Best Standstill Quotes

47 Standstill quotes by 44 unique authors

Poverty can turn a person into a flaming torch for change and revolution, without which mankind would come to a standstill. — Jean Sasson
A journey, after all, neither begins in the instant we set out, nor ends when we have reached our door step once again. It starts… — Ryszard Kapuscinski
I was twenty-one at the time, about to turn twenty-two. No prospect of graduating soon, and yet no reason to quit school. Caught in the… — Haruki Murakami
I'm the smartest man in the world. Once I wore a cape in public, and fought battles against men who could fly, who had metal… — Austin Grossman
It is still summer, but the summer is no longer alive. It has come to a standstill; nothing withers, and fall is not ready to… — Tove Jansson
At last the cold crept up my spine; at last it filled me from foot to head; at last I grew so chill and desolate… — David James Duncan
Don't go into great detail describing places and things, unless you're Margaret Atwood and can paint scenes with language. You don't want descriptions that bring… — Elmore Leonard
When I got to the library I came to a standstill, - ah, the dear room, what happy times I have spent in it rummaging… — Elizabeth von Arnim
The most absurd apology for authority and law is that they serve to diminish crime. Aside from the fact that the State is itself the… — Emma Goldman
If, on thinking this, I look up to see if reality can quench my thirst, I see inexpressive facades, inexpressive faces, inexpressive gestures. Stones, bodies,… — Fernando Pessoa
Fear isn't an excuse to come to a standstill. It's the impetus to step up and strike. — Arthur Ashe
The riders in a race do not stop when they reach the goal. There is a little finishing canter before coming to a standstill. There… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Trends carry on forever, until they stop. I want to be around after things come to a standstill. As a result, I tend to be… — Johann Rupert
2014 was a year of intense social upheaval. In truth, the same could be said for most every year. There is no standstill in a… — Roxane Gay
Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. They are engines of… — Barbara Tuchman
Then, with lots of people doing that without ever looking over their shoulders to see how they were affecting anybody else, it couldn't work, and… — Barbara Castle
'You're reason and your passion are the rudder.. and the sails of your seafaring soul. If either be broken, you can but toss and drift,… — Unknown Author
Letting go does not mean you are giving up. It simply means that you have tried all you can and it just never seems to… — Suzie Pierce
I started working on a line of clothes last year, but right now we're kind of at a standstill. — Beverley Mitchell
Canada's quest for gold has shuffled the market to a standstill, ... Only the Americans are left to trade the market because their game doesn't… — Tom Green
I never really saw myself as a comedian, and it's been unbelievable to see that people think of me in that way to some degree.… — Anna Faris
But such an attitude will be awfully stressing for everyone involved: your parents, your husband or wife, your friends, your children, your sister, everyone will… — Nate

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