Stands With Fist Quotes

Images surround us; cavorting broadcast in the minds of others, we wear the motley tailored by their bad digestions, the shame and failure, plague pandemics and private indecencies, unpaid bills, and animal ecstasies remembered in hospital beds, our worst deeds and best intentions will not stay still, scolding, mocking, or merely chattering they assail each other, shocked at recognition. Sometimes simplicity serves, though even the static image of Saint John Baptist received prenatal attentions (six months along, leaping for joy in his mother's womb when she met Mary who had conceived the day before): once delivered he stands steady in a camel's hair loincloth at a ford in the river, morose, ascetic on locusts and honey, molesting passers-by, upbraiding the flesh on those who wear it with pleasure. And the Nazarene whom he baptized? Three years pass, in a humility past understanding: and then death, disappointed? unsuspecting? and the body left on earth, the one which was to rule the twelve tribes of Israel, and on earth, left crying out - My God, why dost thou shame me? Hopelessly ascendent in resurrection, the image is pegged on the wind by an epileptic tentmaker, his strong hands stretch the canvas of faith into a gaudy caravanserai, shelter for travelers wearied of the burning sand, lured by forgetfulness striped crimson and gold, triple-tiered, visible from afar, redolent of the east, and level and wide the sun crashes the fist of reality into that desert where the truth ~ William Gaddis

If love were enough, I'd tell St Peter to close his gates; I'd block out the stars, and cover the moon with a fist. I'd find a place where time stands still, where no world would exist, except one where we could stand together arm in arm. Except, my darling, here's the secret you should know: where you are, so am I. No there exists or here. No place exists where I would not come when you need me, for you will always exist in a place where my love is without end. ~ Lily Graham

It's you, Pix. You and everybody like you. Everybody who reaches out a hand when they don't have to. Everybody who helps somebody get up on their feet, or gets in the way of a fist so somebody weaker doesn't have to take the pain. Everybody who stands up in the face of evil and says 'no more.' Everybody who does what they can to make this shithole of a planet a little less miserable for everybody else. You are who's fighting for us. ~ Craig Schaefer

It's strange how fear works. It suddenly stands at your shoulder, and slides its arm around you. Its fist closes on your heart. ~ Michael Ford

If instead of a handshake you hold out a fist for a fist bump, I'll wrap my hand around your fist like it was a circular shower handle, and toggle between hot and cold a few times. But I won't get naked for you. ~ Jarod Kintz

Again with that slow, lordly smile. Perfectly shaped for Luc's fist. ~ Page Morgan

I feel an army in my fist. ~ Friedrich Schiller

I only believed in three things: my right fist, my left fist, and my gut. ~ Jaye Wells

We'll hold out our hand; they have to unclench their fist. ~ Hillary Clinton

I've never, ever, raised a fist to anybody in my life. ~ Robbie Williams

It stands for diversity. It stands for vision and strength. It stands for belief in the right things. That's what I think it stands for. ~ John Carlos

Imagine willpower as a closed fist and longing as an open hand. Try closing your fist. How long do you think you can hold that pose? A closed fist requires a lot of attention and energy, and so does willpower. Longing is effortless; it's just there, like an open hand. ~ Gudjon Bergmann

Too often it's about what stands before us, not what stands within us. ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

I grew up on genre. If it had a dragon on the cover, I was interested. But horror, especially, really gripped me in its bony fist. ~ Benjamin Percy

My grandfather was a very strong personality. He certainly ruled his household with an iron fist, even though it was often gloved in velvet! ~ Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Usually in fist fights you get punched in the face. ~ David James Elliott

The fact that nobody liked me at school began to fade out of my mind like blue magic marker reminders scrawled on the back of a greasy fist." greasy fist." - Marilyn Manson ~ Marilyn Manson

Then [Hurl] sat up, holding out her fist. "Not cowards. No backing down. Brave until the end, right Spin? A pact."
I met her fist with mine. "Brave to the end. ~ Brandon Sanderson

When a woman with an iron fist tells you to get out there and clean spit off the door, you do it. Especially when the iron's hot. ~ Markus Zusak

One thing is certain, You can't shake hands with a fist. ~ David Allan Coe

There was so little difference between a fist that was trying to hold everything in and the fist that was ready to release all its frustration and rage. ~ Benjamin Alire Saenz

Listen, if you start worrying about the people in the stands, before too long you're up in the stands with them. ~ Tommy Lasorda

