It's strange, isn't it. You stand in the middle of a library and go 'aaaaagghhhh' and everyone just stares at you. But you do the same thing on an aeroplane, and everyone joins in.
Stand-up keeps you alive. It is definitely the most specialized field in comedy because you need to stay sharp and well-tuned every night.
A thug is someone who stands on his own. He lives by the decisions he makes and accepts the consequences. A thug is comfortable in his own skin. I wear mine like a glove.
Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.
None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army. To keep ours armed and disciplined is therefore at all times important.
If you wish to stand and progress as you ought, hold yourself an exile and a pilgrim on the earth.
I may appear stand off-ish but I'm not. I just let go of my attachment to things.
In particular, people have trouble understanding where I stand in relation to my characters, and very often this gets reduced to me making vicious fun of them.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bears His name. He stands at its head and directs it through His chosen prophets.
Moving forward implies MOTION when in all actuality it may be simply standing STILL and seeing the salvation of the Lord.
In every generation there is a chosen one. She alone will stand against the vampires the demons and the forces of darkness. She is the slayer.
We have the greatest power through love that can be known. It overcomes everything with its fierce and steady truth, if you can continue to stand in it.
To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.
Acting is the most insecure profession in the world - you're insecure if you're successful, you're insecure if you're not. A tightrope walk without a net. It's a miracle I'm still standing!
You know, I was a community activist, so I'm used to standing out in front of an elected official's office and protesting.
To flight approach shots lower with the scoring clubs - what I consider my 7-iron through wedges - I stand two or three inches closer to the ball than normal.
I would describe my style as off the wall. I like stuff that doesn't match. I just like to stand out.
For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun? And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance.
Your fear of death is but the trembling of the shepherd when he stands before the king whose hand is to be laid upon him in honour.
Stand-up comedy is mine: it's my entity; it's my brand; I own it. I do it when I want to do it.
The beautiful thing about stand-up is you can create and immediately deliver, perform, and get paid for what you do.
