When I wrote the song, The Way It Is, I wanted to move people to take a stand on civil rights in this country.
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.
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
We're still stymied by the old stand-off between those who wish to fight terrorism and resistance fighters.
To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless for hours, imitating kindly trees, as they watch for birds.
Without a doubt, at the center of the New Testament there stands the Cross, which receives its interpretation from the Resurrection.
I can't stand the kind of paralysis that some people fall into because they're not happy with the choices they've made.
I don't want to be an apologist for poverty, but I can't stand waste, useless spending, wasted energy and having to live squandering stuff.
Sometimes when you take strong stands, if you're not called to do it, you're dividing the audience you're trying to reach.
Better to be a loving person without knowing how you got there, than an expert no one can stand to be around.
Standing around the grill is fine, but I like to have my friends come in and out of the house. Movement makes the party more exciting.
People can't stand it when you deal with issues of race and class, and also sometimes the church, and you give a perspective that flushes out hypocrisy.
Why, in our 'free' country, do Americans meekly stand aside and let the state limit our choices, even when we are dying?
She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together.
If it's anything I can't stand, it's yes-men. When I say no, I want you to say no, too.
You got to be rigorous in your appraisal system. The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
Power & Money are fruits of life! But Family &Friends re roots of life! We can manage without fruits, But can never stand without roots.
You can never let your compassion stand in the way of justice because when you do, other people get hurt.
I really can't stand not to be loved. I really can't. If I walk into a room and feel there are people who don't really like me, I have to leave.
I can do Shakespeare, Ibsen, English accents, Irish accents, no accent, stand on my head, tap dance, sing, look 17 or look 70.
