I've never seen somebody get more flak than Colin Kaepernick for silently and nonviolently protesting and standing up for something he believes, and something that obviously is an actual problem.
The Beltway media went into caroming-off-the-walls hysterics over Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky, whipping itself into a flaming casserole even as Clinton's standing with the American people remained upright and firm, so to speak.
Frederick Douglass had to teach himself how to read before standing up to defeat slavery.
If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.
Activists and geeks, standing together, are demonstrating powers beyond the reach of government control.
Blacks gave me a standing ovation when they put the cap and gown on me, and that was the proudest I've ever been.
Writing about Africa by Africans has been part of my literary apprenticeship, standing alongside works by authors such as Joseph Conrad, Joyce Cary and Graham Greene as influences.
The thrill of standing on the stage and hearing the crowd, it's the greatest feeling in the world. It's a blessed feeling.
Standing up and teaching is grueling, but grueling fun.
I love playing. If it was down to just that, it would be utopia. But it's not. It's airplanes, hotel rooms, limousines, and armed guards standing outside rooms. I don't get off on that part of it at all.
I'm no expert standing at a podium giving speeches. I share heartbeats. Compassion.
When you get older, unless you're a huge star, the parts become less and the competition becomes greater. Because the guys left standing are the best.
Unfortunately, instead of standing up to Iran, the Obama administration is giving in to the Iranians' bizarre tantrums and illogical arguments.
Youthful impatience obscures the endless potential for joy that's standing right in front of you.
I'm pretty infamous for opening my garage and standing in the middle of it and sneering.
I'm very upset that the Supreme Court ruled that citizens don't have standing to challenge the faith based initiatives on constitutional grounds.
During World War II, law-abiding Japanese-American citizens were herded into remote internment camps, losing their jobs, businesses and social standing, while an all-Japanese-American division fought heroically in Europe.
Ronald Reagan succeeded in bringing down the Iron Curtain by showing strength and resolutely standing up to the Soviet Union. President Trump needs to be similarly resolute towards Putin.
Without the Sisters of St. Joseph, I might not be standing here.
Conservative Justices have a history of not standing by their professed commitment to judicial restraint.