Quotes About Standpoint

I am sometimes visited by the heretical thought that there is no such thing as good and bad architecture, any more than there is good and bad nature. It is all in where you stand at the time.

Where we stand depends on where we sit.

The value of a thing always depends upon your point of view.

To be no more than scholarly reflection on its object from one particular standpoint, which is anyway one legitimate standpoint among others.

It's a lot easier to opine from the sidelines.

There are two sides to every question: my side and the wrong side.

It all depends on which side of the desk you're sitting on.

The photographer, even in fashion and portraiture, has to have a standpoint. It's important to know what you stand for, no? Most people just take pictures, but they stand for nothing. They follow trends and don't know why.

I'VE NEVER BEEN VERY SURE ABOUT WHAT IS RIGHT, said Bill Door. I AM NOT SURE THERE IS SUCH A THING AS RIGHT. OR WRONG. JUST PLACES TO STAND.

The important point to grasp is that Reagan approached politics from the standpoint of a citizen rather than as an aspiring politician or intellectual.

Only perspective brings truth into focus. Where you stand when you look at the facts will determine how they appear.

But every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle.

Again in this controversy we can easily recognize the basic elements we have already met in the disputes discussed earlier: the abstract standpoint that abhors any contamination with the concrete object, and the concretistic that is turned towards the object.

Looking at this decision to pick a law firm from your standpoint, and not from the standpoint of your company, what is it you're looking for?

The most pressing ethical question is to make sure that everything you do from a scientific standpoint is done for the ultimate good and positive issue for the people that you're caring about.

Truth is only a question of point of view.

I don't think that has to be our choice... This party was born in principle. This party will die if it doesn't stand by its decision of principle.

'Daredevil' is haunted by Frank Miller, from the standpoint of the Frank Miller run on 'Daredevil' is so insurmountable.

I'll continue on the path I've been taking, feet on the ground, describing people's lives, describing people's emotions, writing from the standpoint of the ordinary people.

You know, I really do have some morals. I do actually care about people. And I do have a political standpoint.

When you have the most stable team in the garage from a financial standpoint and manufacturer standpoint, that attracts good people.

I am sure it will be mentioned and debated but from my standpoint I know who is in the Hall of Fame. A lot of them don't belong in the Hall of Fame. If someone wants to debate me, check the stats.

I don't like the whole 'slander, slander' conversation that most political debates are these days. So I tend to keep my political standpoint not to myself, but just relatively private.

When you start out on a project as an actor, you know, you approach the character from the standpoint of maybe writing a list - even if it's a mental list that you make - of the adjectives that the character has or that character possesses.