Quotes About Standing

We were like starving women who come to believe that food will cure all present pains, as well as heal all the deficiency sores of long standing.

Standing on the fringes of life... offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see what it looks like from the dance floor.

Ma, soprattutto, piangevo perchè, all'improvviso, mi ero reso conto che ero proprio io quello in piedi, nel tunnel, con il vento che gli sferzava il viso. Non m'interessava vedere il centro della città. Non ci pensavo nemmeno. Perché ero in piedi, nel tunnel. Ed ero presente, davvero. E questo è bastato a farmi provare quella sensazione di infinito.

But mostly, I was crying because I was suddenly very aware of the fact that it was me standing up in that tunnel with the wind over my face. Not caring if I saw downtown. Not even thinking about it. Because I was standing in the tunnel. And I was really there. And that was enough to make me feel infinite.

Because I was standing in the tunnel and I was really there. And that was enough to make me feel infinite.

The universe doesn't waste anything. Sometimes, we just don't have standing to see how events or experiences are important.

Baptists never make love standing up. They're afraid someone might see them and think they're dancing.

Maybe Socrates would rather be right than popular, but most of us prefer to maintain our good standing with our tribe, a reasonable call when one considers that Socrates was executed by his fellow citizens.

'Tis as cheap sitting as standing.

If you have enemies, good that means you stood up for something.

You've got enemies? Good. That means you actually stood up for something in your life.

Things do exist that are worth standing up for without compromise. To me it seems that peace and social justice are such things, as is Christ himself. I recently came across the fairy tale of "The Emperor's New Clothes," which really is relevant for our time. All we are lacking today is the child who speaks up at the end. We ought to put it on as a play.

Things do exist that are worth standing up for without compromise. To me it seems that peace and social justice are such things, as is Christ himself.

It was eleven forty-five, overcast, fourteen degrees above zero, and damp. Cold for any month of the year, even January. The forecast called for a major snowstorm. They said it was moving in from Chicago. Ten to fifteen inches by nightfall. It was not the best day to be standing outside, but the congressman from Arizona was oblivious to the weather.

Badgerfang trotted away, casting a shadow no bigger than Tigerclaw's front paw, and another cat stood before him.

Good. Now, I want everyone to stand very still and close their eyes. Who is snoring? Scorchpaw, that's not nearly as funny as you think it is. Only horses sleep standing up, and if you'd like to go live with them and eat grass all day, I'm sure Blackstar can arrange it.

Like a soldier standing long under fire, any change comes as a relief.

So instead of telling the truth about Oswald, LBJ twisted it, standing on JFK's coffin to ram through his legislative agenda.

According to Beckett's or Kafka's law, there is immobility beyond movement: beyond standing up, there is sitting down, and beyond sitting down, lying down, beyond which one finally dissipates.

I think it is fair to say that during World War II there was a high sense of purpose. The country had a very clear vision of its own standing, of its own morality. It was not an ambiguous time. Today, we live in a world that is highly ambiguous, very fractured, with many of the historical, traditional values in a state of collapse, really.

I won't stop fighting to give Nevadans access to affordable health care just because my husband is a doctor, just like I won't stop standing up for veterans because my father served in World War II.

Education is the silver bullet to improve this Nation's standing worldwide... and our teachers know that.

I liken the Queen thing to being in a worship service. Everyone comes having grown up with this music. It's in their blood, in their souls. Every night, it's always a huge standing ovation.

Kneeling for the anthem does nothing to advance solutions to racial injustice, police brutality, or any other social plight. It is a slap in the face to patriotism itself. It is a statement that America as a country is no longer worth standing for.