We want to enable Start-Ups and make India no 1 in this field. Start-Up India and Stand-Up India! Votes: 3
Narendra ModiStand-up is successful if they laugh. It's unsuccessful if they don't laugh. Votes: 2
Kumail NanjianiI will stand up for families against powerful interests, against corporations. Votes: 0
Hillary ClintonChildren teach us to be courageous and to stand up against injustice. Votes: 0
Marian Wright EdelmanI think in doing stand-up there are no rules and there's no architecture. Votes: 0
Michael Ian BlackThe British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office. Votes: 0
George Bernard ShawYou worry about whether you are match-fit, coming back to the stand-up stage. Votes: 0
Deirdre O'KaneWhen I do any stand-up, you're the writer, director, and producer. You're alone. Votes: 0
Andrew Dice ClayWith stand-up, it's more interesting to hear about people's failures than their successes. Votes: 0
Aziz AnsariChildren don't vote but adults who do must stand up and vote for them. Votes: 0
Marian Wright EdelmanWhen you believe in something, stand up for it, even if everyone is sitting. Votes: 0
Natasha Friend[Stand-up] might be ballsy, but I'd rather not be an actor. Actors are tools. Votes: 0
Doug StanhopeI think stand-up comedy is this - it's this kind of indulgence and narcissism. Votes: 0
Jim GaffiganStand up! Keep your backs straight! Remember that this is where the wings grow. Votes: 0
Martha GrahamThe hallucination of being a separate ego will not stand up to biological tests. Votes: 0
Alan WattsI started out as a stand-up comedian. And that's what I'm most comfortable doing. Votes: 0
Eddie MurphyStand-up has the best writers, because it's the hardest writing by a million miles. Votes: 0
Norm MacDonaldEvery person must stand up and be accountable, but be responsible for their actions. Votes: 0
Martin Luther King, Jr.Sobering up was responsible for breaking up my marriage. That's what it couldn't stand. Votes: 0
James TaylorSpecifically in stand-up, I love jokes. I love short, structured ideas and a punchline. Votes: 0
Demetri MartinThose years between drama school and getting onto the stand-up circuit were pretty lean. Votes: 0
Graham NortonWhen you are doing stand-up comedy, you are the writer, producer, director, sometimes bouncer. Votes: 0
Dane CookI learned to stand up for myself at school where I was never too popular. Votes: 0
Sophie Ellis-BextorI learned to stand up for myself at school where I was never too popular. Votes: 0
Sophie Ellis BextorStand up and be strong! No fear. No superstition. Face the truth as it is! Votes: 0
Swami VivekanandaDon't hide yourself. Stand up, keep your head high and show them what you got! Votes: 0
Joe Mari FadrigalanMy disappointments stand up and grow ever taller. They will not be lost to me. Votes: 0
Jamaica KincaidI did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career - anything for a laugh. Votes: 0
Bob UeckerStand up for your principles, but be a decent human being while you're doing it. Votes: 0
Rick SantorumI think there's a core of real anger or misery inside every true stand-up comic. Votes: 0
Scott RaabPeople don't stand up and protect their dreams because they get spoofed in a way. Votes: 0
Kanye WestYou can't stand up to the night until you understand what's hiding in its shadows. Votes: 0
Charles de LintWhenever I do theaters, I don't like 'em. I don't think they're right for stand-up. Votes: 0
Norm MacDonaldWhat makes a man stand up and work? Strength. Strength is goodness, weakness is sin. Votes: 0
Swami VivekanandaWhen you're doing stand-up, you can comment if something fails, get a laugh from that. Votes: 0
Rob BrydonWhen backed up against a wall, dig deep, demand excellence, stand tall, and be strong. Votes: 0
Robert CheekeDoing stand-up comedy is in the middle of a traffic jam getting everybody moving again. Votes: 0
Jon StewartAs a live stand-up comedy performer, I have the benefit of choosing real entrance music. Votes: 0
John HodgmanI have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny. Votes: 0
Barbara MertzWe should celebrate more often politicians who stand up and say things that are unpopular. Votes: 0
Philip DaviesAnd how can poetry stand up against its new conditions? Its position is perfectly precarious. Votes: 0
John Crowe RansomYou cannot knock a man down who will not stand up, nor argue with a skeptic. Votes: 0
Austin O'MalleyParadigms can be asked to show their worth, an some of them do not stand up. Votes: 0
Simon BlackburnStop crying; stand up and look around you; there is always a way out in life! Votes: 0
Mehmet Murat ildanI'm best known as a stand-up comedian, but I'm a good actor in the right role. Votes: 0
Marcus BrigstockeThere's no real preparing at home for stand-up. You just go and you just do it. Votes: 0
Louis C. K.Stand up for justice, stand up for truth; and God will be at your side forever. Votes: 0
