Quotes of: Stands Keyword

A lot of scarves are made to stand out and therefore not appropriate on your head, say, at work.

Estelle

I can work as a writer, but I wanted to do stand-up.

Hannibal Buress

It's really important to me that the songs not only stand out individually but work as a full body of work, too.

Seinabo Sey

President Obama understands women. He trusts women. And on every issue that matters to us, he stands with women.

Cecile Richards

I do have a lot of female friends who are stand-ups and also women who are actresses and also happen to have an act.

Kate Flannery

I tend to go for women with common sense. Being down to earth stands out more than looks.

Seann William Scott

The workers have nothing to gain from this war, but they stand to lose everything that is dear to them.

Clara Zetkin

To win this war, we need a commander in chief, not a professor of law standing at the lectern.

Sarah Palin

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don't let yourself indulge in vain wishes.

Laurence J. Peter

Doesn't matter what the press says. Doesn't matter what the politicians or the mobs say.Doesn't matter if the whole country decides that something wrong is something right. This nation was founded on one principle above all else: The requirement that...

Civil War: The Amazing Spider-Man

If you put these five things together - you can't use money to attract talent, you can't advertise, you can't take risks, you can't invest in long-term results, and you don't have a stock market - then we have just put the humanitarian sector at the ...

Charity Case: How the Nonprofit Community Can Stand Up for Itself and Really Change the World

Jamie," I said, "how, exactly, do you decide whether you're drunk?" Aroused by my voice, he swayed alarmingly to one side, but caught himself on the edge of the mantelpiece. His eyes drifted around the room, then fixed on my face. For an instant, the...

Dragonfly in Amber

Boy! There are times when I get the feeling that science develops things that are supposed to be good for us, but that just make trouble.” Dr. Tresselt’s blue eyes seemed to throw out sparks of amusement. “I know how you feel, Joe,” he said. ...

Danny Dunn and the Fossil Cave

I look up at him. He is so devastatingly beautiful in the moonlight. I tell him so. He stares at me, his dark gaze unwavering. Except for my knees. It definitely wavers my knees, if that is possible. I know I wouldn’t be able to stand up if I tried...

Dante's Girl

But more than that, if you ally yourself with people who are prepared to fight to make a difference, then your life will always be in danger. I don't think it's fair to ever blame the person who makes the stand. Because the Doctor's so old, because h...

The Brilliant Book Of Doctor Who 2012

One thing they don’t tell you ’bout the blues when you got ’em, you keep on fallin’ ’cause there ain't no bottom,' sings Emmylou Harris, and she may be right. Perhaps it would help to be told that there is no bottom, save, as they say, wher...

Bluets

But sometimes you simply can't make yourself feel like acting. And in those situations, motivational advice risks making things worse, by surreptitiously strengthening your belief that you need to feel motivated before you act. By encouraging an atta...

The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking

Here's another way to put it: You're here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world. God is not a secret to be kept. We're going public with this, as public as a city on a hill. If I make you light-bearers, you don't think I'm going to hi...

Holy Bible: New International Version

That there was no God was a given, as far as Hope was concerned, and being nice to people and making the most of your life struck her as a reasonable enough conclusion to draw from it, and in any case what she wanted to do. But besides the spires of ...

Intrusion

In a funny way, Dad was always a bow-tie wearer, always a little more traditional than you might imagine. Because even though he had blue hair and tattoos and wore leather jackets and worked in a record store, he wanted to marry Mom back at a time wh...

If I Stay

Do not be afraid to color outside the lines. Take risks and do not be afraid to fail. Know that when the world knocks you down, the best revenge is to get up and continue forging ahead.Do not be afraid to be different or to stand up for what's right....

Letters to My Daughter: A Collection of Short Stories and Poems about Love, Pride, and Identity