If you stand with the Customs and Border Protection officers who staff the passport booths at Dulles airport near the nation's capital, their task seems daunting.
One of my beliefs is that there are certain institutions within a community which stand for the spirit and heart of that community, there's the church, the local football team, the local pub and the theatre.
I just find 'Scooby-Doo' unwatchable. I can't stand it. I like all those other Hanna-Barbera shows about a thousand times more than 'Scooby-Doo.'
Belief is just the place of understanding you are at the moment. Without an open mind, you will be standing in that one spot forever.
If fruit juices or sugar solutions are left to stand in the open air, they show after a few days the processes which are covered by the name of fermentation phenomena.
In fine, a life of good or evil, the hope of Heaven or the despair of Hell, Faustus stands as a reminder that the choice between these two absolutes also falls to us.
For me, the main principle for broadcasters has to be that if people stand to benefit from an interview, they should be prepared to face some downside as well.
Philosophers, as things now stand, are all too fond of offering criticism from on high instead of studying and understanding things from within.
Whatever our creed, we stand with admiration before the sublime character of Jesus.
As it stands now, those of us who are lucky enough to be citizens by birth don't have to do much. Very little is asked of us.
The emergent movement is creating a mushiness to the thinking patterns in Christianity today. It's like we really can't stand for anything.
Abraham is the shared ancestor of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He stands at the heart of these three faiths. And yet you know almost nothing about him.
Stand-up will always come first. I've been doing it for 22 years, and nothing compares to that connection you have with the audience. It's euphoric.
It's such an egotistical thing to be able to just stand there and say, 'Action!' It's like being a little mini-god.
When I wrote the song, The Way It Is, I wanted to move people to take a stand on civil rights in this country.
Literature is fighting for its very life because compromise is mistook for ambition, and joining up is preferred to standing out …
I wanted to be a writer first, and I struck out in the world to be a writer first, and then found stand-up as a more creative outlet, as a 3D way to be creative.
We all have different desires and needs, but if we don't discover what we want from ourselves and what we stand for, we will live passively and unfulfilled.
Giving up doesn't define you, but how you stand in every choice and fight in every decision you've made reflects your character.
As your president, I care too much about this nation to let anyone stand in the way of our people's wellbeing.
The only way anyone ever won a war, is to make the enemy hurt so bad that he can't stand it any more. ... George S. Patton