Martin Luther King, Jr.Burst down those closet doors once and for all, and stand up and start to fight. Votes: 0
Harvey MilkThere are many ways to fall down, but there's only one way to stand up straight. Votes: 0
Gilbert K. ChestertonStand up for the things that are right. Try to talk things out instead of fight. Votes: 0
Robert Alan AurthurStand-up is the place where you can do things that you could never do in public. Votes: 0
Robin WilliamsI will always do stand-up, even if my acting career takes off. Stand-up is my life. Votes: 0
Chris TuckerStand-up is live, so I'm used to being live for most of my career. It's interesting. Votes: 0
Colin QuinnYou have to stand up for what's right in life. Unless you do that... you're nothing. Votes: 0
Aaron RussoHaving the courage to stand up for yourself is like bringing swords to a stick fight. Votes: 0
Kyle SchmalenbergThere's a real rebirth in the artistic community to stand up for what you believe in. Votes: 0
Kenneth EhrlichI really loved what I was doing being creative and being funny as a stand-up comedian. Votes: 0
Chris TuckerI will never stop doing stand-up; that's my career, but I will do movies in Hollywood. Votes: 0
Russell PetersIâll always be doing stand-up as long as people are still interested in seeing me. Votes: 0
Chelsea HandlerStand-up comedy is like the lowest medium in all of show business in levels of respect. Votes: 0
Chris RockStand-up is the scariest thing - whether it's TV, movies, improv - stand-up is the worst. Votes: 0
Melissa PetermanLet's continue to stand up for those who are vulnerable to being left out or marginalized. Votes: 0
Hillary ClintonThe ability to workshop in stand-up comedy is incomparable to any art form, in my opinion. Votes: 0
Mike BirbigliaSome people's developmental path has not equipped them to stand up and let go of something. Votes: 0
Henry CloudWhen the wisdom speaks, be quite and listen! When the stupidity speaks, stand up and leave! Votes: 0
Mehmet Murat ildanI'm an honorary ambassador for Stand Up to Cancer, and I'm also associated with St. Jude's. Votes: 0
Sofia VassilievaI don't like doing things by halves, and I realised you can't do stand-up comedy part-time. Votes: 0
Deirdre O'KaneI'm a stand-up. I'm never worried about getting my next role. That's never distressing to me. Votes: 0
T. J. MillerFall down seven times, stand up eight. - Chinese proverbWithout music, life would be a mistake. Votes: 0
Friedrich NietzscheThe strong man is the man who can stand up for his rights and not hit back. Votes: 0
Martin Luther King, Jr.Stand-up for me is usually a weekend thing. I go out of town and just do it. Votes: 0
Chris HardwickI'm not a fighter by nature, but, if I believe in something, I stand up for it Votes: 0
Justin BieberWe wanted to do a crime that the world would have to stand up and take notice. Votes: 0
Susan AtkinsThe best thing I ever did with my life was stand up and say I've got Alzheimer's. Votes: 0
Terry PratchettCome on. Stand up. Get up. Don't give up. Never give up. Never never ever give up! Votes: 0
Nikki RosenA boy who won't stand up for himself becomes a man who can't stand up to anything. Votes: 0
Khaled HosseiniDo we have to stare death in the face to make us stand up and confront Resistance? Votes: 0
Steven PressfieldI started as a stand-up comedian. I wanted to be Carol Burnett when I was growing up. Votes: 0
Stephanie MillerI think the immediate thing is we stand up to protect those people who are in trouble. Votes: 0
Bernie SandersI want the cabinet to stand up and have a spine and a backbone and take responsibility. Votes: 0
Alex SinkThe power of the American people, when we rise up and stand for liberty, knows no bounds. Votes: 0
Ted CruzI'm interested in doing some acting in the future, but it's a distant second to stand up. Votes: 0
Anthony JeselnikWell, I think my stand-up is often kind of visual. Not like Carrot Top visual, but visual. Votes: 0
Michael Ian BlackI do stand up sometimes out of anger. Sometimes the greatest stuff comes from a dark place. Votes: 0
Tracy MorganAt some point I stopped stand-up because I didn't have something to say on a nightly basis. Votes: 0
Billy CrystalIt's still a pretty sexist world out there and someone's got to stand up and say something. Votes: 0
Eliza DushkuI ask the GOP leaders also to stand up for the integrity of the American electoral process. Votes: 0
Tim KaineMy touring has never stopped; from the time I started doing stand-up, I've been on the road. Votes: 0
Lewis BlackIf Republicans are going in the wrong direction, I am still willing to stand up against them. Votes: 0
Steve ScaliseTo stand up for peace and against war and for disarmament is very courageous here in America. Votes: 0
Mairead CorriganNow, I think the people who are still doing stand-up are doing it because they love stand-up. Votes: 0
Wanda SykesPopular ideas about AIDS are based on a hypothesis that does not stand up to scientific scrutiny. Votes: 0
