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.
I've decided to lead in a way that takes people with me. It's the approach that I think will stand not only our party but also our state in good stead.
Individuals have little opportunity to get elected to Parliament under the label of the government party... unless they are in good standing with the Prime Minister and pledged to be cooperative.
No matter where you stand politically - even if you're unsure of what your political ideology is - it is important to take part in the process of shaping our government.
Unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us. In this world, fear has no place. Only strength respects strength.
The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible.
If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the future.
If you are doing stand-up comedy, you have to be confident in what you are doing. That doesn't mean just because you are confident you are funny.
Yeah, there were a few years in the early nineties where I really began to hate what was valued as funny and just sort of what was valued in stand-up, period.
I don't think of myself as funny - I don't fill up a room with my humor... I would fail miserably as a stand-up comedian.
There are people who can't stand me, they say, 'God, he makes me sick', or, 'He's creepy', but it doesn't affect me too badly.