But let's just say, I'm Irish. I grew up in the 1950s. Religion had a very tight iron fist. ~ Liam Neeson

love wishes she was blind. love has to watch unflinchingly as fist after fist makes contact and then she has to take a breath and continue on. ~ Forrest Gold

One has to build a fist against anti-Semitism-a first class orchestra will be this fist. ~ Bronislaw Huberman

Shit," I yell at the stars, and shake my fist at… the moon, I guess, for lack of a better target. ~ Greg Howard

The esthete stands in the same relation to beauty as the pornographer stands to love, and the politician stands to life. ~ Karl Kraus

Some scientists want to replace the handshake with the fist bump. Others want to replace the fist bump with the 'tush push.' ~ Conan O'Brien

My original opinion still stands. I don't think he should have put it out. ~ Lonnie Donegan

If you don't want to play clean football then go up into the stands. ~ Diego Maradona

Sorry, one night stands don't stack up as credentials for tending bar. ~ Katherine McIntyre

I like what L'Oreal stands for, which is women of worth. ~ Andie MacDowell

It's a rock 'n' roll thing to have one-night stands. ~ Rick Springfield

From where the sun now stands I will fight no more. ~ Chief Joseph

Unseasonal clothing actually only stands out when it's visibly uncomfortable. ~ Russell Smith

In the end every one stands alone, and the important thing is who it is that stands alone. ~ Arthur Schopenhauer

I have no problem whatsoever with a kind of political overview or an ideological overview for any of these outlets as long as it's transparent. We know where Breitbart stands, we know where Fox stands, where MSNBC stands. So, people go in with an understanding of that. ~ Tom Brokaw

She fist bumped me, I say, pointing at Six. It's not my fault. She hates purses and she fist bumped me, then made me push her on the damn merry-go-round ... I'm into you because you're awesome. And because you let me accidentally touch your boob. ~ Colleen Hoover

Every good thing in the world stands on the razor-edge of danger. ~ Thornton Wilder

MD stands for money doctor, while PhD, like me, stands for poor hungry doctor. ~ M.N. Tarazi

He had hit with his closed fist and knocked her sprawling. It took talent to make Wyatt lose his temper, but Jessie knew just how to do it, and did it mainly just to have something happening. Pouring whiskey from bottle to glass was boring work. ~ Larry McMurtry

Being an activist is about getting things done. It's not about standing around shaking your fist in anger. ~ Christine Quinn

Closing her right hand into a fist, she folded her thumb over her index finger. Then she drew her arm back. "When you absolutely, positively have to knock a hole through something ... " The Warrior grunted as she drove her fist into the glass dome with tremendous force. " ... you cannot beat a Jeet Kune Do punch. ~ Michael Scott

Just what is it that America stands for? If she stands for one thing more than another it is for the sovereignty of self-governing people. ~ Woodrow Wilson

Gratitude opens a clenched fist and a closed heart. ~ Debasish Mridha

Nothing stands still. The real question is can you change it? ~ Jamie Zawinski

Do you know what chaos stands for? C-H-A-O-S stands for Critical Hate And Overwhelming Stupidity. ~ Gary Busey

If a poem is concentrated, a closed fist, then a novel is relaxed and expansive, an open hand: it has roads, detours, destinations; a heart line, a head line; morals and money come into it. Where the fist excludes and stuns, the open hand can touch and encompass a great deal in its travels. ~ Sylvia Plath

Shiva" is Life. Shiva can be split as Sha+ee+Va where Sha stands for Shareeram or body, ee stands for eeshwari or life giving energy and Va stands for vayu or motion. Thus Shiva represents the body with life and motion. ~ D.K. HEMA HARI

Literature stands related to Man as Science stands to Nature; it is his history. ~ John Henry Newman

You know what 'FAILING' stands for? It stands for 'Finding An Important Lesson, Inviting Needed Growth.' ~ Gary Busey

Too often we make it more about what stands before us, and we miss all that stands within us. ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Do you radiate cold magic when you punch people?" Kail asked.
"I do not engage in physical combat," Icy replied, taking a bite from his vegetable plate, "and I possess no elemental magic ability."
"Then why Icy Fist?"
"It is short for 'Indomitable Courteous Fist,' which is my full name."
"That's significantly less cool, Icy. ~ Patrick Weekes

Officially, MPAA stands for Motion Picture Association of America, but I suggest that MPAA stands for Malicious Power Attacking All. ~ Richard Stallman

I got a kick out of the stands when they would heckle me. I would take the energy from that. ~ Kurt Russell

John Kerry says the 'W' in George W. Bush stands for 'Wrong.' But he still can't explain what John Kerry stands for. ~ David Letterman

