Position Quotes

When you just arrive in L.A., you are in a great position, as you are fresh meat, and people will meet you and give you a chance.

It seems, though, that historically we have now reached a position in which Jews cannot legitimately be understood always and only as presumptive victims.

The only good reason to embrace a philosophical position is that you are convinced it is true or at least makes sense of the world better than the alternatives.

I don't have anything to prove anymore. I don't have a record deal, no one has any expectations, I'm in a position of freedom. I don't need anyone's approval.

It is only when human beings see themselves simply as human beings, no longer as gods, that they are in a position to perceive the wholly other nature of God.

I think that a starting pitcher has to do something special to be as valuable or more so than a position player.

There are really only two positions one can take toward anything in life: hope or fear. Hope strengthens, fear kills.

If you take a shot at someone, you keep firing until they can no longer return fire. Wound them, and you have an angry enemy who knows your position.

However, if I ever were in a position to choose who would play me, I think I'd choose Johnny Depp.

I'm in a really lucky position where people will be interested in whatever I do, but what I do is sing.

Do you want me to ride you like a rented mule, or do you prefer to be Mr. Missionary Position? I'm fine with wither, so it doesn't matter to me.

The book was at a reasonably high position on the New York Times... before I was in the country. I thought it would be an interesting experiment to see if my presence here would push it up or down.

I think it's very important to know what you want to do next versus just leave it up to chance, really position yourself in the right footings to get to where you want to be.

I'm in exactly the same position as everybody else who has a small business.

Yes, expertise puts on in position to have further, cognitive pleasures, but these pleasures are distinct from the sensory pleasure of tasting wines

My day job finds me in a double-bind often, and it's an ideal position for anyone interested in becoming highly reactive.

Everything has been such a whirlwind ever since I stepped foot in the league and everything has been like a dream, so I'm just blessed to be in this position.

In my walks of life, I've understood that it takes more than one person to think of achieving a goal, and it takes more than one or two players, to get you out of the position you're in.

'Soul Plane' put me in a position to succeed. I'm glad I had the opportunity to be the lead man.

The movies and all that stuff are great, but the fact that I'm in a position to do what I want to do, however I want to do it and when I want to do it is bigger.

She thinks petting me is an honor. This is an unexpected position to take for a goddess of slaughter, but I applaud her defiance of convention.

Trying is not enough. We have to go out and set goals and measure definitive progress so that four years from now we are in a better position to add new voters to our base of support.

My parents and grandparents always made me feel fortunate. I'm in a position to help others feel the same. It's just in my heart and is something I feel very very strong about.

I always thought it was a trap to fit into ideologies, and maybe that's a luxury position, but my work is a reflection of my being here. My being here is not a reflection of an idea.

We are all put in different positions for different reasons.

Art doesn't have the stench of a community program. It's transcendent. It is transcendent of morality and transcendent of political position. It is absolutely free. It is the community center.

I'm a documentary filmmaker, so often I'm in the position of talking to people who are sharing stories that are critically important to share, but often difficult to share at the same time.

I'm a journeyman actor. My experience as a journeyman actor is that you have to go where the work is. I've never been the lead; I've never been in that position.

I'm in a great position now where I've got recognition. I'm not recognized too much.

You must be a power on earth, and must therefore accept all the consequences of this position.

'What's your favorite position?' 'CEO.'

I am persuaded ... that both man and woman bear pain or sorrow, (and, for aught I know, pleasure too) best in a horizontal position.

So many people, so many amateurs like Donald Trump believe that "I don't recall" is an absolutely fail-safe position and you can't get caught in perjury.

National security adviser is not a position that requires confirmation. This is a pick that like [Donald Trump] Chief of Staff, he gets to choose on his own and have installed.

It's a humbling experience for me to be in this position.

I've put our guys in position. I gave them the blueprint. I think they're ready.

As I write in my book, there is a misnomer that destroying another person's position is an effective and practical way to negotiate.

People are ultimately threatened by young people taking positions of power.

One must put oneself in every one's position. To understand everything is to forgive everything.

Both salvation and punishment for man lie in the fact that if he lives wrongly he can befog himself so as not to see the misery of his position.

So writing is a very, very difficult position to obtain... and retain.

The earth is moved from its position by the weight of a tiny bird resting upon it.

Sculptured figures which appear in motion, will, in their standing position, actually look as if they were falling forward.

That's the position I place myself in always. I don't know. It says follow me. It pulls you right through, just by the nose.

I do not think the crowd affected us, but the position of being in a big time game may well have affected us.

Hemingway seems to be in a funny position. People nowadays can't identify with him closely as a member of their own generation, and he isn't yet historical.

The reason I've been able to maintain my position of chairman of CBS in addition to all the Viacom stuff is my team.

If some Western politician claims he is in a position to use the normal Western methods to feed and clothe 1.2 billion Chinese, we would be happily prepared to elect him president of China.

I don't think most people would want me to have a business relationship as a senator where my business partners can reap the benefit of my position and I one day get the share the profits.

Sometimes altering your position is the right thing. Sometimes it's not.