Quotes About Position

I think any student of military strategy would tell you that in order to attack a position, you should have a ratio of approximately 3 to 1 in favor of the attacker.

The close of my studies with a degree of a Dr. Ing. in 1929 coincided with the great economic crisis, and I was not able to find an academic position. I was therefore very grateful for a position in the newly created laboratory of G.J. Driza in Prague where rare chemicals were produced on small scale.

The role of a modern studio chief is much different to how the old studio chiefs used to operate. It's not so much a position of power anymore, but a position of influence.

What happened when 'Sweetback' made all that money, the studios were in a very difficult position. They wanted the money, but they didn't the message. This marked the advent of the caricatures which became known as blaxploitation.

On one hand, to be able to go from one direction in the sky to study such an object to another direction to study another object, and on the other hand to be able to maintain accurately the position in space.

My position and the state will never allow me to become a dictator, but an authoritarian ruling style is characteristic of me.

From my subjective position, there was no honeymoon.

I never want to be in a position where I have to defend my material. It's too subjective. It's for other people to defend or not defend.

My goal is to go out there and dominate. We all know if I'm in a position and I see my opponent hurt by landing good striking, I'm going to try to get him out of there. If I'm in the top position or in the position to finish by submission, I'm going to look for that. I don't feel the need to prove the haters wrong.

I'm not in a 'starry' position to be able to pick and choose, but I am interested in telling stories of substance with great directors - that's my only guiding principle.

If there is one thing that I take pride in, it is the fact that I never, ever make a charge without offering a substantial amount of support for it. You may ultimately end up not agreeing with me, but you will have to concede that I offered much evidence in support of my position, something that people frequently do not do.

I mean what had always been attractive to me about the State Department spokesperson role is that it's traditionally been a very substantive position.

I'm not here to substitute Neymar. Barcelona needed a player in my position, and I'm here to help.

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

We did not join this government to establish a Palestinian state, but to stop this terrible idea - our position is clear to the prime minister and we believe that it is his position as well. We are reminding him that there are domestic coalition agreements that take priority over international pressure. We are opposed to the two-state solution. We believe it is not a solution – it is the start of a problem and it makes existing problems worse.

She had a great many opinions, but taken together they did not add up to a point of view.

There's a classic appeal in the outsider as the central character of fiction, because that person is in the position to be the observer. People who are very active are not as observant. They don't see as much and they don't often think as much. They're too busy doing.

Each sport favors a particular body type. The principle of "form follows function" determines the particular physique that tends to perform best in a given sport or in a given position or role within a sport.

Who says you cannot hold the moon in your hand? Tonight when the stars come out and the moon rises in the velvet sky, look outside your window, then raise your hand and position your fingers around the disk of light. There you go . . . That was easy!

Preston] Hotchkis had earned his position by representing San Marino, a tiny, rich, Anglo municipality south of Pasadena that had been tellingly named after a European micro-kingdom.

Beauty, delicacy and position-these were the foundations of courtly equestrianism

The whole point to American journalism is what ought to be true is true. Since I ought to be arrogant, impressed with my social position, overwhelmed by my beauty, therefore I am.

I just want to give my best in London, I want to cross that line and see a personal best on the clock then I will see what position I am in.

The best place for a leader isn't always at the top position. It is the place where they can serve the best and add the most value to other people.