"Stand pat" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... lose that argument," roared Anderson. "Me an' Lenore stand pat. You'll sow more an' better wheat than ever—than any other man in the Northwest. Get my hunch?... Well, I'll tell you later.... Now see here, let me declare myself about you. I seen it worries you more an' more, now you're gettin' ...
— The Desert of Wheat • Zane Grey
... over five thousand feet under uncertain wind and heat conditions, and so the element of uncertainty was aggravated. We felt that if we could go up in a new balloon of a small size it might demonstrate whether we should later go up a tree or stand pat ...
— In Africa - Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country • John T. McCutcheon |
