Top 1200 Stand Up Comedian Quotes & Sayings - Page 20

You need to have people within your own party that have the wherewithal to stand up to you.

When I get this kind of support, I feel validated in my decision to stand up for myself.

Step up and shake the hand Of someone you can't stand, You can tolerate him if you try!

I guest-starred on 'Alf.' I played a stand-up comic Howie Anderson.

I want people to use my story to stand up, be strong-willed and persevere.

It's up to [Angela Merkel] whether she wants to stand again and then ultimately, it'll be up to the German people to decide what the future holds. If I were here and I were German and I had a vote, I might support her.

I like doing stand-up and I love putting out TV specials.

We've been there and come back. When you fall in the pit, people are supposed to help you up. But you have to get up on your own. We'll take your arms, but you have to get your legs underneath you and stand.

People get into stand-up comedy by and large because they're smart and they have a perspective.

Stand-up is one of the art forms where you don't have to look nice, and I hope it stays that way.

There are many ways to fall down, but there's only one way to stand up straight.

Those people who espouse conservatism that causes them to be under permanent attack by the left gay activists cabal, those people are in need of a protection. They're not doing that because it's fun. They're not taking that stand because it's fun, they're taking that stand because that's what they believe in, and they need to have somebody standing up for them, and I'm more than happy to do so.

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

I was raised to stand up for the little guy, for working families and the middle class.

The truth is, women don't stand up, they're too hushed, they don't like to say stuff.

You have to do stand-up quite a long time before you learn how to do it well.

Stand up - above the crowd. Even if you've gotta shout out loud!

Well I stand up next to a mountain, and I chop it down with the edge of my hand

It must be scary to stand up for beliefs also held by Eric Holder.

Ive been doing stand-up since I was 15 years old.

I became a stand-up comedienne because I had a sit-down husband.

Stand-up is the only thing I have complete control over. There's something to be said for that.

I don't think it's necessary to go to any game to make a stand just because you are there. The stand is made from the heart, and you can do that in the grocery store.

I have been proud to fight and stand for religious liberty, to stand against Planned Parenthood, to defend life for my entire career.

If you stand for great service, low prices, superb quality, stylish design and environmental friendliness, you actually stand for nothing.

When I stand up in front of groups of people who agree with me, I know I have to really step my game up because I can't just sort of meet them where they're at; I have to take them somewhere else. They want you to challenge them and have good ideas.

I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.

Stand-up has the best writers, because it's the hardest writing by a million miles.

By the time I started doing stand-up, the club scene had died.

Stand up for your principles, but be a decent human being while you're doing it.

Stand-up, for me, is really more of an addiction, so you have to feed the beast whenever you can.

I like to stand and bang with people. If they mess up, I'm gonna slam them.

My stand-up is clean; it's not too edgy. I've played it safe since the beginning.

Although I do stand-up - doing actual stage work is terrifying for me.

The hallucination of being a separate ego will not stand up to biological tests.

To stand up for peace and against war and for disarmament is very courageous here in America.

Stand-up comics reflect less of a visual humor and more of a commentary.

I've always believed that immigration is really about who we are as a country and what we're willing to stand up for.

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

Stand-up comedy and poverty. Those were my two main endeavors.

A lot of my stand-up point of view is family - not Disney but dealing with teenagers.

I was hoping for big TV, film, and this and that, but stand-up was the only thing I knew.

You don't realize how strong you are until you have to help someone else stand up.

I never really watched much stand-up growing up. I just was not really that into it. But I can say I honestly fell in love with it the second I touched the microphone. It was like this weird thing where it's like, 'Oh, yeah, this is what I'm supposed to do.'

I salute the House for having the courage to stand up and fight and defund ObamaCare. And I remain confident, hopeful and optimistic the House will stand their ground, will continue the fight, which means this issue is coming back to the Senate. And when it comes back to the Senate, after the House stands their ground yet again, we will have an opportunity for Republicans to come home.

If you can't stand a little sacrifice and you can't stand a trip across the desert with limited water, we're never going to straighten this country out.

I'm not a stand up at all, it's such a fear of mine. My sister does it, and she's really great at it.

I knew when I got out of high school that I was going to be a stand-up comic.

The reason to stand up for punctuation is that without it there is no reliable way of communicating meaning.

I never went on auditions because I would be terrible at it, so I just did stand-up.

I'm not a fan of stand-up comedy, personally. But some of them are incredibly skilled.

My music is made for the people who are willing to stand up to change this world themselves.

It takes someone with a unique background to stand up to the threat of a strike and win.

Washington is out of control, and it's time for Texans to stand up and stop them.

My disappointments stand up and grow ever taller. They will not be lost to me.

Everyone, everywhere, and all the time, used to laugh at me when I was growing up. So, when I was around 18, I thought, 'I'll become a comedian, and then if everyone laughs at me, I'll be famous.' So I went on stage one night and, for the first time in my life, everyone stopped laughing at me.

I used to fish the Border rivers, but nowadays you have to queue up for a shot and I can't stand that.

I have so much more fun doing stand-up. I can't even begin to explain.

When you are doing stand-up comedy, you are the writer, producer, director, sometimes bouncer.

I think it's important, if you are an artist, to use your music to stand up for what you believe in.