Standup Quotes
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Gary was a real nice guy, a standup guy, fun to be with, ... He was a good guy. My kid worked with him; in fact, he worked with him only a couple of weeks ago.
Larry Dunn Earth, Wind & Fire
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After doing comedy for a while and knowing how hard it is to do physical comedy right, I learned how incredibly talented the Three Stooges really were after re-watching old episodes. They still stand up!
Carly Craig
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I always stand up for what I believe and what I want to.
Forest Whitaker
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A stand-up comedian will never be the life of a party. Instead, he will be the guy who is standing at a corner and observing people.
Vir Das
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I'm not going to freeze under the pressure. I'm hoping I can stand up to it.
Carly Rae Jepsen
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It's important to stand up to all forms of bullying, and it's even more important for those who are around you to be just as courageous and stand with you!
Normani Kordei Hamilton Fifth Harmony
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If you stand up for women, then don't bash me.
Olivia Munn
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You don't realize how strong you are until you have to help someone else stand up.
Taylor Jenkins Reid
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We must stand up and say, "I'm black and I'm beautiful," and this self-affirmation is the black man's need, made compelling by the white man's crimes against him.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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I think people are hungry for someone who will stand up on principle.
Rand Paul
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Ballet is good, because it makes you stand up tall.
Carine Roitfeld
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A true man does not only stand up for himself, he stands up for those that do not have the ability to.
Mackenzie King
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What’s the point of having beliefs and values if we don't stand up for the former and live by the latter?
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
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The strong man is the man who can stand up for his rights and not hit back.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Real comedy can't be learned; it comes from a need for justice. The best who stand up, stand up for something.
Elayne Boosler
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I didn't really like the aloneness of doing stand-up.
Steve Buscemi
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I did stand-up for my grandparents every day when I was, like, eight.
Ariana Grande
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People get good gigs because they stand up....You don't get picked. Reject the tyranny of picked. Pick yourself.
Seth Godin
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After graduation, I was floundering in L.A., doing stand-up comedy and working in a shoe store in the Valley.
Kevin Spacey
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Those of you who are not aware of my brilliant career as a stand up comic, I'm not aware of it either so we might well wonder what we're doing here.
Alan Rickman
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Whenever I do theaters, I don't like 'em. I don't think they're right for stand-up.
Norm MacDonald
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To those that feel down and out…Let today be the day you stand up & fight. Let today be the day you say I won’t quit.
Nathaniel Buzolic
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Why not stand up, pump your fists in the air, and scream like a maniac?
Hayley Williams Paramore
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I always hate telling my jokes in print 'cause I always feel like it reads so not funny and people read it and they think, 'Oh, so that's what that guy does in his stand-up? That's terrible.'
Aziz Ansari