Nate MendelI better start doing stand up comedy in Spanish before every comedian in Mexico translates my jokes. Votes: 0
Felipe EsparzaYou really need faith in yourself to make art and to stand up for what you believe in. Votes: 0
Elizabeth PeytonGet up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight. Votes: 0
Bob MarleyBullying is not gonna stop, but we can at least be confident enough to stand up to it. Votes: 0
Greyson ChanceThere is no use saying you chose to lie down when it has become impossible to stand up. Votes: 0
C. S. LewisStep up and shake the hand Of someone you can't stand, You can tolerate him if you try! Votes: 0
Tom LehrerWouldn`t it be great for some of the Republican candidates to stand up to the money guys Votes: 0
Chris MatthewsWhen I get this kind of support, I feel validated in my decision to stand up for myself. Votes: 0
Paula BroadwellHave faith in yourselves, and stand up on that faith and be strong; that is what we need. Votes: 0
Swami VivekanandaStand up and wash away this shame from the face of Christ! They are spitting in His face. Votes: 0
Sabina WurmbrandEvery man eventually is backed up to the wall of faith, and there he must make his stand. Votes: 0
Ezra Taft BensonHey, man, I toss a stick for a living. Gotta spice up that deal, y'know. Gotta stand out. Votes: 0
Breaux GreerMy mother always told me before shows to stand up and show them whose little boy you are. Votes: 0
Steve KazeeLondon seems to be a town with a lot of comedy fans and people that really enjoy stand-up. Votes: 0
Aziz AnsariTell the President to stand up to our enemies, not cower to them or make excuses for them! Votes: 0
Jim GilmoreMy desire is to stand up and brush myself off when I make mistakes and ask for forgiveness. Votes: 0
Janine TurnerWhen you get to the extremes there is, sometimes, just the need where you have to stand up. Votes: 0
Jennifer GranholmYou need to have people within your own party that have the wherewithal to stand up to you. Votes: 0
Rand PaulMisers, as death approaches, are heaping up a chest of reasons to stand in more awe of him. Votes: 0
William ShenstoneWhen I put something on, and I stand up much straighter, that's when I love to wear clothes. Votes: 0
Bonnie WrightThere was something about Ash that made every hormone in her body stand up and pant for more Votes: 0
Sherrilyn KenyonMy music is made for the people who are willing to stand up to change this world themselves. Votes: 0
Tom MorelloThere are real solutions right now for us if we stand up with the courage of our convictions. Votes: 0
Jill SteinChrist instructs us to stand up bravely for our beliefs... He asks us to let our lights shine. Votes: 0
Thomas S. MonsonYou cannot build up a character in a solitude; you need a formed character to stand a solitude. Votes: 0
Austin O'MalleyDevelop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else. Votes: 0
Maya AngelouI go to a lot of stand-up comedy. I find more inspiration from observational stuff than from rap. Votes: 0
Riz AhmedIf [the devil has] brought you down, make sure that with Christâs enabling you stand back up. Votes: 0
Alistair BeggMany times I have asked Muslim women not to nurture the victim mentality. stand up for your rights Votes: 0
Tariq RamadanThey were unable to stand up and say: 'Here's our policy. It's Unite the world against terrorism.' Votes: 0
Chris MatthewsI didn't want to be selling insurance at 40, wondering what would it have been like to do stand-up. Votes: 0
Steven WrightYou need to know what doesn't work to know what works. It's especially true in improv and stand-up. Votes: 0
Mike BirbigliaWhat's great about stand-up unlike athletes and other things when you get old you get old and rusty. Votes: 0
Jay MohrI like to edit; I like to work with other people, and that's something stand-up doesn't really have. Votes: 0
Kyle DunniganWell I stand up next to a mountain, and I chop it down with the edge of my hand Votes: 0
Jimi HendrixStand-up is hard. Or to keep it at a certain level is hard: I have no writers but me. Votes: 0
Jerry SeinfeldI just want to be able to stand up straight for a little while before I get cut down. Votes: 0
Henry RollinsMum would have a panic attack if she had to stand up and give a speech around a table. Votes: 0
Lily JamesDemocracy is not what we hate the most and what we fear the most. We need to stand up. Votes: 0
Jill SteinHe was, after all, the ultimate rebel -- it takes a lot of cojones to stand up to Zeus. Votes: 0
Jasper FfordeDonât stand up when you can sit down and donât sit down when you can lie down. Votes: 0
Kenneth BranaghI think the best thing I ever did with my life was stand up and say I've got Alzheimer's. Votes: 0
Terry PratchettTo understand is to stand under which is to look up to which is a good way to understand. Votes: 0
Corita KentI was a stand-up comedian for 10 years, if you can believe it. And I gave it up at age 22. Votes: 0
