Position Quotes · Page 137

I served 40 years in government, and I'm not looking forward to a position or an assignment. Of course, I have always…

— Colin Powell

Do not always be thinking of attack! Moves that safeguard your position are often far more prudent.

— Aron Nimzowitsch

I see myself as a mix between number six and number eight in central midfield - this is the best position for…

— Ilkay Gundogan

I'm in the position to pick the cream of the crop.

— Graeme Murphy

Most of the Pyramids were observatories in perfect alignment. Some Pyramids were aligned so that the sun would hit them at a…

— John Henrik Clarke

True faith does not so much attempt to manipulate God to do our will as it does to position us to do…

— Philip Yancey

The power of God tenderizes and changes us, not spiritual disciplines. Spiritual disciplines only position us to receive.

— Mike Bickle

Once you're in a position where you can choose to not be around toxic environments, just do that as much as you…

— Frankie Cosmos

Too many politicians are so worried about getting re-elected that they fear taking an unpopular position. I don't.

— Matthew Whitaker

Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.

— Colin Powell

The idea is, Mr. [Donald] Trump won the primaries in no small way because he had this very forceful position, saying all…

— Jake Tapper

Rich and great people can take care of themselves; but the poor and defenceless - the men with small cottages and large…

— John Bright

It seems to me that dominant cinema seems to require an empathy or a sympathy between the film and the audience which…

— Peter Greenaway

Exes should never, never go out with or marry other people but should remain celibate to the end of their days in…

— Helen Fielding

Let the average man be put to the proof on the question of who is above, and his true position will be…

— Anonymous

I understand that it's the thought that counts, but receiving money is so great, so if you're in a position to give…

— Leandra Medine

I think that the more people who speak out, and say things and take stands on positions that will better our community,…

— Gil Scott-Heron

I am writing to apply for the position of bookkeeper. Attached, you will find my list of qualifications. I have been keeping…

— Joey Comeau

I want to create a rapid response team, right around the world, perhaps starting originally with our partners, similar to the one…

— Karen Armstrong

I was never sent to Kashmir on any secret mission. I want to make that position clear.

— Sharad Pawar

I won't put myself in a position where I'm vulnerable.

— Patricia Cornwell

When you see others playing you want to push yourself and get in that position as well.

— Emile Smith Rowe

Any Ambassador or Foreign Service Officer who has his or her head screwed on right knows that the U.S. position in the…

— Lawrence Eagleburger

A revolution is bloody, but America is in a unique position. She's the only country in history in a position actually to…

— Malcolm X

If you don't accept responsibility for your own actions then you are forever chained to a position of defense.

— Holly Lisle

One piece of advice that always stuck in my mind is that people should be respected and trusted as people, not because…

— Herb Kelleher

A lot of artists have been persuaded into doing whatever they can do to gain attention. The media, of course, will position…

— Chuck D

I think that my job is to observe people and the world, and not to judge them. I always hope to position…

— Haruki Murakami

I don't know that the Libertarian Party has an official position on the separation of church and state.

— Michael Badnarik

However, the treaty exists and it puts us in a different position toward the Soviet Union than the one we have toward…

— Indira Gandhi

What the French want is coherence, stability and justice. If I am in a favorable position today, it's because my fellow citizens…

— Francois Hollande

On the world scene, it is our position that there is a resurgence of socialism taking place. The world's socialist and Communist…

— Gus Hall

The descent of Israel from the morally towering position of a 'light for the nations' to the lowest of the low and…

— Zygmunt Bauman

I think the moment you get comfortable is the moment that people start gaining on you and start taking that position from…

— Trent Alexander-Arnold

We cannot continue to have an excellence gap with the rest of the world and intend to remain the [economic superpower] and…

— Mitt Romney

The long and short of it is that I am now in a position in England to green light movies, and that's…

— Idris Elba

Once you get in a position where your rent is taken care of and you do have a job, you really get…

— Fred Durst

However exalted our position, we should still not despise the powers of the humble.

— Periander

Error has made animals into men; is truth in a position to make men into animals again?

— Friedrich Nietzsche

If you tell most people what libertarians think, they immediately assume that you cannot mean it all the way, that you're really…

— Dave Barry