Quotes of: Stand-for-something Keyword

The most enduring legacy of President Barack Obama is going to be a new generation of leaders standing up for liberty.

Ted Cruz

I never could stand losing. Second place didn't interest me. I had a fire in my belly.

Ty Cobb

I'm basically a know-it-all, and I'm writing a book about it. I want it to be called 'Danson on Water' and have me on the cover in this Christlike pose, standing on the water.

Ted Danson

...there was alienation in the standing consciousness that his squareness would not fit the round hole that had been prepared for him.

Thomas Hardy

I try to create characters that I am fascinated by on some level or intrigued by or can't stand.

Terry McMillan

My parents have been dead for many years, and when your folks are gone there is nobody standing between you and eternity.

Tony Parsons

I have values I believe in and certain things I stand for.

Torrey Smith

I grew up watching stand-ups and thought it was so entertaining and unique - you didn't see that as a job description anywhere.

Kevin Nealon

I admire any woman who does stand-up, but frankly I'd rather pull out my own eyelids.

Katherine Parkinson

I'm on the advisory board of Alex's Lemonade Stand, which is a children's cancer charity. I'm so proud to be on that and help them.

Kirsten Vangsness

I've got stuff about airline mergers, which just shows that my stand-up is getting more insane by the minute.

Lewis Black

Nothing on this earth is standing still. It's either growing or it's dying. No matter if it's a tree or a human being.

Lou Holtz

saturated & silent… i stand beneath your blackest cloud, absorbing all i can of the pain you felt.

L V HALL

You can't cancel my stand-up tours. It's impossible. There's too many separate bosses. There is no 'bosses.'

Louis C. K.

As for Philadelphia, you know what it is like? Sink holes. You stand in the earth and it opens up and you're sucked down. I'm never going to escape Philadelphia.

Lyle Kessler

My mother died, and I couldn't stand to look at her bedroom any more. I'd get sick. I've always been a momma's boy.

Little Richard

Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.

Maya Angelou

Scientists are really very conscious of the fact that they stand on the shoulders of an enormous tree of preceding workers and that their own contribution is not so enormous.

Martin Fleischmann

I can definitely be tough when pushed. In relationships, you have to take a stand for who you are and how you're willing to be treated.

Maggie Grace

Stand-up and boxing are very similar. You're the only one out there, you're going into a fight, and you're going in with a game plan.

Russell Peters

I don't believe anyone should ignore all the fires around you and stand pat and not worry about getting singed.

Rick Santelli