Position Quotes
People identify with the swashbuckling individuals, not polite little men who field their position well. Sir Galahad had a big following - but I'll bet Lancelot had more.
I didn't want to stay in the Stones, and be stuck in a position having to play a music I didn't like anymore and that restricted me from doing all the others things I'm interested in because of time.
Even if parties associated with right wing populism don't win, they push other parties, the centrist parties, towards their position. So they do have an influence even if they're not in power.
At American weddings, the quality of the food is in inverse proportion to the social position of the bride and groom.
I just need to be in a position where I can control the ball, make smart decisions, and do what I'm coached up to do.
The world we experience with our unaided senses is fluid and animate, shifting and transforming in response to our own shifts of position and of mood.
I try to get control of the tempo, control of the flow, and get my teammates the ball in the best position to score.
Even when the time control has been reached, there is one situation where you want to act as if it has not: when your position is absolutely lost.
Israel always has to be in a position to defend itself against any adversary and against any threat of any kind.
Of course. Opal is toying with our emotions for her own gratification. Nothing more. She wishes to place herself in a position of power, emotionally.
When you give power to an executive you do not know who will be filling that position when the time of crisis comes.
A minister who moves about in society is in a position to read the signs of the times even in a festive gathering, but one who remains shut up in his office learns nothing.
Religion is a very scary thing, because a pastor is in a position of power. And if you use that power badly, you ruin people's lives, and you ruin your own life.
The Europeans must now honor their commitments. That is the position that France is defending.
The question is who ought to make that decision, the Congress or the commanders? And as you know, my position is clear. I'm a commander guy.
I think squats is a generic thing - you can do squats with anything. That's the great thing about it. As long as you get in a safe position to do it.
The choice of moves should not be made on an exact verdict of the final position, but on whether or not your position has improved or worsened.
I think we need someone in a responsible political position to have the courage to say, 'Let's terminate human spaceflight.'
Mitt Romney - he had a Rock Hudson thing going, shoeblack hair and a well-hung resume, but even for a shameless, position-shifting phony he seemed a trifle insincere.
When you are trying to understand the world, it is unwise to assume that you occupy a privileged position in it.
Happiness doesn't necessarily lie in material things. You just have to put yourself in a position to be happy. If you can do what you love for a living, that's a good start.
If we take a survey of the greatest actions...in the world...we shall find the authors of them all to have been persons whose Brains had been shaken out of their natural position.
New York was something like a circus performer walking a tightrope an juggling at the same time....It could barely maintain its position, but an movement would tip the whole balance.
Among the repulsions of atheism for me has been its drastic uninterestingness as an intellectual position.
We estimate that by 2010 China will have added another 250 million subscribers, strengthening its position as the single largest mobile market in the world.
The blessing is not about being able to receive as much as it is being in a position to give back to others.
Wynton told us that Miles sold out, just wanted to make more money, just wanted to sell more records. I don't believe that Miles sold out but I'm not in a position to say.
I'm in a position where whatever I do, I can get my head handed to me. I'm in a position to fail because there is a whole group of people out there who want me to fail. It's a weird vibe.
It was a great test of my ability to work with... watercolors. And it was also a test of my patience; I needed to put myself in a completely disciplined position... I couldn't make mistakes.
I'm in a position where - I mean, not a lot of people are in a very fortunate position - where I kind of have the power to choose what I want to do in a way.
Once our people get themselves into a position to make policy, they cease being our people.
The true neighbor will risk his position, his prestige, and even his life for the welfare of others.
A Britain which denounced the insanity of the nuclear strategy would be in a position to direct its influence at the United Nations and in the world at large, in a manner at present denied us
I'm paid to be lucky and that means making your own luck - getting yourself in the right position, in front of the right subject at the right time, and in the right light.
I've always had a philosophy that position doesn't define power. Impact defines power. What impact are you making on people? What impact are you making on business?
I think mainly it's an optics thing: to be able to visualize a woman in a position of power. It's going to be wonderful for all of us in every field.
I understand that the legal position is under review in South Africa and that there will soon be a broader set of organizations to which donors can give and claim tax deductions.