Quotations
Quotes:
The esthete stands in the same relation to beauty as the pornographer stands to love, and the politician stands to life.
View quotes by Karl Kraus
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
View quotes by Martin Luther King
Just what is it that America stands for? If she stands for one thing more than another it is for the sovereignty of self-governing people.
View quotes by Woodrow Wilson
I am amazed at radio DJ's today. I am firmly convinced that AM on my radio stands for Absolute Moron. I will not begin to tell you what FM stands for.
View quotes by Jasper Carrott
Listen, if you start worrying about the people in the stands, before too long you're up in the stands with them.
View quotes by Tommy Lasorda
The goal stands up, the keeper
Stands up to keep the goal
View quotes by A E Housman
Stands the Church clock at ten to three?
And is there honey still for tea?
View quotes by Rupert Brooke
Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small; Though with patience He stands waiting, with exactness grinds He all
View quotes by Friedrich Von Logau
Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.
View quotes by Henry Ward Beecher
Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.
View quotes by Harry S Truman
One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If the spiritual is strong, it creates world history. If it is weak, it suffers world history.
View quotes by Albert Schweitzer
It's high time something was done for the pitchers. They put up the stands and take down fences to make more home runs and plague the pitchers. Let them revive the spitter and help the pitchers make a living.
View quotes by Casey Stengel
It only stands to reason that where there's sacrifice, there's someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. Where there's service, there is someone being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice is speaking of slaves and masters, and intends to be the master.
View quotes by Ayn Rand
The idea for which this nation stands will not survive if the highest goal free man can set themselves is an amiable mediocrity. Excellence implies striving for the highest standards in every phase of life.
View quotes by John Gardner
Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Nonperformance can always be explained away.
View quotes by Harold Geneen
You may have mistaken this for your meeting of the ignorant tight-asses club but in this building, when the President stands, nobody sits.
View quotes by Martin Sheen
A man should be rugged like Steve McQueen; the way he stands, like he's ready for something. Or he should be a man of the world like Dean Martin. [Marcia Brady]
View quotes by Maureen McCormick
Everybody stands - that's our policy. If Jesus Christ comes on the show, guess what? It's like, 'Stand right here Jesus, we got Papa Roach coming up at number six.'
View quotes by Carson Daly
My family is like a sanctuary to me. I always turn to them for support and strength. I take comfort in knowing no matter which path I choose, my family stands behind me.
View quotes by Benjamin Bratt
Whoever stands by a just cause cannot possibly be called a terrorist.
View quotes by Yasser Arafat
