quotes

1,249 authors contributed a total of 1,686 Stands Quotes, led by these top contributors: