Quotes About Stance

Whenever our ideals are so stagnant that they exclude relationships that might contest our accustomed understanding of the world as well as what we, as individuals, are all about, we ourselves begin to stagnate. We slow down our evolution because we reject the very lovers who have the most to offer to us for the simple reason that they approach life from a stance that has nothing to do with our ideals.

At the time I thought the winner in an argument was the person who put forward the most logical support for his position. Of course, this isn't true. Human history, from gardening disputes to genocide, is full of examples of people with the most decent, well-argued stance ending up with their face in the mud in front of a naked display of power.

Creativity—that is, inventing your way out of a problem—is definitely the better stance.

For the first time since 1856, the Republican Party did not issue a platform.

How, he asks, can the philosopher write about the Holocaust "in its totality," about the world of the victims and of the criminals? This question is not ours, but since he is asking precisely about how the philosopher can conduct the analysis into the whole of horror and resistance to it, his answer may help us to see what he thinks about the point of view or stance of the philosopher who carries out that analysis.

I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it.

My view is that marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman. That's the position I've had for some time, and I don't intend to make any adjustments at this point... Or ever, by the way.

Where you stand depends on where you sit.

the term mentalizing—a verb. This is because mentalizing is an activity, a way of being, a general inquisitive stance rather than a set of specific techniques. Our aim is to explore this activity together with the patient.

The purpose of your vote is't to elect someone, but rather to express your opinion.