Stan Quotes

Working out and working as an actor have gone hand in hand - I always feel more prepared if I know I have done a workout. It gives me confidence - and peace of mind. ~ Sebastian Stan

The secret of wisdom is to be overly curious, like a cat--to take the time to look closely, to use all your senses to see and to touch and to taste and to smell and to hear, and to die because you were overly curious. To keep on wondering...about the afterlife. That is our only mission. Only one. If we don't wonder, then we will never, ever be curious. Then, if like the cat, you wondered too far...you simply no longer will have to ever wonder again. Your mission will be fulfilled. All because of curiosity.

--from The Wise-ass Man who butchered Eve Merriam's wisdom...and Her Secret ~ Stan Sudan

The saxophone is an imperfect instrument, especially the tenor and soprano, as far as intonation goes. The challenge is to sing on an imperfect instrument that is outside of your body. ~ Stan Getz

Other than conversation, no other art form can give the satisfaction of spontaneous interaction like Jazz. ~ Stan Getz

People who are afraid to go to horror movies are generally afraid their whole lives. People say to me, 'Do you have nightmares?' I never have nightmares! And I go to movies and see the most bizarre things in the world, and go ... Wow that is really sick, how fun is that! And I don't have to carry it around. I think that's very healthy. ~ Stan Winston

Back in my day, we didn't think about money as much. We enjoyed playing the game. We loved baseball. I didn't think about anybody else but the Cardinals. ~ Stan Musial

Stan got the message. He allowed the chicken assignations. What did that make him? A chicken pimp. Better than dead. ~ Margaret Atwood

Once more Jane sat staring at the telephone. This time she was filled with a confidence that was new to her. Stan Crandall. Stanley Crandall. He liked her! He had seen her once, and even though had been rumpled and grass-stained and having a terrible time with Sandra, he liked her well enough to go to the trouble of finding out her name and calling to ask her to go to the movies. Jane smiled at the telephone and gave a sigh of happiness ~ Beverly Cleary

Some of the wise boys who say my music is loud, blatant and that's all should see the faces of the kids who have driven a hundred miles through the snow to see the band ... to stand in front of the bandstand in an ecstasy all their own. ~ Stan Kenton

Why don't you steal the pattern out of Kenton's '23 Degrees North, 82 Degrees West'?" the trombonist, an alumnus of Stan Kenton's big band, said. ~ James Kaplan

It's better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a cow. ~ Stan Shih

No one has a perfect life. Everybody has something that he wishes was not the way it is. ~ Stan Lee

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Do you know what a myth is, Jefferson?" I asked him. "A myth is an old lie that people believe in. White people believe that they're better than anyone else on earth--and that's a myth. The last thing they ever want is to see a black man stan, and think, and show that common humanity that is in us all. It would destroy their myth. They would no longer have justification of having made us slaves and keeping us in the condition we are in. As long as none of us stand, they're safe. They're safe with me. They're safe with Reverend Ambrose. I don't want them to feel safe with you anymore. ~ Ernest J. Gaines

Stan Lee always wanted to do another syndicated strip while we were doing Spider-Man. I was working two jobs, and he wanted to make time to do another strip. He wanted to do a humor strip. I said, 'Stan, I barely make it through the week now. How the hell am I going to do another strip?' He said, 'Oh, I'm sorry, I always forget it takes you longer to do a page than it takes me to do twenty pages.' ~ John Romita, Sr.

There are four qualities essential to a great jazzman. they are taste, courage, individuality, and irreverence. ~ Stan Getz

Unfortunately, there's no law against being smart and living stupid, no matter how harmful it may be to you. You can unknowingly ricochet away from your deepest values because you've mistakenly come to believe you don't deserve to live them - and spend much of your life sabotaging what you want most by aiming for just the opposite. This doesn't mean your values haven't always been your values. They're driving you still and they're waiting for you still. Toss them away as forcefully as you want, then duck: boomerang. ~ Stan Slap

I've been very lucky. All I wanted was to pay the rent. Then these characters took off and suddenly there were Hulk coffee mugs and Iron Man lunchboxes and The Avengers sweatshirts everywhere. Money's okay, but what I really like is working. ~ Stan Lee

Devote yourself to your partner's sense of safety and security and not simply to your idea about what that should be. What may make you feel safe and secure may not be what your partner requires from you. Your job is to know what matters to your partner and how to make him or her feel safe and secure. ~ Stan Tatkin

It's the fact that fans still care. I like all the comics conventions: The smaller ones are easier, the bigger ones are exciting ... Each one I say: Never again. But they're all great ... These things are important because they keep the fans' interest alive in comics. They keep the fans reading and their imaginations stimulated. ~ Stan Lee

