Top 1200 Stand For Something Quotes & Sayings - Page 4

When God moves, everybody will be blessed. If something is of the flesh, everybody will have a sick feeling. And if something is of the devil, it seems like the hair will stand up on your neck. That's a simple way everyone can judge, whether they've got any spiritual discernment or not.

Painting isn't just pretty or pleasant; it is something that helps you to stand alone and face yourself.

Today, I join King Abdullah in Paris to stand in solidarity with the people of France in their darkest hour...To stand in unity against extremism in all its forms and to stand up for our cherished faith, Islam. And so that the lasting image of these terrible events is an unprecedented outpouring of sympathy and support between people of all faiths and cultures.

But long story short, I didn't start doing stand-up because I wanted to have a TV show or be an actor or even wanted to write sketch comedy. I got into stand-up because I love stand-up.

Any time in America when the military has to stand in opposition of their own citizenry, something is wrong.

When I put something on, and I stand up much straighter, that's when I love to wear clothes.

I got into stand-up because I love stand-up. Specifically in stand-up, I love jokes. I love short, structured ideas and a punch line.

I did try and do some spooky stand up once, and some of my stand-up had - I tried to do some horror stand-up, but it didn't really work very well.

Something is always happening, even on the quietest days and deep into the night, if you stand a while and look.

I cannot stand public attention, I just can't. Of course, if I may I might write something instead

Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen.

The beginning of sense, not to say wisdom, is to realize that 'doing an action,' as used in philosophy, is a highly abstract expression--it is a stand-in used in the place of any (or almost any?) verb with a personal subject, in the same sort of way that 'thing' is a stand-in for anynoun substantive, and 'quality' a stand-in for the adjective.

To paint is to know how to put nothing on canvas, and have it look like something when you stand back.

It is time for us all to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever - the one who recognizes the challenges and does something about it.

It's still a pretty sexist world out there and someone's got to stand up and say something.

Some people's developmental path has not equipped them to stand up and let go of something.

I cannot stand public attention, I just can't. Of course, if I may I might write something instead.

Where something becomes extremely difficult and unbearable, there we also stand always already quite near its transformation.

Any assessment of where we stand in relationship to Him tells us that we do not stand at all. We kneel.

A lot of improvisers mistakenly assume stand-up is awful, because there are a lot of stand-ups in the world that did not appeal to me. It was so easy to make a blanket statement when I was improvising only: 'Stand-up's terrible.' It's so ignorant and stupid to do that. But it's easy to do that. So that's where I came from.

As a company, I'm proud that Nike takes a stand on issues that impact all of us, our athletes, and society as a whole. And I am proud that Nike stands against discrimination in any form. We stand against bigotry. We stand for racial justice. We firmly believe the world can improve.

You know obviously my stand on racism is that it's unacceptable and that we should always stand up to it.

Stand-up is very broad strokes, kind of a skeleton of a story or something.

When you're poor and black in America, you stand a greater chance of going to prison for something you didn't do.

Doing stand-up in front of arenas or clubs is something else; it's not a talent I have.

Momentum,' She repeats. 'You can't just stand there if you want something to fly. You have to run.

You think that you are an iconoclast, but you’re not. You just move, or replace what you cannot have. If you fail at something, you retreat into something else. Nothing changes you.... I left you because I knew I could never change you. You would stand in the room so still sometimes, as if the greatest betrayal of yourself would be to reveal one more inch of your character.

Above all, I'm very genuine with my music. I would never sing about something that I can't stand for.

Stand up to an obstacle. Just stand up to it, that's all, and don't give way under it, and it will finally break. You will break it. Something has to break, and it won't be you, it will be the obstacle.

Where I stand, or where the people I work with stand, is the technology is inevitable, so it's about how do we steer it.

But I love stand-up, and it's where I came from creatively, so it's something I never want to walk away from.

The ground we stand on looks solid enough, but if something happens it can drop right out from under you.

For my prom I really wanted to wear a bright color - something that was going to pop and stand out.

More people should stand up and not be afraid to do things that mean something to them.

At some point I stopped stand-up because I didn't have something to say on a nightly basis.

If you stand for something you will have people for you and people against you. But if you stand for nothing you will have nobody for you and nobody against you.

I got into stand up just to do stand up because I love stand up.

It's a good feeling to have something to stand for in any part of your life. It's like personal integrity.

It takes a great deal of courage to stand alone even if you believe in something very strongly.

I like to do a little bit of boldness but mixed in with a classic look. You don't have to do something crazy to stand out.

I have to do stand-up. I have to do something comedy-involved every day, or else I will lose my mind.

Nine g's is good, if the pilot can stand it. We couldn't stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.

First they went after the Communists, and I did not stand up, because I was not a Communist. Then they went after the homosexuals and infirm, and I did not stand up, because I was neither. Then they went after the Jews, and I did not stand up, because I was not a Jew. Then they went after the Catholics, and I did not stand up, because I was Protestant. Finally, they went after me, and there was no one left to stand up for me.

Unless you really stand for something, people aren't motivated to go out and vote for you.

If there's one thing I can't stand, it's somebody doing something because I pushed them in that direction.

What on earth would a man do with himself, if something did not stand in his way?

If people are not listening to you as individuals, it's always good to get together and make a stand for something.

Stand by your man. Give him two arms to cling to and something warm to come to.

I've worked on 30-something different TV shows, and most of the people can't stand each other.

This is the premiere food symposium in the world. To quote you guys: 'Intended to invoke a sense of courage and urgency...Enabling this year's symposium to become a venue where we can reflect on the stories and ideas that no one usually gets the opportunity to tell.' So I stand here with the guts to ask you, please, let's do something. Let's do something and feed those that we're not reaching collectively.

France needs to find something that makes it stand out. It's not enough for it to do almost as well as its neighbors.

Stand on the gas, my friend. If your right foot doesn't ache, you're obviously doing something wrong.

I have made up my mind that if there is a God, he will be merciful to the merciful. Upon that rock I stand. That he will not torture the forgiving. Upon that rock I stand. That every man should be true to himself, and that there is no world, no star in which honesty is a crime. Upon that rock I stand.

I must be doing something right. I was raised to stand up to the bully in the schoolyard, and you don't lose that.

You can't stand still in one spot, no matter how good it is. You have to do something new, keep trying. That's everything.

if you belive in something then you should do it dont let anything stand in your way.

Experiencing criticism definitely makes you a little weaker at times, but in the end, it's made me a lot stronger. It's made me have conviction about something that I can stand for. It's made me want to fight for something.

When you look at some of the greatest people and players in the world they all stand for something outside their working lives.

There was nothing wrong with fire … as long as you didn’t stand too close. Something to keep in mind.

It's not what my job is about. I'm not out to make a political statement. I want to stand for something, but more by example.