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stand still

«Any girl can look glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.»
Author: Hedy Lamarr (Actress) | About: Girls | Keywords: glamorous, stand still
«In business, the competition will bite you if you keep running, if you stand still, they will swallow you.»
«A child's spirit is like a child, you can never catch it by running after it; you must stand still, and, for love, it will soon itself come back.»
«America does not concern itself now with Impressionism. We own no involved philosophy. The psyche of the land is to be found in its movement. It is to be felt as a dramatic force of energy and vitality. We move; we do not stand still. We have not yet arrived at the stock-taking stage.»
«Don't you want to stand still with me?»
«And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan.»
«And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day: / And those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the LORD in his appointed season among the children of Israel? / And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: dead body, Passover, stand still
«And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.»
«And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: Egyptians, shew, stand still
«Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God»