Standing Quotes

It's such a weird thing: to sit and look at yourself is so distracting to the psyche. It would be like me standing in front of a mirror and looking at myself all day, trying to find a flaw.

The view changes from where you are standing. Words can wound, and wounds can heal. All of these things are true.

Standing on a ledge again. Everyone laughs at dancing monkey with the typewriter. Not for long, though.

In a world gone bad, a bear - even a bear standing on its head - is a comforting, uncomplicated, dependable hunk of sanity.

But instead of standing up for reason, our government is handing education over to the world of faith.

Taking steps is easy Standing still is hard... Everything is different The second time around.

When it came to the on-camera TV stuff, I'd be standing next to the director, my friend, and he'd be asked a question that I should have been answering.

Love is a condition where the world seems to be standing still, and it's you who are spinning on your axis.

Humor is the healthy way of feeling "distance" between one's self and the problem, a way of standing off and looking at one's problem with perspective.

I learned by standing in the wings and watching established acts on stage.

Being humble does not mean being weak, reticent, or self-effacing. It means recognizing principle and putting it ahead of self. It means standing firmly for principle, even in the fact of opposition.

The other day when I was walking through the woods, I saw a rabbit standing in front of a candle making shadows of people on a tree.

Journal became a sanctuary where I could pour out in honesty my pain and joy. It recorded my footsteps and helped me understand where I was standing, where I had been, and even where God pointed.

The notion of the hero as outsider, as alien, is forget it, over, done with. It's not about being against society anymore. It's about standing there, holding something up. It's not pulling away.

I remember standing outside of the dorm by the little terrace. I was going to do this job that I wasn't 100 percent certain of, which ended up being much more fun than I expected [in So Notorious].

The devil's happy when the critics run you off.

Real men don't dance to other people's tune, instead, they play for others to dance.

Normality is the new eccentric.

I want to run. To do what I always do, have always done, for the last five years of my life. Escape, flee into the shadows. But this time, I stand my ground. I'm tired of running.

Eternity: a moment standing still for ever.

Being an activist is about getting things done. It's not about standing around shaking your fist in anger.

Life is not tried it is merely survived if you're standing outside the fire.

Even when we were standing in church and I was getting ready to take my vow I can remember wishing that you were standing there instead of him.

Standing outside the cultural hysteria the trend is fairly clear. It is a trend toward temporal compression and the emergence of ambiguity.

You don't put out music unless you have a sense that people will maybe like what you're doing or you're standing for something artistically.

The best technology is aimed far enough in the future that it stands out, but close enough to the present that it blends in.

I think comedy has evolved like every art form, and people probably do less standing around and telling jokes, and more things that have to do with reality.

When Donald Trump focuses on a fight with the press or investigating leaks but doesn't seem committed to standing up to what Russia is doing at home and around the world, that is of profound concern.

In a militia, the character of the laborer, artificer, or tradesman, predominates over that of the soldier: in a standing army, that of the soldier predominates over every other character.

I spent a lot of time standing on street corners [of New York City] talking to local residents. I spent time in bookstores and galleries. But most of the time, I really did not have much to do.

If a cop sees a person running out of a store with a gun he's seeing a crime. He's not seeing a person standing.

I have a long-standing history of respecting artists' wishes.

Anyone who's had a shower and hasn't ingested illegal narcotics within a couple of days stands out on a bench in the courthouse.

Social standing does not necessarily translate to social acceptance.

I was listening to a lot more folk music. I love the sound of acoustic guitars but I didn't want to be that person standing up there strumming away.

I've got to worry about Alonzo Mourning, because a year or two ago there was a chance that Alonzo Mourning wouldn't be standing here talking to you. That's the cold reality of it.

Wendy: Why are you staring at me? Finn: Because you're standing in front of me.

...we were like two people standing apart on separate mountain peaks, recklessly leaning forward to throw stones at one another, unaware of the dangerous chasm that separated us.

In a perfect world, I don't think it [one's sexual orientation] is anyone else's business, but I do think there is value in standing up and being counted.

Right now, I'm standing behind the glass, and I guess that's a metaphor for how my life will be going forward.

We're standing on the edge of a new frontier.

A person who can look inside into his soul sees then with his vision one and all standing outside around in support to him that they are only as truthful and trustworthy to him as he to all others.

The biggest distraction in life to one's focus is often near locus standing people saying all hocus-pocus.

I try to deign golf courses that are individual in character and individual in their own standing.

To remain standing one often has to fall.

Time passes and the pain begins to roll in and out as though it’s a woman standing at an ironing board, passing the iron back and forth, back and forth across a white tablecloth.

The delicate droop of the petals standing out in relief, is like the eyelid of a child.

If you want to bring an end to long-standing conflict, you have to be prepared to compromise.

Marriage is two people in love standing in the same bathroom

You don't know how hard I've tried to be left standing all by myself.