Quotes About Position

Were we incapable of empathy – of putting ourselves in the position of others and seeing that their suffering is like our own – then ethical reasoning would lead nowhere. If emotion without reason is blind, then reason without emotion is impotent.

Being-'subject' means taking up a position from which an actor can make the transition from theory to practice. This transition usually takes place once an actor has found the motive that liberates them from hesitation and disinhibits them for action.

Men in however high a station ought to fear the humble.

The following day, Melvin Belli told Ruth he couldn't, in any capacity, work on the case, citing money and time as the main obstacles. "If," he told the L.A. Daily News, "I were to represent him, I'd want a thorough, thorough mental examination of him before I would consider going into the case; that would cost lots of money, and the family just can't afford it." Richard was not surprised by Belli's position.

The fortune of the man who sits also sits

with lawyers I always assume that they came by their wealth and position through avarice and by means nefarious:

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True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn

Really, I've been set up for a good position where Duke is setting me up for a lot of exposure, and it's part of my responsibility to show up for them because the team that we have, I play a really vital role.

I could dunk a volleyball in high school. I didn't play football because I knew they were going to put me at a fat-guy position, and I didn't want to do that. I am athletic.

In Europe, you would almost never have people with large amounts of income being happy with a two-volume vehicle like a hatchback or a minivan. They want to structurally show their societal position, which is why three volumes are so popular. They show 'I'm part of that hierarchy.'

On any given vote, on any given day, a smart senator who has taken a bold or controversial position can reach far more media outlets between the elevator and the Senate chamber than he or she could garner in a full press conference back home.

France on its own cannot impose its point of view. But neither should it give up on its demands. With a clear vote for change France will be in a strong position.

I have always been a strong supporter of public lands and have voted against the transfer or sale of public lands. My position is known and well-established.

In the United Nations, when China entered, we voted on the same position, and since then we have maintained the same position, that position has not changed.

I'm in a very unique position in that I got to participate in the Food Network by contest. That's long gone, being voted on, but I don't forget where it came from, and I don't forget the people who worked to put me here.

I don't think anybody voted for the Green Party without knowing what our position was on Brexit.

In the political world, the only position I have is voter. I'm not a spokesman for anything.

I am fairly certain that my abortion position hurt me, because in a Democratic primary, where turnout is relatively low, liberal voters turn out in disproportionately large numbers and thus exercise a disproportionate influence on the outcome.

I think the Republican Party is in a strong position with Latino voters and other demographics.

I've got a huge, huge position in mortgage-backed securities. I started accumulating them in 2009, when the market was really down and things were really scary.

As a black artist in America, you know, it is so segregated as far as the radio goes and how they position music on the radio.

I think I will serve as secretary of state as my last public position.

I've played third base for a couple years. I did well, and I thought I was an elite player at that position, but at the end of the day, I've been a shortstop my entire life.