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I define fear as standing across the ring from Joe Louis and knowing he wants to go home early.

We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death.

You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.

Shirley Chisholm

Growing up, if I hadn't had sports, I don't know where I'd be. God only knows what street corners I'd have been standing on and God only knows what I'd have been doing, but instead I played hockey and went to school and stayed out of trouble.

Bobby Orr

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

Isaac Newton

Famous Standing Authors

Doug Larson

Russell Banks

Douglas Haig

Wavy Gravy

Earl Nightingale

Michael Bergin

Mary Frances Berry

Austin O'Malley

Alan Coren

Mitch Hedberg

Greg Lake

Joe Biden

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All Standing Quotes

Everyone here says in a surprised manner that I have grown... they are so stupid and do not notice that I am standing up straighter!

Anna Freud

71% of people like this quote

It's good to go out and entertain these people, and you've got them on the edge of their seat, they're standing up. Then you know that you've done your job, you've entertained them. My way of entertaining them is going out and wrestling. Everyone's got their different ways.

Owen Hart

64% of people like this quote

The curious defiled past him, after squeezing the Presidential fingers into the room, and settled either on the sofa or chairs or remained standing for protracted observations.

Henry Villard

63% of people like this quote

There is technique to it-he is just standing there flexing his arm, and I am standing there making faces as if I am being choked. You keep your head in a certain angle for the camera.

Ron Livingston

63% of people like this quote

The American flag, Old Glory, standing tall and flying free over American soil for 228 years is the symbol of our beloved country. It is recognized from near and afar, and many lives have been lost defending it.

Jeff Miller

63% of people like this quote

Those nations of artists, finding their own individualism, and kind of standing against the world: to me that's the ultimate nightmare. I want to get lost and diffused in the world.

Robert Wyatt

61% of people like this quote

There's too much insecurity on studio sets, with all the people standing around, whispering.

Illeana Douglas

61% of people like this quote

You have to respect your audience. Without them, you're essentially standing alone, singing to yourself.

K. D. Lang

60% of people like this quote

I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place.

Xun Zi

60% of people like this quote

It's like trying to describe what you feel when you're standing on the rim of the Grand Canyon or remembering your first love or the birth of your child. You have to be there to really know what it's like.

Jack Schmitt

60% of people like this quote