Best 442 quotes in «position quotes» category

Extremism is so easy. You've got your position, and that's it. It doesn't take much thought. And when you go far enough to the right you meet the same idiots coming around from the left.

For as long as one has no further point of reference, apart from the position of the maximum, the wavelength thus remains uncertain by an integral factor.

For many years, I did my best to report on the issues of the day in as objective a manner as possible. When I had my own strong opinions, as I often did, I tried not to communicate them to my audience. Now, however, my circumstances are different. I am in a position to speak my mind. And that is what I propose to do.

Fundamentally, [prayer] is a position, a placement of oneself.

From my subjective position, there was no honeymoon.

Governor is not the position to have in Oklahoma. It is the head coach of Oklahoma or Oklahoma State or Tulsa.

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

Get your personal needs met, once and for all; if you have unmet needs, you'll attract others in the same position.

He who is required by the necessity of his position to speak the highest things is compelled by the same necessity to exemplify the highest things.

Greece's position in Europe will not be put in doubt.

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.

Having to know the answers puts in terrible positions from which to learn.

Have empathy, gratitude and respect for every position in the company.

Honor is infinitely more valuable than positions of honor.

I am deeply honored to have been nominated for a position on the Supreme Court. And I an humbled to have been nominated for the seat that is now held by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.

I always keep myself in a position of being a student.

I am a better hitter with runners in scoring position.

I am convinced that he loved Eva [Braun] and there is absolutely no question of her complete adoration of him. He was away all the time because his position demanded it. She couldn't travel with him because their relationship was supposed to be secret.

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

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.

I am defining leadership in terms of the role, not the position.

I am in the position of judging people by the best they've ever done rather than the worst.

I am in that glorious position where I can redesign and re-package my own work.

I am not, and never have been, a man of the right. My position was on the left and is now in the centre of politics.

I am not looking for board positions, I am looking for good governance.

I am so happy that I didn’t go to school and I didn’t have anyone to tell me how to position my fingers on the piano correctly.

I am standing for NSW Super 12 coaching position. NSW great. Queensland bad.

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.

I am under no illusions. My position, no matter how clearly stated, is likely to be misunderstood.

I consider myself fortunate that I am in the position to decide which is the most effective way to tell our stories.

I can think of a lot of words to describe Senator Kerry's position on Iraq; "consistent" is not one of them.

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.

I don't care tuppence whether I'm forced into a leadership position or not. I'd much sooner not.

I didn't lose. I got second. That's still winning. How could I be unhappy with second place? There are a million people who would love to be in my position.

I do not believe that the government is in any position to say exactly how every single business and every single activity shall reach those performances.

I did not criticize the Central Bank's position.

I don't get asked a lot of questions about who is the best political candidate or what my position is on what the Senate is about to do.

I don't like that particular word 'shocking.' I'm looking for the unexpected. I'm looking for things I've never seen before … I was in a position to take those pictures. I felt an obligation to do them.

I don't know how you overcome the dearth of scientists in the government positions.

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

If one has set for himself the position that his painting shall not misconstrue his personal mode of thinking, then he must be rather alert to just what he does think.

I don’t think Ed Reed has to take a back seat to anybody who ever played the position. ANYBODY.

If I am ever in the position where I wish to seduce someone I will simply assure her it’s better than rats.

I don't profess to be an expert on anything, or have the memory for who ran in 1952. I am an informed American citizen, that's my position.

I don't think we're ever going to be in a position where we can say this is the template, this is the checklist, that must be met [for intervention].

I expect it is very possible that I would make as good a President as a great many men who are talked of for that position.

If A were not allowed his better position, B would be even worse off than he is.

If I represent the world as it is as harmonious, that's a political position.

If I were in a position to announce a public competition to coin a new word, I would do so right now.

If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position.