The discoloration is very minimal. I have not turned blue. The extent of skin discoloration is not even remotely near what the news media are saying. It is barely noticeable. ~ Stan Jones

Stan said he used to keep Hardy late, make him miss his golf game, and really get him mad. ~ Dick Van Dyke

New wave disco was coming to the fore then, and we were at a different point entirely. I like to listen to dance music, but I don't think I'm primarily a dance music writer. ~ Stan Ridgway

I started working with Timely in 1946. Stan Lee hired me. ~ Dan DeCarlo

I was young and fearless in those days, but always enjoyed riding at Cartmel. They used to call me 'Cartmellor', probably because I kept coming back on a stretcher. ~ Stan Mellor

I think it's a pity she doesn't read because it means we shan't ever be able to talk about the books we've both read and recommend them to one another. ~ Stan Barstow

Comfort zones are plush lined coffins. When you stay in your plush lined coffins, you die. ~ Stan Dale

I get psyched about coming onto a Broadway stage every night. it's very exciting. You develop a kind of gratefulness for it when you spend months trying to get a job. ~ Sebastian Stan

They was this rich fella, an he makes like he's poor, an they's this rich girl, an she purtends like she's poor too, an' they meet in a hamburg' stan'
Why?
I don't know why-that's how it was.
Why'd they purtend like they's poor?
Well, they're tired of bein' rich.
Horseshit!
You want to hear this, or not?
Well, go on then. Sure, I wanta hear it, but if I was rich, if I was rich I'd get so many pork chops-I'd cord 'em up aroun' me like wood, an' I'd eat my way out. Go on. ~ John Steinbeck

I'm just working with ideas in my head and with drawings that the artists did. And suddenly to see these things come to life in movies - it's just wonderful. ~ Stan Lee

Politics is economics by other means, and war is politics by other means. ~ Stan Goff

All my knowledge comes from research. ~ Stan Sakai

And now, until we meet again, may the blessings of Asgard be showered upon you! ~ Stan Lee

I can tell that Korn sucks by the type of people who wear their t-shirts. ~ Stan Jones

Republicans spend and borrow, Democrats tax and spend. ~ Stan Jones

I have a reputation for doing superheroes, but I like all kinds of writing. In fact, hardly anybody knows this, but I've probably written as many humor stories as superhero stories. ~ Stan Lee

Every devil used to be an angel ~ Joe Hilley

The fact of the matter is that people who have a strong desire to win, to be the best at what they do, are more likely to reach their full potential than someone who says, "I don't care if I win or lose, I just want to get better. ~ Stan Beecham

Life is energy, give others the energy you want to receive from others! ~ Stan The Man SA

I think if I were a superhero saving the world, I'd expect at least not to have to pay income taxes. I mean there should be something in it for a hero who risks his life to save mankind every day. ~ Stan Lee

It needs to be said, over and over again, that Stan the Man was voted by 'The Sporting News' as the best baseball player of the postwar decade, from 1946 through 1955. ~ George Vecsey

There was never a day when I was as good as Joe DiMaggio at his best. Joe was the best, the very best I ever saw. ~ Stan Musial

Sunny, happy with the music, no money. I'm thinking you're on holiday. Sipping yellow lemonade. ~ Alexandra Stan

Economics is about creating win-win situations. But in sports, someone loses. ~ Stan Kroenke

You see, in the Marine Corps, they teach you that if you're going to carry or use something, you need to do so responsibly. So, if you're going to deploy tear gas, you have to spend some time in a gas chamber finding out just how bad it sucks. Same thing with tasers, and hell, if it didn't cost so much to train new Marines, they'd probably test rifles out on you, as well. My beloved Corps can be a bit thick headed about things like that. ~ Stan R. Mitchell

Sometimes it's okay to give yourself a pat on the back and say, 'That was cool. That made me feel good.' ~ Sebastian Stan

To me, strategy means trying to overcome your limitations and your weak points. To do that, I try to enhance and leverage my strong points. ~ Stan Shih

That's the problem with this whole country. Fucking vast prosperity. No one has any real problems anymore. Ninety percent of the damn politicians in this town either think there's no war on terror, or if we'd just be nice to these zealots they'll leave us alone. Well, that ain't going to fucking happen. The Huns are circling, and we're sitting around arguing about gay rights and prayer and guns and global warming and all kinds of bullshit. These idiots will eventually wake up to the threat, but by then it might be too late. (Stan Hurley) ~ Vince Flynn

I don't deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence with Charles Chaplin. ~ Stan Laurel

I don't sound disloyal, but I've never had a pair of Marvel pyjamas or underwear. I do have a lot of Marvel figurines at home in a cabinet. Every time they make a new Marvel figure I put it in my cabinet. ~ Stan Lee

