Standing Quotes

People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.

By sitting down, she was standing up for all Americans.

They were standing on it, grabbing the boobs, and somebody was just taking pictures with a cell phone.

I'm so tired, but I can't sleep...standing on the edge of something much too deep...funny how I feel so much but cannot say a word...we are screaming inside, oh, but we can't be heard...so afraid to love you, more afraid to lose...clinging to a past.

We live in a society of victimization, where people are much more comfortable being victimized than actually standing up for themselves.

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.

I'm here for my people... standing up for my people so they know that they aren't alone in this fight... and to prove that there are people interested in helping them achieve a better future.

Slavery still exists today. I am standing before you as living proof. As a slave, I didn't know how to say no, I only knew how to say yes. I was beaten if I didn't say yes loudly enough; I was beaten for no reason at all.

When you play this game on the Xbox 360, it feels as though you're actually standing on the mound of a real baseball field, or sitting in the benches.

They are the only two horses left standing. It's great to have a rematch. It should be a lot of fun.

Hey you, out there in the cold Getting lonely, getting old Can you feel me? Hey you, standing in the aisles With itchy feet and fading smiles Can you feel me? Hey you, dont help them to bury the light Don't give in without a fight.

She's eating on her own now. They said she might not walk again but she's actually standing up and stuff. She's a warrior, and she's fighting her battle and I'm here fighting mine.

The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line.

Do not be very upright in your dealings for you would see by going to the forest that straight trees are cut down while crooked ones are left standing.

And I thought that was the best way for me to participate, because standing in the crowd and listening is a fantastic education, but it's not my nature. I need to be involved. So I did that instead.

Writing and travel broaden your ass if not your mind and I like to write standing up.

The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.

Home Alone was a lot and a lot and a lot of standing and sitting and walking and running and it was physically demanding but in this, I'm doing back flips and riding ostriches. It's physically demanding in a new way, so it's fun.

I didn't hear anybody booing me when I was done. A lot of people were giving me a standing ovation when I came off the floor.

We've had a long-standing invitation with them to sit down and discuss their concerns and clear up misunderstanding about our efforts. Our objective is to promote the development of new drugs, while also making sure there is access to medicines for those with HIV/AIDS and other patients, and that they'll continue to get the most effective medicines. But the FTA will not increase the price of generic and innovative drugs.

I left the ball in your court, but now I feel like I am standing in an empty gym.

Ethics is everything, ... If you don't have a strong moral standing, if you don't have an ethical foundation, you just crumble.

It's beyond my wildest dreams, ... It's a long-standing recognition that the Dow was lacking in representation of the 'new economy.' .

I'm focused, and I'm ready. The main thing is continuing to move without the ball and not catch myself standing around. When I'm standing around, I'm easy to guard. But when I'm moving and coming off screens, I'm harder to guard.

It was like nothing I have ever experienced. I'll admit that. I didn't expect to win. While I was standing on the block waiting to go, I still expected [McGill] to win. My goal was just to stay with him as long as I could.