Position Quotes

And how can poetry stand up against its new conditions? Its position is perfectly precarious.

I surrendered my moral conscience to the fact that I was a soldier, and therefore a cog in a relatively low position of a great machine.

I never really saw myself as an activist but at some point the activist is the only moral position to take.

Never was I power thirsty, or trying to control everyone. I believed in educating everyone, so they could all get to the position I was at.

He carefully studies the position that he intends to conquer.

One piece of advice that always stuck in my mind is that people should be respected and trusted as people, not because of their position or title.

I believe in maximum flexibility, so I reserve the right to change my position on any subject when the external environment relating to any topic changes too.

The position of the Americans is quite exceptional, and it may be believed that no democratic people will ever be placed in a similar one.

How gracious are the gods in bestowing high positions; and how reluctant are they to insure them when given.

I just have a position that any child that's in a failing school should be able to get out, or be in a position to have that school fixed.

We are not at the same place we were in 1973. This country today is drifting, moving steadily towards the pro-life position because the data is with us.

I am joining the government not from the academic position but from St. Petersburg city council.

To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough to make me ambitious.

I don't think I'm in any position to call myself a martial artist. I'm a student of the martial arts.

I shoot a little bit, maybe two rolls, medium format, which is 20 pictures, and if it's not working, I change the position.

Neither money nor position can atone to me for low birth.

If you put yourself in a position where you have to stretch outside your comfort zone, then you are forced to expand your consciousness.

He settled his hat back into position. She was a rookie in her first big game, and he’d never let her see how close she’d come to unseating a champion

The problem is, that we've got a position, often times by the NRA that says any regulation whatsoever is the camel's nose under the tent. And that, I think, is not where the American people are at.

If an enemy has alliances, the problem is grave and the enemy's position strong; if he has no alliances, the problem is minor and the enemy's position weak.

I don't expect everybody to like me. If you try to please everybody, by changing your position and your personality, every time you do that you lose a little bit of yourself.

I can tell you this: If I'm ever in a position to call the shots, I'm not going to rush to send somebody else's kids into a war.

For the victor peace means the preservation of the position of power which he has secured. For the vanquished it means resigning himself to the position left to him.

I hope I'm in a position to make stuff that I really want to make as opposed to stuff that I just have to make for money reasons, or to sustain a certain marquee value.

The books say that it is not so serious to lose time in a closed position; I am lucky, since these comments have not harmed me too much.

In spite of certain distressing but isolated occurrences in the last battle, I certainly hoped that the Army would be in a position to continue to hold out.

It is in the nature of science that once a position becomes orthodox it should be suggested to criticism.... It does not follow that, because a position is orthodox, it is wrong.

The Palestinians don't have oil. If they were the Saudis, they wouldn't be in the position they are now. But they have the power of being able to upset the imperial order in the Middle East.

Man didn't put me in this place [in entertaining industry]. I'm in this position because of God. And so, if man didn't put me in this place, I really don't see no man that can take me out of here.

Any Ambassador or Foreign Service Officer who has his or her head screwed on right knows that the U.S. position in the world is far more dependent on our ability to compete in world markets.

It is not easy to describe the present position of legal opinion on advertising and free speech. Only a poet can capture the essence of chaos.

Well, I think the global economy is in the position for continuing good growth with inflation well in check.

Canada remains alienated from its allies, shut out of the reconstruction process to some degree, unable to influence events. There is no upside to the position Canada took.

I am as willing to serve now as in the beginning in any capacity and at any post where I can do good. The lower the position, the more suitable to my ability and the more agreeable to my feelings.

I didn't go to Harvard or Princeton, but I can count - the defunding box canyon is a tactic that will fail and weaken our position.

Heaven gives its glimpses only to those not in position to look too close.

I was never disappointed by the people I've admired. And the choices I made when I was in a position where it was do-or-die were made with my heroes in mind.

The abuse of detainees in U.S. custody has severely undermined our Nation's position in the world.

The aggregate energy of all the great masters of the past and those of the present communicates the greatest possibilities of art. It is from this position that the artist attains colossal strength.

Some people can get away with being very sexy to men and not looking like a complete cow, but I didn't think I was in a position where people knew me well enough

You are young, and in love. Every young man in your position is the most miserable young man who ever lived.

Counterfeit tolerance includes the opportunism of one who seeks, or accepts, tolerance for himself, as a minority, but who would deny it to others if ever he should be in a position to grant it.

First it is necessary to stand on your own two feet. But the minute a man finds himself in that position, the next thing he should do is reach out his arms.

Censorship is always cause for celebration. It is always an opportunity because it reveals fear of reform. It means that the power position is so weak that you have got to care what people think.

Page one of the script, I launch into, "How would I feel if I were in this position?" That's an actor's job.

To have a very strong opinion all the time is corrosive to a person's intellect. It becomes your default position.

Remember the enemy of all painting is gray: a painting will almost always appear grayer than it is, on account of its oblique position under the light.

'I don't know' is my favorite position.

Except for its backward compatibility with existing Wii software and accessories, we have so far failed to make propositions worthy of Wii U's position as a successor to the Wii system.

The few bright meteors in man's intellectual horizon could well be matched by women, were she allowed to occupy the same elevated position.