When I got a call to do the voice of Johnny in an episode of 'American Dad' titled 'I Can't Stan You,' it was a great opportunity to be a part of a really funny cutting-edge show on television. I really got into the character, and I was able to do some improvisation, which allowed me to mix in part of my personality into the script. ~ Paul Butcher

If you don't like an ad, why should anybody else? ... We're all consumers ... That's why I always create commercials for myself first of all. I am the consumer I know best. If I think it's a great commercial, I figure the rest of the people might think so, too. I haven't been wrong so far. ~ Stan Freberg

How good was Stan Musial? He was good enough to take your breath away. ~ Vin Scully

When you get to the top, don't forget to send the elevator down for the next guy. ~ Stan Kenton

She was surprised to feel his hand on her arm and still more surprised-almost unbelieving-to see his fingers unclasp his identification bracelet and remove it from his arm. Silently he fumbled with the bracelet and slipped it around her right wrist. with a tiny click he snapped the clasp shut. Jane gave a gasp of astonishment and turned questioning to Stan. She was wearing his identification bracelet! The silver links on her wrist were still warm from his arm ~ Beverly Cleary

For those of you that never saw the Small Faces live, this is as close as you're gonna get ~ Stan Lane

We didn't have much expect for kindness. ~ Stan Musial

Just to get a job is always really exciting to me. I do feel there's a lot left for me to learn about movies, the subtleties of acting. ~ Sebastian Stan

I practiced saxophone eight hours a day for the first two years I played. ~ Stan Getz

Just because you have superpowers, that doesn't mean your love life would be perfect. I don't think superpowers automatically means there won't be any personality problems, family problems or even money problems. I just tried to write characters who are human beings who also have superpowers. ~ Stan Lee

There is only one who is all powerful, and his greatest weapon is love. ~ Stan Lee

God is the Man, and there's another Man, Stan 'The Man' Musial in St. Louis. ~ Albert Pujols

As a matter of fact, believe it or not guys, you can actually lose money in sports! I know that you'll find that shocking. ~ Stan Kroenke

You're always remembering songs you wanna sing except when you're actually at karaoke. ~ Sebastian Stan

Lord, baseball is a worrying thing. ~ Stan Coveleski

A complete stranger
a giant pancake, no less
has just appeared in their home," Boyd said. "Why isn't anyone reacting to this? Wouldn't they be screaming in terror?"
"They love pancakes," Stan said.
"What would they do if a fried chicken leg walked in?"
"I'm not sure a chicken leg could walk in," said the script supervisor, a lady who wore three layers of shirts and sucked on a pencil as if it were a pacifier. "I suppose it could hop."
Stan looked over his shoulder at her. "let me handle this." He turned back to Boyd. "The family knows you. You're not just another pancake off the street. You're a celebrity pancake, the Jay Leno of breakfast foods. Would anyone throw Leno out of their house?"
"Okay, assuming you're right, I'm a pancake asking this family to eat me. Am I suicidal or simply filled with self-loathing?"
"Take your pick," Stan said. "Whatever will get you through the scene. ~ Janet Evanovich

That sounds stupid, but people have to remember that being raised a white male in the U.S.in the fifties and sixties, for most of us, meant being raised stupid. ~ Stan Goff

Bring to the table what you want to take away from the table! ~ Stan The Man SA

I came here from Romania when I was 12 years old. I had an accent. High school was tough a little bit for a few years. I wanted to fit in. I wanted to be liked. I wanted to be good-looking. I wanted to be popular. I spent a lot of time thinking, 'What are these people going to think of me?' ~ Sebastian Stan

God pays twice as much attention on Christmas, like the media when a white kid goes missing. ~ Stan Smith

A good quartet is like a good conversation among friends interacting to each other's ideas. ~ Stan Getz

I'm no prophet, but I'm guessing that comic books will always be strong. I don't think anything can really beat the pure fun and pleasure of holding a magazine in your hand, reading the story on paper, being able to roll it up and put it in your pocket, reread again later, show it to a friend, carry it with you, toss it on a shelf, collect them, have a lot of magazines lined up and read them again as a series. I think young people have always loved that. I think they always will. ~ Stan Lee

It could be that everyone who lives to adulthood dies one hit at a time. Only children like Stan die suddenly. ~ Ernie Wood

The power of prayer is still the greatest ever known in this endless eternal universe.-The Watcher in The Avengers #14 ~ Stan Lee

I sometimes look into the face of my dog Stan and see a wistful sadness and existential angst, when all he is actually doing is slowly scanning the ceiling for flies. ~ Merrill Markoe

My dark sound could be heard across a room clearer than somebody with a reedy sound. It had more projection. My sound always seemed to fill a room. ~ Stan Getz

A constant factor in human history is the need to protect oneself. Another factor is the urge to attack someone else. ~ Stan Beckensall