Feminism, as it stands, well ... stands. It has ground to a halt. ~ Caitlin Moran

And she was mine, she was mine, the key was in my fist, my fist was in my pocket, she was mine. ~ Vladimir Nabokov

The first time, where Fox Mulder and Scully met, she stands up for herself. She stands right there and gives it to him and that was extremely attractive. ~ Gillian Anderson

I closed my hand into a fist and captured the details of the feeling for later, when I might need them. Storing thoughts in my fist was a way of creating parts of myself, brighter rooms in the house that was my mind, parts that could hold on to feelings of being loved. ~ Olga Trujillo

What miracle is this? This giant tree.
It stands ten thousand feet high
But doesn't reach the ground. Still it stands.
Its roots must hold the sky. ~ Mark Z. Danielewski

A republican stands up in congress and says 'I GOT A REALLY BAD IDEA!!' and the democrat stands up after him and says 'AND I CAN MAKE IT SHITTIER!! ~ Lewis Black

He feared no challenger face-to-face, but war was deception, as Khevat had taught him, and not all men fought their enemies with spear and fist. ~ Peter V. Brett

A father teaches his children that the battle is not determined by the enemy that stands around them, but by the God Who stands within them. And that lesson can only be driven home as they watch their father stand around them, while God stands within their father. ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Since its beginnings, Western music is bound, by an insurmountable convention, to the need to express subjectivity. It stands against the harsh sound of the outside world just as the sensitive soul stands against the insensibility of the universe. ~ Milan Kundera

The turtle stands on a turtle, which stands on a turtle. That's the universe in whole, boy. It's turtles all the way down. ~ Bill Willingham

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

I am anti-Bush. A lot of what he stands for is the antithesis of what I stand for. ~ Jonathan Shapiro

Tucker, I want to tell you a secret." She curled my hand into a fist and showed it to me. "Life is a battle, but you can't fight it with your fists." She gently tapped me on the chin with my fist and then put her hand on my chest, " You got to figt it with your heart. ~ Charles Martin

Miguel glanced back at her, fist raised. "You shut up, nina, " he shouted, shaking his fist at Abby. He must have been pretty shaken to take his eyes off an opponent. Or maybe he still didn't consider me a serious threat. How insulting.
"I'll deal with you when I'm finished with - ugh!" I cut off his threat with a kick to the groin. ~ Rachel Vincent

Broke your jaw once before
Spilt your blood upon the floor
You broke my leg in return
So let's sit back and watch the bed burn
Well love sticks sweat drips
Break the lock if it don't fit
A kick in the teeth is good for some
A kiss with a fist is better than none ~ Florence Welch

Higher than "thou shalt" stands "I will" (the heroes), and higher than "I will" stands "I am" (the Greek gods). ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

Folk aren't just cowards or heroes. They're both and neither, depending on how things stand. Depending on who stands with them, who stands against. Depending on the life they've had. The death they see waiting. They ~ Joe Abercrombie

What do you want, MacGuffin, a duel?"
"No." Julian held out both hands, one palm flat, the other held over it in a fist. "Rock, paper, scissors. Two out of three."
Ty rolled his eyes and held out his fist, apparently willing to play. Julian hit his palm three times, and Ty kept time with his fist in the air. But when Julian threw a paper, Ty reached into his jacket with his other hand and pulled his gun, aiming it at Julian.
"Ty!" Zane said in exasperation from the front seat.
"Glock, paper, scissors. I win."
"You are an ass," Julian muttered. ~ Abigail Roux

The resurrection stands related to righteousness in the same way that death stands related to sin. ~ Geerhardus Vos

So I think (Obama) definitely has convinced people that he stands for change and for hope, and I can't wait to see what he stands for. ~ Susan Sarandon

The bourgeois stands like a question mark,
Speechless, like the hungry cur,
The ancient world stands there behind him,
A mongrel dog, afraid to stir. ~ Alexander Blok

They who laugh the hardest
are the same ones
who have fought the toughest.
The winner, though fraught with scars
stands alone,
wholly victorious. ~ Tara Estacaan

Each humblest plant, or weed, as we call it, stands there to express some thought or mood of ours; and yet how long it stands in vain! ... Beauty and true wealth are always thus cheap and despised. ~ Henry David Thoreau

A dwarf is small even if he stands on a mountain; a colossus keeps his height, even if he stands in a well. ~ Seneca The Younger

He who falls, falls by his own will; and he who stands, stands by God's will. ~ Augustine Of Hippo

