(2153 quotes found)
“A good photograph is knowing where to stand.”
Ansel Adams
“Any minute, any day, some players may break a long standing record. That's one of the fascinations about the game, the unexpected surprises.”
Connie Mack
“A star looks down at me, / And says: `Here I and you / Stand, each in our degree: / What do you mean to do?'”
Thomas Hardy
“A cat's rage is beautiful, burning with pure cat flame, all its hair standing up and crackling blue sparks, eyes blazing and sputtering.”
William S. Burroughs
“It's strange, isn't it. You stand in the middle of a library and go aaaaagghhhh' and everyone just stares at you. But you do the same thing on an aeroplane, and everyone joins in.”
Tommy Cooper
“The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny; flattery to treachery; standing armies to arbitrary government; and the glory of God to the temporal interest of the clergy.”
David Hume
“I have a BMW. But only because BMW stands for Bob Marley and The Wailers, and not because I need an expensive car.”
Bob Marley
“He pointed at me and said, 'that one won't stand up.' The two policemen came near me and only one spoke to me. He asked me if the driver had asked me to stand up? I said, 'yes.' He asked me why I didn't stand up, ... I told him I didn't think I should have to stand up. So I asked him: 'Why do you push us around?' And he told me, 'I don't know, but the law is the law and you are under arrest.'”
Rosa Parks
“You may be a redneck if . . . your lifetime goal is to own a fireworks stand.”
Jeff Foxworthy
“I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them.”
Clara Barton
