#stands

Read through the most famous quotes by topic #stands




The best an American can look forward to is the lonely pleasure of one who stands at long last on a chilly and inhospitable mountaintop where few have been before, where few can follow and where few will consent to believe he has been.


George F. Kennan


#been #before #believe #best #chilly

You know what 'DOUBT' stands for? It stands for 'Debate On Understanding Bewildersome Thoughts.'


Gary Busey


#doubt #know #stands #thoughts #understanding

The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.


Andrew Carnegie


#average #average person #between #capacity #devote

When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it - a rock, a flower, the branch of a tree or my hand - as a final test. If the painting stands up beside a thing man cannot make, the painting is authentic. If there's a clash between the two, it's bad art.


Marc Chagall


#art #authentic #bad #beside #between

I usually say Latina, Mexican-American or American Mexican, and in certain contexts, Chicana, depending on whether my audience understands the term or not.


Sandra Cisneros


#audience #certain #contexts #depending #i

I don't want to be somebody who stands still and sings pretty. Each song is a world. Each song is a story. I don't achieve nearly what I want.


Renee Fleming


#each #i #nearly #pretty #sings

The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and a shield for the defenseless. He stands erect by bending above the fallen. He rises by lifting others.


Robert Green Ingersoll


#bending #blind #defenseless #erect #eyes

I'm here tonight, not as a Republican, not as a Democrat, but as an optimistic American who understands that we must come together behind the one man who can lead the way forward in these challenging times: my president, our president, Barack Obama!


Charlie Crist


#barack #barack obama #behind #challenging #challenging times

The United States stands with our friends in Britain as they recover from today's shock of terrorism. These barbaric acts strengthen our resolve and remind us all of the danger of complacency during our continued war on terror.


Mark Foley


#barbaric #britain #complacency #continued #danger

Don't kid yourself. President Obama's decision to withdraw 33,000 troops from Afghanistan before he stands for reelection is not driven by the United States' 'position of strength' in the war zone as much as it is by grim economic and political realities at home.


Ron Fournier


#before #decision #driven #economic #grim