Standing Quotes

Standing in a two-hour line makes people worry that they're not living in a democratic nation. People stand in line for two houres and they go over the edge.

I think there's no harm, sometimes, to feel on the edge of things. If you're on the margins you can see a bigger picture. And I actually quite like standing at a peculiar angle to the universe.

There's almost no gravity at the surface. If you were standing on [the surface], you could jump into orbit.

One of the most important and fascinating of all computer languages is Lisp (standing for "List Processing"), which was invented by John McCarthy around the time Algol was invented.

There is a long-standing tradition in America of scoffing at poets, especially if they show any interest in politics.

When you’re young, whatever you do that makes you stand out is a frightening thing. You learn later that that’s what you want to do, stand out.

My Grandmother standing wordless fifteen minutes Between rows of loganberries, clippers poised in her hand.

Unlike those who fight truly intolerant things like terrorism throughout the world, Madonna is really the lone brave voice in the wilderness standing up against evil.

The more you try to be like someone else, the more you find yourself standing in the way.

To destroy a standing crop goes against the soundest instincts of human nature.

Courage is the standing army of the soul which keeps it from conquest, pillage, and slavery.

There is probably some long-standing "rule" among writers, journalists, and other word-mongers that says: "When you start stealing from your own work you're in bad trouble." And it may be true.

I feel so proud to see young people standing up against the injustice to stand up and say that "All lives matter." They're following in the footsteps of those who came before them.

....there is no end to observations on the difference between the measures likely to be pursued by a minister backed by a standing army, and those of a court awed by the fear of an armed people.

I'm Puerto Rican! You can never take my rice, pork, and beans away. Plus, I love to cook. I'm one of those people who stay in the kitchen standing while everything is cooking, checking on everything.

We still need to have one beautiful lady standing there.

There is a long standing tradition of using code to evade censorship in China, so that goes on. The trouble is the Chinese government has created the world's most sophisticated censorship machine.

If we hope to go anywhere or develop ourselves in any way, we can only step from where we are standing. If we don't really know where we are standing... We may only go in circles.

Mud and water and the stumps of trees. In every direction that was all there was. Bodies fell, but the trees died standing up.

I said, yes, if you think I will avoid bloodshed by standing aside I will stand aside … but I will never ever again come back.

I don't want it to appear that I'm standing up and saying I'm the expected one. That's a dangerous, ego-driven kind of thing.

Standing knee deep in a river and dying of thirst.

How do you stand out? Just find your point-of-view.

I do believe in standing up for what you believe in and your family and your friends.

Then he left her there, standing alone, surrounded by word ghosts; things she could have said.

Standing up for what you believe in comes at a price but backing down exacts a toll that your soul never stops paying

The best part about getting knocked down is standing back up knowing what you didn't before.

I make sure to sleep eight hours, and I'm much better about eating, because I'm not standing in front of my pantry. I go to the market and pick up little carrot nubs.

I love plays. Even bad ones. I like the fact that actual live, breathing people are standing before you in tense situations that you are not personally responsible for.

I don't like waking up. I feel like staying in bed usually, but I can't because I've got two kids standing next to my bed, just eager to live another day.

But if we judge only those things which are in our power to be good or bad, there remains no reason either for finding fault with God or standing in a hostile attitude to man.

I dont know whether its a fear of standing up, but I really love sitting at the table and blabbing. I learn so much that way, and I think I get free that way, free from inhibition and fears.

I have a carpool with a corrections officer and a construction worker. My kids get to see that we're not segregated based on wealth or standing. It's very cool.

I had to decide what I was going to do, and what I was going to be. I was standing there, waiting for someone to do something , till I realised the person I was waiting for was myself.

I'm standing up for the U.S. But it's hard when Russians don't have any respect for the current leadership.

Lighting that torch in Atlanta didn't make me nervous. Standing up to the government - that made me nervous.

Take inventory of yourself, see if any remnants of fear are standing in your way. Then you may grow... because nothing, absolutely nothing, can stand in your way.

In the courageous standing of uncertainty, faith shows most visibly its dynamic character.

Mindfulness is loving all the details of our lives, and awareness is the natural thing that happens: life begins to open up, and you realize that you're always standing at the center of the world.

The passionate are like men standing on their heads, they see all things the wrong way.

You're standing in the cage and you've got two options - you can quit or you can continue going, and I'm not a quitter.

Iraq and Afghanistan have exacted a toll on America - in lives, treasure and standing - that it will take a generation to work through.

Be not cast down. If ye saw Him who is standing on the shore, holding out His arms to welcome you to land, ye would wade, not only through a sea of wrongs, but through hell itself to be with Him.

If I'm more distinct or if I stand out in front of the hyungs then it's not balanced. I've tried that a few times before but it's not coordinated well.

I feel like I've passed through a certain door in my life and that I'm standing in a different room now.

The end of the ridge and the end of the world... then nothing but that clear, empty air. There was nowhere else to climb. I was standing on the top of the world.

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.

All I have to do is pose for a picture and I'm getting married to the person standing next to me.

I changed my headlights the other day. I put in strobe lights instead! Now when I drive at night, it looks like everyone else is standing still.

I don't sit around and wait for great parts. I'm an actress, and I love being one, and I'll probably be doing it till I'm 72, standing around the back lot doing Gunsmoke.