Standstill Quotes

Stagnation is something worse than death. It is corruption, also.

In each case you settle on an act. Doing nothing at all counts as an act.

For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen.

Whenever life's at a standstill, I need some action.

There is still nothing on the proverbial scoreboard.

By the mere fact that we do not go forward, we go backward.

Many a false step is made standing still.

Nobody is going anywhere in 10 years.

Gridlock is great. My motto is, 'Don't just do something. Stand there.'

If you keep dead still, they will run down in three of four minutes.

If you become deadlocked,return to the prime point.

The stationary condition is the beginning of the end

Everyone needs an objective, and everyone needs a goal, and it was frustrating just kind of being at a standstill.

The Cul-de-Sac ( French for "dead end" ) ... is a situation where you work and work and work and nothing much changes

It's stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.

Wanting him to come back before anyone notices part of the world has not moved since he left.

From the very nature of progress, all ages must be transitional. If they were not, the world would be at a stand-still and death would speedily ensue. It is one of the tamest of platitudes but it is always introduced by a flourish of trumpets.

Nothing ever gets anywhere. The earth keeps turning round and gets nowhere. The moment is the only thing that counts.

If you stand still there is only one way to go, and that's backwards.

Progress, the religion of those who have none.

If people had understood how patents would be granted when most of today's ideas were invented, and had taken out patents, the industry would be at a complete standstill today.

Scepticismcan never be thoroughly applied, else life would come to a standstill.

It is still summer, but the summer is no longer alive. It has come to a standstill; nothing withers, and fall is not ready to begin. There are no stars yet, just darkness.

America can't go sideways anymore.

The result was I went nowhere.