He who stands with his face to the East in the morning will have the sun before him. If he does not change his posture, the Earth in the meantime having changed its, he will have the sun no longer before him, but behind.
Everything I did in the jails - chain gangs, everything - I haven't changed the policy. I did it, I stand by it, and I'm not going to change.
For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.
The government would have preferred not to take a stand, but the constant presence of the Israeli-Arab conflict on our television screens made it an issue that could no longer be avoided.
Stand-up is like a movie every night. You write it, direct it, produce it, the audience votes, and you go home. There's nothing more satisfying.
Most of my career has been about standing on a stage performing music to an audience, and once the show is over, they go home and I go on to the next show.
I think standing and fighting and working alongside all of these people that raise their right hand and serve their nation... really wipes away the distractions of some of the petty things we think are important at home.
If the September 11 terror attack is supposed to constitute a caesura in world history, it must be able to stand comparison to other events of world historical impact.
You know, this is a war of ideology, a war of thoughts and of faith. And we need people to really stand for faith and trust, not hope and change.
My dad used to ignore me when I was a kid. He couldn't stand my voice, so he just used to ignore me, and then he'd impersonate me.
As the fly bangs against the window attempting freedom while the door stands open, so we bang against death ignoring heaven.
So much of motion, is so much of life, and so much of joy, and to stand still, or get on but slowly, is death and the devil.
Taxpayers will not stand for - nor should they - the funding of poster sites, leaflets or advertising. What people will support is funding for political education, for training, for party organization.
The God I do believe in is the God who doesn't care: James Joyce's God who stands back, paring his fingernails.
Billboard called my solo album, 'Standing In The Spotlight,' a great party album and even said that my raps put the Beastie Boys to shame.
One of the reasons you study at great institutions or aspire to work in great corporations is that you hope to acquire the values they stand for.
Opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge stands to not only increase the United States' oil reserves by nearly 50 percent, but it will create thousands of good U.S. jobs.
I've had a long standing relationship with Gatorade, and they've been very, very good to me. And I believe in their products; I really do.
Tolerating evil leads only to more evil. And when good people stand by and do nothing while wickedness reigns, their communities will be consumed.
My stand-up is quite good now, people say. It's just like a big conversation each time. Every gig is a rehearsal.
I think that my past stands me in good stead in that it does have a certain strength for musicians.
