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Stay Quotes

On staying put, staying loyal, and staying the course.

This set of stay quotes covers loyalty to a club, a scientist's extended working stay on a remote island, and educators who remain teaching year after year despite a system stacked against them. It's less about wanderlust and more about commitment, see our Home for the flip side of that idea.

I want to stay learning and hopefully allow my craft to evolve.

Quotes by Aesop Rock

I like to make stuff and I try to stay busy.

Quotes by Aesop Rock

Diversity can't be a fashionable thing: it should be here to stay.

Quotes by Adwoa Aboah

Everybody's got their ways of doing things and for me I've got to stay fresh, fly and flashy. So I'm going to make sure I'm fresh, fly and flashy in the ring too.

Quotes by Adrien Broner

Always Quotes

We try and stay out of the corporate side of it. The band has never compromised. At some point in our career we could have made a certain type of record and sold millions of units, as they are called.

Quotes by Adrian Smith

I'm a working actor, and I want to stay a working actor, and I want everybody happy.

Quotes by Adina Porter

Politicians and bureaucrats must learn to stay away from the day-by-day functioning of business.

Quotes by Adi Godrej

I'm very much the type of actor that once I embody the character, I could stay in it from the beginning to the end.

Quotes by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Listen to clients, employees, and peers and stay open to their ideas, feedback, and answers. Doing so is vital to the success of any leader.

Quotes by Adena Friedman

Go Quotes

Gym sessions will always consist of 40 minutes to one-hour cardio. I try to stay off the treadmill because of the pounding, so it's the rower or the cross-trainer.

Quotes by Adebayo Akinfenwa

Players build up friendships with each other, so when a team-mate wants out, part of you understands that he is torn and you know you can't begrudge him a move. But the other part of you wants him to stay...

Quotes by Adebayo Akinfenwa

Obviously this all-time leading scorer thing I knew was out there and I thought, 'Man, if I stay healthy, I would like to reach that goal.'

Quotes by Adam Vinatieri

I think podcasting is here to stay.

Quotes by Adam Scott

I try to write in the mornings, as soon as I'm up and caffeinated, and to stay in the chair as long as I can be productive.

Quotes by Adam Mansbach

Home Quotes

I get why certain actors want to stay in the closet.

Quotes by Adam Lambert

Bitcoin is here to stay. There would be a hacker uproar to anyone who attempted to take credit for the patent of cryptocurrency. And I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of hacker fury.

Quotes by Adam Draper

I'm advocating that American citizens interested in democracy should stay out of chain stores.

Quotes by Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

Alone! Alone! No beacon, far or near! No chart, no compass, and no anchor stay!

Quotes by Ada Cambridge

The first eight years in Mumbai were specially tough. I knew during the first two months of my stay that there's no point waiting for hours to meet producers. They won't meet you and definitely won't give you a role.

Quotes by Abhimanyu Singh

Like Quotes

I'm not sure if I'm going to get into coaching. I'm sure I'll stay in soccer somehow.

Quotes by Abby Wambach

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Frequently Asked Questions

What different meanings of "stay" show up in these quotes?
They cover staying at a club, staying somewhere temporarily on a working holiday, staying in a role long-term, and simply not wanting a good thing to end. If the opposite idea interests you more, our Go quotes explore movement and leaving.
Is there a quote about a footballer staying at a club?
Yes — one quote says, "I want Robinho to stay with Madrid because I think that he is almost the same as Cristiano Ronaldo." Loyalty like this is a theme you'll also find in our Always quotes.
Does one quote mention a scientific breakthrough during a stay somewhere?
Yes. One quote recalls becoming "a Dozent in Gottingen and worked out the quantum mechanics during a holiday stay on Heligoland" in 1924. For more about finding meaning in a place, see our Home quotes.
Is there a quote about teachers staying in the classroom long-term?
Yes — one quote notes that "our corps members stay in the classroom for eight years," while pointing to the systemic nature of educational inequity as a reason some alumni later take their experience elsewhere.
Is there a quote about not wanting a good experience to end?
Yes — one simply says, "I'd stay on tour for the rest of my life if I could. It's awesome." You might also enjoy quotes that capture things you love, over on Like.

A few quotes lean into the simple joy of never wanting a good run to end, whether that's touring or something quieter. Compare with Always and Go for more on permanence versus motion.