Steve Bullock

Political grandstanding might make for great soundbites for the evening news, but it will do nothing to help the people that go to work every day knowing that they're one health emergency away from bankruptcy. It will do nothing to help the hospitals struggling to keep their doors open under the crushing cost of uncompensated care.

American Politician

Mary H.K. Choi

I roll my eyes at the grandstanding blowhards who have 'fixed' themselves, but I keep up with the gizmos and apps that track people's various rhythms. I'm no lifelogger or body-hacker, but I'm curious, and I want to be in-tune enough to know what's really the matter so I can level up and be at my most awesome.

South Korean Author

Kurt Busch

That's what race fans love to see. That's what they bought this ticket for. That's what they're sitting in the grandstands rooting on their favorite driver for is to see him get out there, mix it up clean and bring it home just like we were, third and fourth.

American Driver

Jacques Villeneuve

You need to let the drivers go for it, and if they bang wheels, too bad. It's fun, it's a good show, the fans are up in the grandstands, and they can scream and shout about it... that's good; that's what you want.

Canadian Celebrity

Lucy Powell

Being out and about talking to residents and representing their views is, in my view, as important to politics as the grandstanding that takes place in Westminster.

British Politician

Jackie Robinson

Life is not a spectator sport. If you're going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you're wasting your life.

American Baseball Player

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

We must promote solid traits such as work ethics, a dignified lifestyle, matching actions to rhetoric, performance rather than grandstanding.

Filipino Statesman

Mardy Fish

I don't want to play on the grandstand. I want to play on the stadium.

American Tennis Player

Marcia Gay Harden

In Hollywood, a lot of acting feels like grandstanding.

American Actress

Martin Freeman

Most people aren't these grandstanding heroes.

English Actor

Refers to tiered seats at events where viewers watch important happenings.

Event Seating

The word emphasizes where audiences sit to get the best view, often centrally located.

Spectator Focus

Grandstands are usually larger and more prominent than other seating areas.

Not Ordinary Seats

When someone acts in a dramatic way to draw attention and impress others.

Attention-Seeking

Usually has a negative implication, suggesting insincerity or showing off.

Negative Connotation

Often used for public or noticeable actions, not quiet or humble behavior.

Public Actions

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Bull in the Stands PIPE Do...

 the baby spends the first few months of its life clinging to its mother and from this privileged and protected position it has a grandstand view of what's going

Cutest Baby Chimp Learns...

 There's the grandstand now. And he's following that van that's out in front of him. Well there comes the first box.