Quotes About Position

Since the death of Saska's elder sister, Dimara Corey, the previous winter, Niska had taken on her aunt's position as Merante, or High Priestess of the Sisterhood of the Dragon. She was young for the title, but of all the women involved, the most mystical.

You know when you are on the highway and you stop at a rest area and there's a big map of the region and a big red dot that says YOU ARE HERE? That's anger. That's what anger can tell you. It can tell you where you are.

I started playing soccer at age 6 and played both outfield and goalie. Back then, no one wanted to go on goalie - coaches would make deals with me so I'd do it. It's a tough position as a kid.

You know you don't want to see somebody in that kind of position to the point where they're actually putting out a cry for help on social media. That's not a good place to be in.

I think there's a social responsibility that comes with a public platform. Because of the position that I've been put in, I think it's important to use my voice to do as much as I can.

The political and military position of socialism should be further cemented so that it can be an impregnable fortress.

It seems to me that socialists today can preserve their position in academic economics merely by the pretense that the differences are entirely moral questions about which science cannot decide.

I think being a scientist is a position of respect and power and access, and it's a privileged position in society. And I think there are fundamental mechanisms that keep men and women from achieving the same level of power and access and privilege in society.

Nintendo has been a very unique company because it's not just hardware but also one of the major software publishers. Because it is in a unique position, it's given us a unique advantage.

Companies are always being bought and sold. The markets are always moving; you have to be on top of your position. And in the U.S., the market is never closed for more than three days. The only time the market was ever closed was 9/11. I think it may have been closed the whole week.

I believe we should appoint a cabinet-level position that will be solely and fully devoted to ending poverty as we know it in America.

How few, since the foundation of the world, have found themselves in a position environed with public perils so numerous, oppressed with responsibilities so high and solemn, as yourself!

Some men are all right in their place if they only knew the right places.

I'd say I am a fly half. As regards being 12 for England, I've not tried to play any different. I guess I've been like another 10. Obviously, you do some things differently, and you might not have your hands on the ball as much - but you're still in the game and constantly communicating.

Physically, I definitely needed to change some things, get fit and get in position where I could be consistent without injury, and I've put in a lot of work to stay fit.

Some seek the limelight and some hold the light in place

If I start from a place of love, more times than not I will find what is "right, " but if I start from a position of "right" I will rarely find love.

You are young, and in love, " said Primus. "Every young man in your position is the most miserable young man who ever lived.

Reminiscent of a diamond, she is gifted, privileged, and positioned to glisten.

Ultimately, wasn't dance a whispered question? A story told through the position of a foot, the tilt of a head, the touch of a hand, the brush of an eye. A rite of passage. A claiming.

maintaining a strict neutrality between the two potential combatants, a position that favoured, of course, the larger and [...] more belligerent of them.

Geography is destiny

If you squat on a path, you'll get boils on your backside.

This culture war intensity is the worst news of all because when you challenge a person's position on an issue core to his or her identity, facts and arguments are seen as little more than further attacks, easily deflected.