Standing Quotes

We exist, and are quoted, as standing proofs that a government, so modeled as to rest continually on the will of the whole society, is a practicable government.

On the stage it is always now; the personages are standing on that razor-edge, between the past and the future, which is the essential character of conscious being.

In order to hit a good golf shot at that moment in time when you're standing over the ball, you must believe that golf shot is the most important things in your life.

Friendship is like standing on wet cement. The longer you stay, the harder it's to leave, and you can never go without leaving your footprints behind.

I hate when a show has an age limit. Like a little tiny child is standing outside, like, 'Hey, I wanted to go but I couldn't.' That sucks.

I am the angel of Reality, Seen for a moment standing in the door.

We must, like a painter, take time to stand back from our work, to be still, and thus see what's what. . . True repose is standing back to survey the activities that fill our days.

The 90's are the 60's standing on their head.

Either you're growing or you're decaying; there's no middle ground. If you're standing still, you're decaying.

Since 1937, about half the forests in the world have been cut down to make paper. If hemp had not been outlawed, most would still be standing, oxygenating the planet.

you can't really know the person standing before you, because always there is some missing piece

He [Viggo Mortensen] was standing behind the camera throwing the apples … And I’ve never seen him so happy.

Like a rock, standing arrow straight. Like a rock, charging from the gate.

I had grown tired of standing in the lean and lonely front line facing the greatest enemy that ever confronted man -- public opinion.

Standing up for what's right is a huge burden to bear. It's normal to have some doubt.

I'm standing up thinking. Anybody who wants to listen is welcome. If not, I'm happy to see them go.

The last time I saw something that tall standing so still for so long, it was perched on the edge of a cliff shining a light across the sea.

The decent docent doesn't doze; He teaches standing on his toes. His students dassn't doze and does, And that's what teaching is and was.

In my dreams you are standing right beside me, two hearts finally colliding, then i wake up and realise, realise, this is real life

I do wear wigs. ... I sometimes make the joke about me standing on a hilltop with my hair blowing in the wind - and me too proud to run after it.

In the American soul there is a lonely individual standing in a vast landscape.

True power comes from standing in your own truth and walking your own path.

Russia demanded Armenian territories, very cleverly using long-standing, bitter fights between Armenians and Turks.

I mean, in a way, Obama's standing above the country, above — above the world, he's sort of God.

The bow is so old, its horsehair is glue Sent to the factory, just like me and like you So how come they stayed your execution? The audience roars its standing ovation "Dust.

Paradox - Truth standing on her head to get attention.

If we spend all our time gazing at the wonders ahead without remembering where we're standing right now, we're going to trip and fall flat on our face, over and over again.

Historical fiction is not only a respectable literary form; it is a standing reminder of the fact that history is about human beings.

A good man therefore is a standing lesson to us all.

In conditions of private property ... "life-activity" stands in the service of property instead of property standing the service of free life-activity.

Once a person becomes a government dependent, his moral standing to resist the expansion of government power is fatally compromised.

I think the Democratic Party has the chronic problem of appearing to be weak, of not standing and fighting for what it believes in, not fighting for its own.

The gates of heaven are so easily found when we are little, and they are always standing open to let children wander in.

If a principle exists it must be immutable, for that is what a principle is - a truth standing apart from the mood of the times.

I tend not to hang with 'the crowd' because I believe that at any given moment in history, the crowd is only standing somewhere because some lone, brave nutjob broke down the walls for them first.

I don't think one should be comfortable standing on a stage with people applauding and laughing at every stupid thing you say.

Sitting in an English Garden waiting for the sun If the sun don't come You get a tan from standing in the English rain.

The last thing we want is a monolithic viewpoint where six people are standing before a president saying the same thing over and over again.

Democrats - always standing up for what they later realize they should have believed in.

Being politically active is "more about doing things, not just standing for some platform or being involved in some political party."

Standing before a camera isn't intimidating. It's more comfortable for me. I enjoy it now. I'm more aware of what to do.

Edgar found a way to get the ball where nobody was standing.

I learned that strength, like height, is measured by who you're standing next to.

If the method is able to liberate our land, to liberate our people from Israeli jails, to reconstruct what was destroyed by the long-standing Israeli occupation, at that time we can discuss.

It takes some little time to accept and realize the fact that while you have been growing old, your friends have not been standing still, in that matter.

When love ends, the beloved is no longer standing on a pedestal, but in a hole.

Play for the guy standing next to you.

Seven thirty in the morning is too early for a man of my standing.

When your kids come home, they don't necessarily want to talk to you. They just want to know you're standing there, ready to talk.

Better to be the architect of something you can endorse than the placard waving protagonist standing in the rain.