The Stand Quotes

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

that this is Russian-A flu, not the more dangerous Swine flu.

The Stand

Men who find themselves late are never sure. They are all the things the civics books tell us the good citizen should be: partisans but never zealots, respectors of the facts which attend each situation but never benders of those facts, uncomfortable...

The Stand

Even the company of the mad was better than the company of the dead.

The Stand

She looks like the type that might freak out. It's something in the eyes, Frannie. It says if you shoot my sacred cows, I'll shoot yours.

The Stand

A man who loves money is a bastard, someone to be hated. A man who can't take care of it is a fool. You don't hate him, but you got to pity him.

The Stand

You couldn't not like someone who liked the guitar.

The Stand

Don't think I know you," Harold said, grinning, as they shook. He had a firm grip. Larry's hand was pumped up and down exactly three times and let go. It reminded Larry of the time he had shaken hands with George Bush back when the old bushwhacker ha...

The Stand

And when there are enough outsiders together in one place, a mystic osmosis takes place and you're inside.

The Stand

He had been (Thinking? Praying?) It was all the same thing.

The Stand

A man who doubts himself shouldn't have to try too hard for too long, not until he's seasoned.

The Stand

A person can't change all at once.

The Stand

Your first impulse is to share good news, your second is to club someone with it.

The Stand

She couldn't be on his wavelength all the time. That's all. When you could recognize that and deal with it, you were on your way to an adult relationship.

The Stand

Every man or woman who loves Him, they hate Him too, because He's a hard God, a jealous God.

The Stand

It's hard enough for a person to keep their own socks pulled up, let alone someone else's.

The Stand

Show me a man or a woman alone and I'll show you a saint. Give me two and they'll fall in love. Give me three and they'll invent the charming thing we call 'society'. Give me four and they'll build a pyramid. Give me five and they'll make one an outc...

The Stand

Who gets to be best-liked in any community? Who is the most trusted? Why, the man who does the dirty job, of course, and does it with a smile. The man who does the job you couldn't bring yourself to do.

The Stand

Nobody likes to see a stupid guy wise up.

The Stand