Stand

Famous quotes containing the word stand:

“Don’t stand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.”
—Chinese proverb.

“Two wooden tubs of blue hydrangeas stand at the foot of the stone steps.
The sky is a blue gum streaked with rose. The trees are black.
The grackles crack their throats of bone in the smooth air.
Moisture and heat have swollen the garden into a slum of bloom.
Pardie! Summer is like a fat beast, sleepy in mildew....”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

“If you are to stand up for your Government you must be able to stand up to your Government.”
—Harold, Sir Caccia (c. 1905–1990)