When we played the Dodgers in St. Louis, they had to come through our dugout, and our bat rack was right there where they had to walk. My bats kept disappearing, and I couldn't figure it out. Turns out, Pee Wee Reese was stealing my bats. I found that out later, after we got out of baseball. He and Rube Walker stole my bats. ~ Stan Musial

Most folks call them green onions, but
they're really scallions. ~ Stan Freberg

How come the Muggles don't hear the bus?" said Harry.
"Them!" said Stan contemptuously. "Don' listen properly, do they? Don' look properly either. Never notice nuffink, they don'. ~ J.K. Rowling

If there was a day of the week I could skip it would be Monday. Clients had too much time to think and worry over a long weekend and by Monday they were often riddled with fear and anxiety. ~ Stan Turner

They sit together, physically separate but utterly connected by the moment they've created ~ Stan Lee

They may lack confidence in their ability to leave a romantic relationship when and if necessary. Fear of abandonment eclipses all other matters, including their own happiness in a relationship. ~ Stan Tatkin

I wanted to come back the minute I'd Disapparated, but I walked straight into a gang of Snatchers, Hermione, and I couldn't go anywhere!"
"A gang of what?" asked Harry, as Hermione threw herself down into a chair with her arms and legs crossed so tightly it seemed unlikely that she would unravel them for several years.
"Snatchers," said Ron. "They're everywhere--gangs trying to earn gold by rounding up Muggle-borns and blood traitors, there's a reward from the Ministry for everyone captured. I was on my own and I look like I might be school age; they got really excited, thought I was a Muggle-born in hiding. I had to talk fast to get out of being dragged to the Ministry."
"What did you say to them?"
"Told them I was Stan Shunpike. First person I could think of."
"And they believed that?"
"They weren't the brightest. One of them was definitely part troll, the smell off him…"
Ron glanced at Hermione, clearly hopeful she might soften at this small instance of humor, but her expression remained stony above her tightly knotted limbs. ~ J.K. Rowling

Have Liverpool done too much tinkering and tailoring with the system? ~ Stan Collymore

If you play to win as I do, the game never ends. ~ Stan Mikita

People are pissed off about the seemingly impossible goal of social mobility. their proposed solution is to take the wheels off the cart. ~ Stan Lee

Later, I collaborated with a number of wonderful co-authors, all of whom are friends as well: Stan Finkelstein, ~ Eric Von Hippel

Good" and "Bad" may be alien concepts to him, Ben. ~ Stan Lee

Now, granted, Howard doesn't fit the conventional psychological profile of a rebounder - that of the no-nonsense, utilitarian "dirty work" specialist. Rather, this is a guy who sings Beyoncé at the free throw line, who quotes not Scarface but Finding Nemo, whose idea of humor is ordering 10 pizzas to be delivered to another player's hotel room, or knocking on teammates' doors and sprinting off down the hall, giggling. He goofs around during practice, during press conferences and during team shootarounds, for which Magic coach Stan Van Gundy has had to institute a no-flatulence rule because, as teammate Rashard Lewis says, "Dwight really likes to cut the cheese. ~ Chris Ballard

Unless you give it all you've got, there isn't any sense in playing, ~ Stan Musial

My roommate at Yale University introduced me to the auteur theory of filmmaking. I soon became a big fan of the works of John Ford, Kenji Mizoguchi, Ernst Lubitsch, and Stan Brakhage. I then decided to make my own films! ~ Lloyd Kaufman

Sam stood in the middle of the store. With a spear of brilliant light in hand and wearing a suit of chain mail with a helmet over her green hijab, she looked drop-dead dangerous. If our religion didn't forbid it, I would have kissed her.
"Let him go." Sam's voice radiated Valkyrie power. "Amir belongs to me."
My heart swelled with pride. I felt like we could take on the whole world together, and -
"Not anymore," Stan snarled. "As long as he wears the nábrók, he is bound to me."
Oh. ~ Rick Riordan

Laughter is infectious, like small pox or gay. ~ Stan Smith

I've done some dastardly things but what can I do except make amends and apologize? ~ Stan Getz

Whenever you play dance music, it serves a function. It becomes a utility; you have to worry about the tempos and what you're going to play for people. But when you're playing for listening, you're free. ~ Stan Kenton

Stan Slaughter is the thoroughbred of the environmental educators I've hired. Second place is not even close. ~ Mike Patton

I can't imagine myself at that age with all my troubles behind me and nothing left but pottering in the garden till the end. ~ Stan Barstow

I sense pure evil. I see a figure all dressed in black, but I can't make out the face. ~ Stan Schatt

I would add entertainment media cheerleader Wolf Blitzer, CNN's Pentagon sycophant in Kuwait City, a representative of the neon press, neon being that colorless, inert gas that lights up on command. ~ Stan Goff