Quotes of: Stand-for-something Keyword

Occasionally the conflict between 'what we stand for' and 'what we do' has been forthrightly addressed.

Noam Chomsky

If there are two things Penn & Teller stand for, it's the truth & lying, although not necessarily in that order.

Penn Jillette

And I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinking.

Bob Dylan

I stand before you a changed man. Use me as an example of an instrument of change.

Michael Vick

The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.

Emily Dickinson

The other deals with my life and my livelihood and my family and all that I stand for.

Rafael Palmeiro

There are two reasons why I'm in show business, and I'm standing on both of them.

Betty Grable

In business, the competition will bite you if you keep running, if you stand still, they will swallow you.

Victor Kiam

Joint undertakings stand a better chance when they benefit both sides.

Euripides

The censorship is such on television in the U.S. that films like mine don't stand a chance.

John Pilger

Danny Trejo is so bloody cool, I mean, he can just stand there and look cool.

Luke Goss

There's nothing like standing in a place and wanting nothing so much as to change but simply not being able to.

Kevin Spacey

The chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand out of the sunshine of the people.

James A. Garfield

The home stands in contrast to all other capitalist institutions as the last stronghold of pre-capitalist isolation.

C. L. R. James

There's no real preparing at home for stand-up. You just go and you just do it.

Louis C. K.

Stand-up comics reflect less of a visual humor and more of a commentary.

Shel Silverstein

A Conservative is a fellow who is standing athwart history yelling 'Stop!'

William F. Buckley, Jr.

I literally change on the shop floor. I just stand there in my knickers sometimes.

Trinny Woodall

Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

There hasn't been one highlight that stands out... but touring and performing has been great.

Christina Milian

The great advantage of the Lib Dems is precisely that no-one knows what they stand for.

Tony Blair