Position Quotes

If you've earned a position, be proud of it. Don't hide it. I want to be recognized. When I hear people say, 'There's Joan Crawford!' I turn around and say, 'Hi! How are you!'

Until very recently, the heavenly bodies have been investigated only with reference to their position and their laws of motion, and a quarter of a century ago astronomy was little more than celestial topography.

While the form of treachery varies slightly from case to case, liberals always manage to take the position that most undermines American security.

Mostly, I'm in the very enviable position that no one dictates what I do.

You might hold an ethical position that it's wrong to lie, but if you have plans for a war in Iraq, and you want to keep them secret for practical reasons - to reduce casualties, perhaps - and someone asks you about those plans, you may need to lie for a 'good' outcome.

Success is important only to the extent that it puts one in a position to do more things one likes to do.

Of course as a small country you're not necessarily in the strongest negotiating position unless you're negotiating with other small countries.

You know, she was a girl. She was a female. And she wasn't like, trying to compete in a man's world and she wasn't trying to be in a man's position, she was just who she was. And I think that was like, a good thing.

I fell in love with Neil's pain. We were in this cocoon of intensity. Neil and I were uniquely in the same position at the same time, having overwhelming success facing us.

What position didn't I play last season?

You're in a much better position to talk with people when they approach you than when you approach them.

Well, I think the global economy is in the position for continuing good growth with inflation well in check.

The principal barrier to a general acceptance of the monist position is that it is counterintuitive.

Wynton told us that Miles sold out, just wanted to make more money, just wanted to sell more records. I don't believe that Miles sold out but I'm not in a position to say.

Time Warner has been managed for the short term. This has damaged the company's fundamental competitive position and its prospects for growth. This approach has cost shareholders a staggering $40 billion.

Leadership is an ever-evolving position.

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.

Poverty should not be viewed by us as a humiliation and even less so as a position of honour or a fatality.

A claim for equality of material position can be met only by a government with totalitarian powers.

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.

What you think means more than anything else in your life. More than what you earn, more than where you live, more than your social position, and more than what anyone else may think about you.

The conservative movement was told to curl up in a fetal position and just stay there for the next eight years, thank you very much. Well, how things have changed.

Moderation of oil prices would be very, very welcome. But overall I think we are in a position of stable growth, sustainable growth, and basically with inflation in check.

My position now, especially in this town, adds an element of skepticism with people you meet - especially girls. I mean, it becomes a lot more difficult.

Well, I'm telling them two things. One is that, look, this is going to be something when the American people realize - once it's passed - that, A, it does take care of preexisting conditions; B, you're insurance rates aren't going to skyrocket; C, the insurance companies aren't going to be running the show like they were before; D, you're going to be in a position where you can keep your insurance that you have. That once the American public realizes that, you're going to get a reward for this. They're going to be rewarded.

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.

Because a truly skeptical position would be a very uncertain one.

Greece's position in Europe will not be put in doubt.

You don't have to hold a position in order to be a leader.

I was supposed to be authoritative, but at the same time had to be likeable, a quality that is a bonus, not a requirement, for men in the same position.