He felt that such a life in which one could display such sarcasm and wit was after all to a certain degree worth living.
A library implies an act of faith which generations, still in darkness hid, sign in their night in witness of the dawn." (1872)
From where we stand the rain seems random. If we could stand somewhere else, we would see the order in it.
We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.
I stand in the mist and cry, thinking of myself standing in the mist and crying, and wondering if I will ever be able to use this experience in a book.
Darkness will never prevail. If you do not recognize the evil in our world, you will never stand up to it.
Flushed with his impassioned gibberish, he saw himself standing alone on the last barrier of civilization.
Kilroy," Jeremy said and the boy turned to face his father again. "Stand fast, boy," he told him. "Stand fast.
My old man says when it's time to be counted, the important thing is to be man enough to stand up.
If we don't fight for what we 'stand for' with our passionate words and honest actions, do we really 'stand' for anything?
Even if I have to stand alone, I will not be afraid to stand alone. I'm going to fight for you. I'm going to fight for what's right. I'm going to fight to hold people accountable.
I remember playing football dressed in peculiar costumes with some friends in France and laughing so hard we couldn't even stand up, let alone kick the ball.
The thing I like about baseball is that it's one-on-one. You stand up there alone, and if you make a mistake, it's your mistake. If you hit a home run, it's your home run.
Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you will never be strong or original. Stand alone or bury your ambition to be somebody in the world.
To get a horse to hit a mark without a rider, to get it to stand up, to get it to rear, to get it to pick up a bucket and bring it over is amazing. It's hard work and very rewarding but can be dangerous.
There's nothing nicer than getting a round of applause for turning up for work. It's amazing! You start work, and people clap. Do you know what I mean? And then they stand up and clap at the end.
Whatever happens in my life, whether I stand up or I fall down, whatever the case, I'm going to use it in my art. Why? Because I'm an artist and I have to.
Life can be the worst bully in the world,” Grandpa said and pointed a finger at Mathieu. “And you will stand up to that bully.
For the shortest time, shorter than the shortest secon'd breath, you get to stand up to infinity. But eventually, and always, infinity wins.
I stand in philosophy exactly where I stand in daily life; I should not be honest otherwise.
Patriotism is being convinced your country is better because you were born in it.
