Quotes About Position

Everyone, I guess, sees their position as the neutral one and everyone else's position as biassed. I wonder why 177 minutes of the Today programme is completely secular; you feel horribly excluded by 3 minutes of Thought for Today. I see a sinister anti-religious bias when David Attenborough goes through a whole series without ever once aying On the other hand maybe God made it all; you feel that 30 minutes of hymn singing on Sunday evening amounts to theocratic oppression.)

One big strain on the family that I've already talked about was this whole richest man in America business. I don't know if Helen ever really forgave me for putting us in the position to be dragged into that. HELEN WALTON: "What I hate is being the object of curiosity. People are so curious about everything, and so we are just public conversation. The whole thing still makes me mad when I think about it. I mean, I hate it.

and the Buck women found themselves in the novel position of having two healthy, strong men at their bidding.

The most privileged position, in life as in society, is that of an educated soldier. Rough warriors, at any rate, remain true to their character, and as great strength is usually the cover for good nature, we get on with them at need.

aquel que ocupa el primer puesto, rara vez desempeña el papel principal.

There is the authority of position and the authority of knowledge - 'Authority flows from the one who knows.' But sharing in hardship confers upon a leader something quite rare - moral authority.

Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.

Every fat [vat] must stand upon his bottom.

And how can poetry stand up against its new conditions? Its position is perfectly precarious.

Anyone, therefore, who obscures the glory of God, puts himself in the position of striving to subvert the eternal purpose of God. .

In the face of such overwhelming statistical possibilities hypochondria has always seems to me to be the only rational position to take on life.

I have enormous respect for Tom Daschle. The NRA has not yet taken a formal position on which I'm aware of on this matter, and I think Tom may be just getting a little ahead of things.

... what you need more than anything in life is a definite position.

I'm very proud of my pro-life record, and I've always adopted the idea that, the position that the method of conception doesn't change the definition of life.

I am pro-life, I believe in exceptions for rape, incest and the life of the mother. That's my position, take it or leave it.

I mean, I hate to gloat, but I'm extremely satisfied with my position in life and the way things have worked out for me.

Any replacement to the current copyright position (life plus 70 years) needs to have an answer lined up for this, and similar, messy edge cases.

Before observing the stars, first, one should also maintain its feet-position for safety, so that, it can focus the mysteries and science of the universe confidently; indeed, curiosity reaches and reveals realities of that.

Those with established power always see change as a threat to their position.

She might be furious at such things, jealous too on a purely human level; but she would never consider that the position of mistress could or would be converted into that of wife. That to Isabella – or her daughter – was quite unthinkable.

Cosa fanno le persone importanti in un cimitero? Dormono, anche loro dormono uguale uguale alle persone che non contarono un cazzo. E tutti nella stessa posizione: orizzontali. L'eternità è orizzontale.

A person does not become respectable simply by occupying high position in an organization or a nation; accepting an award or reward from a doubtful character is not respect but insult to a recipient who is worth to trust by the people.

A person does not need to step down from the head position of the organization to do philanthropy because running a company that gives mass employment with all employees' empowerment in terms of the right person at the right position & designation with the right salary money is in itself a big charity.

A person who has attained effortlessly the position, not deserving, will never quit that post easily irrespective of the pressure applied on her/him.