One feels very blessed to be born into a family like the Birla family, which is a household name in India, which stands for tradition, is yet contemporary, stands for trust. ~ Kumar Mangalam Birla

Nowhere else in history has there ever been a flag that stands for the right to burn itself. This is the fractal of our flag. It stands for the right to destroy itself. ~ Ken Kesey

Danny was unfazed at the size of the large-stomached man, with hairy arms waving about like a pizza chef, all violent gestures and shouting. His crude, pinch-faced wife spat salivated swear words at him. She was in her thirties and behaving like a grounded teenager, screaming at him to leave her property.
"One hundred thousand pesetas please." Danny took a bony, female fist to his cheek, jarring him. He shook it off.
"Two hundred thousand now."
She jabbed at him again, as her fist poked towards his nose, he head-butted it. She recoiled in pain gasping and nursing her hand. The husband, a chubby, but solid Valencian, went ape-shit and lobbed a hairy, dimpled fist at him, causing Danny to shift on his feet. He pulled his head out of the way with the skill of a middleweight. The man drew his fist from three o'clock and blasted scarred knuckles towards his face again. Danny's reaction was lightning; he caught the fist and held firm, flipped down the hood, his face showing something new. The man recoiled, recognising grim determination and knew this man would never give up. ~ Mark Shearman

You can wave your signs in protest against America taking stands. The stands America's taken are the reason that you can. ~ Clint Black

Arise, my soul, arise; shake off thy guilty fears; The bleeding sacrifice in my behalf appears:
Before the throne my surety stands, Before the throne my surety stands, my name is written on His hands. ~ Charles Wesley

... violence is an ugly thing and in the calmer moments I racked my brains for other ways to get what I wanted. Better a brain than a fist. A brain can hold anything, from giant things like distant stars and planets, to tiny things we can't see, like germs. ... A brain can hold a whole universe, a fist just holds what little it can grab. Or hits what it can't. ~ C.A. Fletcher

The Peace Corps represents some, if not all, of the best virtues in this society. It stands for everything that America has ever stood for. It stands for everything we believe in and hope to achieve in the world. ~ Sargent Shriver

It is only God himself who brings Job joy in the end. And, when all is done, the mystery remains. God stands revealed in his hiddenness, an object of terror, adoration and love. And Job stands before him 'like a man' (38:3; 40:7), trusting and satisfied. ~ Francis I. Andersen

I think the one thing that most stands out is that my father always did what he believed to be the right thing to do and he always told us that we had to go our own way even if he disagreed. ~ Klaus Fuchs

Effectiveness lies in the balance - what I call the P/PC Balance. P stands for production of desired results, the golden eggs. PC stands for production capability, the ability or asset that produces the golden eggs. ~ Stephen R. Covey

Apart from the pulling and hauling stands what I am, Stands amused, complacent, compassionating, idle, unitary, Looks down, is erect, or bends an arm on an impalpable certain rest, Looking with side-curved head curious what will come next, Both in and out of the game and watching and wondering at it. ~ Walt Whitman

A wise man who stands firm is a statesman, a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe. ~ Adlai Stevenson I

The first meeting of the Fraternitus Bad-Boyificus was also to be my first fighting lesson. I made a fist and showed it to Eldric.
"Fistibus Briony." I shook my fist. "Eldric terrorificorumest?"
"Terrific? I'm terrific!"
"Not terrific!" I said. "Quite the opposite. Listen carefully: terrorificorum."
"Hmm," said Eldric.
"Grant me patience, O Jupiter Magnificum!"
"Not terrified!" shouted Eldric at last. "never terrified of Briony's fistibus!"
We laughed and laughed. ~ Franny Billingsley

Anarchism stands for the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion and liberation of the human body from the coercion of property; liberation from the shackles and restraint of government. It stands for a social order based on the free grouping of individuals ... ~ Emma Goldman

An intention for the future stands to the acting one engages in when one starts to execute it, or, equivalently, to the intention in action that it becomes at that point, as a caterpillar stands to the butterfly it becomes in metamorphosis. ~ Action Theory

Let me tell you what the Tea Party stands for. It stands for the fact that we are taxed enough already. ~ Michele Bachmann

Self-regulation stands in relation to regulation the way self-importance stands in relation to importance. ~ Willem Buiter

A clenched fist can punch, but cannot embrace. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

I really saw clearly, and for the first time, why a mother is really important. Not just because she feeds and also loves and cuddles and even mollycoddles a child, but because in an interesting and maybe an eerie and unworldly way, she stands in the gap. She stands between the unknown and the known. ~ Maya Angelou