The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public.
I stand in the way of no one's ambition. I only ask that no one stand in the way of the people's well being and the nation's progress.
You can't just carry everyone else's hopes and fears around in your backpack and expect to stand up straight.
And my approach has always been to stand up and speak out on behalf of the economic rights of people.
Heroes have a rough time because they stand up when they ought not to, they speak when they ought not to; they always have to go that extra mile.
You've got to stand up and do your own battles. My daddy taught me that a long time ago, that you fight your own battles. The only way to shut everybody up is to win.
I've always been me. I've always been very direct and have told the truth and have been very willing to stand up and speak out.
In the women's movement, women needed men to stand up and say, 'This isn't right.' In the civil rights of the '60s, it took people of all color to demand equal rights.
Philip Marlowe: She tried to sit in my lap while I was standing up.
Agnosticism has nothing to impart. Its sermons are the exhortations of one who convinces you he stands on nothing and urges you to stand there too.
Ive allways wondered what the 4 letters in the word LIFE stands for. I know understand that it stands for: Little Interesting Facts Everyday.
Apathy in general; people who are not standing up for what they believe in because somebody's got a louder mouth than them; it doesn't make any sense.
If the hairs on my neck stand up while I'm writing, I figure the reader will get the same kind of shock.
No matter whether it's someone from the political left or right, we just need a voice to stand up and defend animal rights.
If you want to be seen, stand up. If you want to be heard, speak up. If you want to be appreciated, shut up.
How is it that standing outside for a minute in 90 degree heat is torture, yet standing in a blistering hot shower for 20 minutes is paradise?
I recommend writing standing up from time to time. It's easier to dance when you finish writing.
When you feel big and powerful, stand before a mountain; when you feel small and weak, stand before an ant.
At last, Russia has returned to the world arena as a strong state - a country that others heed and that can stand up for itself.
The most important thing my father taught me is that every man has to stand up for his rights.
Generosity without delicacy, like wit without judgement, generally gives as much pain as pleasure.
