Quotes About Standing

Conspicuous abstention from labour therefore becomes the conventional mark of superior pecuniary achievement and the conventional index of reputability; and conversely, since application to productive labour is a mark of poverty and subjection, it becomes inconsistent with a reputable standing in the community.

It's sort of like coming home … only it isn't. I've never really stood here and just looked at the city like this. The Emperor... I don't think he ever saw the Imperial City as people and lights. - Mara Jade

David made a small head gesture indicative of doubt. 'Look at it this way,' he said. 'They're all male figures, all of Italian origin. Maybe standing about all day being admired is what they like doing best.

When I left the room, Maria Thins was still standing in front of the painting.

Why am I standing in this stupid empty, empty tub?" she asked. "So it catches all the blood," he replied.

You never need a green light to stand up for what's right.

We have peace with Israel. We're actually the last man standing. So there is going to be immense pressure and people asking, 'Why are we having this relationship when it's not benefiting anybody?' Obviously, my answer is you always benefit from peace.

And why are you sitting there? (Callie) Because it's rather difficult to stand while sleeping. (Sin) You are sleeping outside my door? Why? (Callie) Because if I slept outside of Simon's door, the innkeeper might think I'm strange. (Sin)

Edie left the boy standing at the edge of Coggins' Pond at the back of the property as she tiptoed toward the wooden door and knocked.

The truth is that I oppose the Iraq war, just as I opposed the Vietnam War, because these two conflicts have weakened the U.S. and diminished our standing in the world and our national security.

It is hard to remain iconoclastic when standing waist-deep in the shards of smashed icons.

People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.

They stand uncertainly underneath immense skies, and everything about them is drowned.

I waded in the water and dunked a little and stood looking up at the splendorous night sky, Avalokitesvara's ten-wondered universe of dark and diamonds.

I don't do formal debates, because formal debates where you have two people up on a stage in equal status, and each of them is given 20 minutes to give their point of view, and then 10 minutes for a rebuttal, or whatever, that creates the illusion that you really do have here two equal points of view of equal scientific standing.

I have a desk that I can raise or lower according to the state of my aching back. Sometimes I stand at it, and sometimes I have it high up to write at and sometimes a bit lower to type.

Anybody who runs is a VC. Anybody who stands still is a well-disciplined VC.

Own your truth and stand on it.

Since becoming chief minister four years ago, Baba Dhobi had sought to consolidate his cult standing by using state funds to build lavish monuments and statues to the leaders of the Dalit movement, himself included.

Men's legs have a terribly lonely life - standing in the dark in your trousers all day.

You need community support. You're pretty defeated when you're laid low with a mental illness. It's a frightening place to be, and to get up and be able to stand and to move forward and to start functioning again, you need so much support. You need to feel you're not alone.

I have been parts of some films in the South where I didn't expect certain shots to be shot in a certain way. I wasn't experienced enough; I was very naive. I didn't have the standing of an actor to say that I don't want to do this shot.

The woman, as small as she was, standing valiantly in the face of the threat the Saldi enforcers presented, sent heat rushing through his veins.

Now Mexico has a standing army larger than that of the United States. They have a military school modelled after West Point. Their officers are educated and, no doubt, generally brave. The Mexican war of 1846-8 would be an impossibility in this generation.