Samm LevineEventually I'm going to be too old to be on camera, and I've been doing stand-up a long time. Votes: 0
Jen KirkmanI will always stand up and fight for you and fight for your jobs and fight for your families. Votes: 0
Hillary ClintonI stand by every decision I've made throughout my career and my life, good or bad, up or down. Votes: 0
David CoverdaleThe most important thing my father taught me is that every man has to stand up for his rights. Votes: 0
Ziggy MarleyI initially signed up for Twitter just to do jokes I wasn't going to do in my stand-up routine. Votes: 0
Jim GaffiganIf you make a bad movie about stand-up, then comedians will mock you for the rest of your life. Votes: 0
Judd ApatowWhen I began doing stand-up, it took me a long time to get an hour's worth of material together. Votes: 0
Kevin NealonSometimes in order to make progress and move ahead, you have to stand up and do the wrong thing. Votes: 0
Gary AckermanThe man was the finest preacher. He could make a frog stand up straight and get happy with Jesus. Votes: 0
James McBrideStand-up, for me, is really more of an addiction, so you have to feed the beast whenever you can. Votes: 0
John OliverStop looking out, start looking in. Be your own best friend. Stand up and say, hey, this is mine! Votes: 0
Sammy HagarSomebody's gotta stand up and say pubic hair is good, murder is bad. Sex is good, violence is bad. Votes: 0
William H. MacyFor my stand-up, I always have my notebook with me and if something strikes me, I'll write it down. Votes: 0
Janeane GarofaloIt's important to stand up for your work, otherwise somebody else will step in and say they did it. Votes: 0
Jerry BruckheimerWhere does my fist go when I open up my hand? Where does my lap go when I stand up? Votes: 0
Alan WattsYou can't lie down when people come on to use you, you have to stand up for your rights too. Votes: 0
Sonny BargerWhen I'm not on T.V. or working on a movie, I'm on the road doing stand-up. That's my roots. Votes: 0
Wanda SykesI stand up for what I believe in and a lot of the time that can be against people's opinions. Votes: 0
RihannaI didn't want to be nobody, and that was the only way I could be somebody was to do stand-up. Votes: 0
George LopezIf a Korean artist reaches to the top, we're all ready to stand up and applaud for him or her. Votes: 0
PsyStand-up is kind of like my home base, and doing stand-up in New York is what I like doing most. Votes: 0
Judah FriedlanderIf you see me doing a new stand-up special, it probably means I've been out of work for a while. Votes: 0
Denis LearyJust because you don't know how to do stand-up doesn't mean you don't know how to put on a show. Votes: 0
Jack BlackMy thing is, the older you get you gotta stand up for what you believe in, and keep bashin' away. Votes: 0
Chuck DThe genius of the Word of God is that it has staying power; it can stand up to repeated exposure. Votes: 0
Howard G. HendricksLiving in the lap of luxury isn't bad except that you never know when luxury is going to stand up. Votes: 0
Orson WellesHow can I set free anyone who doesn't have the guts to stand up alone and declare his own freedom? Votes: 0
Jim MorrisonIf you lie down and let somebody kick you, you're never going to get nowhere. You have to stand up. Votes: 0
Sonny BargerA man must stand up for what he believes in - especially in this culture war between good and evil. Votes: 0
Ted NugentI come from the stage. I started my career as a stand-up comedian and then later on became an actor. Votes: 0
Patrick HuardWill you stand up an fight? he wondered bitterly. Or do you intend to remain on your knees for ever? Votes: 0
Paul StewartThe Magic in this garden has made me stand up and know I am going to live to be a man. Votes: 0
Frances Hodgson BurnettThe best thing we can do is be a servant of God. It does good to stand up and serve others. Votes: 0
Fred ShuttlesworthI love stand-up more than anything, and I'm so happy to have found a way to use it in the show. Votes: 0
Louis C. K.My old man says when it's time to be counted, the important thing is to be man enough to stand up. Votes: 0
Robert A. HeinleinI think it's important, if you are an artist, to use your music to stand up for what you believe in. Votes: 0
Tracy ChapmanThat's what we were toldstand up for yourself. But that's hard to do if you don't know who you are. Votes: 0
Shane KoyczanStand-up comedy is mine: it's my entity; it's my brand; I own it. I do it when I want to do it. Votes: 0
Kevin HartI could stand up and go to her and kiss her. I could. But there is still too much to be ruined. Votes: 0
John GreenNow I can stand up on the stage again like I used to after five years of sitting down while I sang. Votes: 0
Etta JamesWe only have one rule and that is there are no rules, so stand up and sing as much as you want to. Votes: 0
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