Position Quotes

It is a high patriotic duty that we support and sustain the men who have been placed in position of difficulty, burden, responsibility, and even danger as the result of our suffrages.

my love of water ... is mingled with and almost indistinguishable from a fear of water (I can float in a vertical position - I enter a fugue state - but I cannot bear to bury my face in water).

To be right and overruled is not forgiven to persons in responsible positions.

It's a fact that it is much more comfortable to be in the position of the person who has been offended than to be the unfortunate cause of it.

That's the problem with the American position; they think that they are the police of the world.

We have to wait and see when Donald J. Trump embarks his new mission, let's say, or position within this administration as President.

We are very cautious in judging [Donald Trump], especially as he wasn't in a political position before.

If youre in an awkward position, feel comfortable enough to walk away.

It's like being in the position of - in half of the industry's mind, you're kind of a cult-following, independent rocker. And on the other hand, you're a sellout. But neither one of them are right.

Most of us start from that position of irony now and what I wanted to do - really felt like I had to do if I was going to write another novel - was move towards something like sincerity.

I'm in a position I never imagined I'd be in as a musician. Bob Dylan built an audience through recording and live shows. The opportunities for an artist today are totally different.

Ive been blessed to be in a position to share (my experiences).

When I see the attention movie stars get, it doesn't make me want to be in that position at all.

This is a great position to be in. I don't really believe there is any fighter, in any decade that can be in my position of luxury that I've been in for many years.

Most political leaders acquire their position by causing large numbers of people to believe that these leaders are actuated by altruistic desires

Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the earth's surface relative to other matter; second, telling other people to do so.

Plato has dramatic strength ... but is quite unaware of the strength of the argument against his position ... and allows himself to be grossly unfair in arguing against it.

Hating war in Vietnam in 1965 was minority position.

There we go, that's it. I just hold my hand in this position for the next couple of hours.

There is no off position on my visual switch, and I don't want one. I love, and always have, telling stories with my camera.

Buying an aggregator and calling it a content play is a little like a company's announcing plans to improve its cash position by hiring a counterfeiter.

I didn't get into this position by being like a stiff sitting on the set in a folding chair. I did it by walking around on the streets and stirring things up.

What I try to do in writing any character is to put myself in his position.

It's about time for Lindell White to get back on the floor, expose himself, and get the ball in a scoring position.

There doesn't seem to be any tomorrow. Every time I wake up, no matter in what position, it's always been today.

Geoffrey [Howe] and I were mates, and he disagreed with [ Margaret Thatcher] position. So, we cooperated surreptitiously.

I just play the music that I love with musicians that I respect, and fortunately, I'm in a position where people are willing to play with me, and perhaps I can do something to help them.

I hope when my time as Liverpool manager is over, I'm remembered as someone who improved the team and left the club in a better position than I inherited it.

I want to make things that put me in the position of innocence, that recreate the feeling of innocence in you.

Everybody wants to play his natural position and play every day, but in the world of professional sports that's not always possible.

Wherever any precept of traditional morality is simply challenged to produce its credentials, as though the burden of proof lay on it, we have taken the wrong position.

I know I'm in the exceptional position of having money but I didn't have it for many decades.

My anti-liberal position should not be mistaken for conservatism.

I don't have problems with my weight, I don't change weight but I think when you're gaining in age your position has to be beautiful.

I've often been asked to run for office. I have no desire to do that, I would not want my time with the family or the company restricted because of the demands of an elected position.

A general who allows himself to be decisively defeated in an extended mountain position deserves to be court-martialled.

America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.

Men, if you are in a position of power or authority, please respectfully continue to mentor and work with talented individuals and those with promise, regardless if they are men or women.

I personally believe that professional athletes should give back to their communities in any way possible. We are in a position to make a difference.

I'm an incredibly negative person, so any form of success is only ever going to be a relief to me and set my default position back to neutral.

I maintain that in every position that arises, we should deliberately search, among other things, for pieces which have no retreat. If we see one, we automatically look to see if it can be netted.

The fastest surging woman leadership position is heading non-profit organizations. Women are not rejecting leadership positions -- they're rejecting politics.

To me, the quarterback position is about getting your team out of bad things and into good ones.

If you're trying to get to profitability by lowering costs as a startup then you are in a very precarious and difficult position. You need to grow through profitability.

I always promised myself that if I was in position to be successful, I wouldn't take it for granted, because I know in the past how hard I've worked.

It has been said that the position of woman is the test of civilization, and that of our women was secure. In them was vested our standard of morals and the purity of our blood.

Power is always a corrupting influence. In this mythical time - let's call it medieval, feudal - people in power are dictatorial and don't want their positions of power to be threatened.

Humans are wired to feel uncomfortable with uncertainty and contingency, and so we gravitate to a position after a short time even if we have no new information.

I will not be in the position of having management dictated to by labor.

Any replacement to the current copyright position (life plus 70 years) needs to have an answer lined up for this, and similar, messy edge cases.