Position Quotes · Page 89

Arrogance and fanaticism cause the hardening of positions taken and entrenchment can only lead to a dead end.

— Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople

The way the people around you position themselves around you to get in your pockets and in your mind is infuriating to…

— Dave Chappelle

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

— Herb Kelleher

The strategic initiatives we propose to undertake as part of our plan over the next few years position us well to lead…

— Azim Premji

I don't think I'm in any position to call myself a martial artist. I'm a student of the martial arts.

— Lou Reed

I don't expect everybody to like me. If you try to please everybody, by changing your position and your personality, every time…

— Nancy Grace

Every position must be held to the last man. There must be no retirement. With our backs to the wall, and believing…

— Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig

Freedom is the default position. Everything the government does takes away some of our freedom... That's why we have a constitution, to…

— Andrew Napolitano

It has been well said that an author who expects results from a first novel is in a position similar to that…

— Anonymous

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

— Jake Tapper

To 'know your place' is a good idea in politics. That is not to say 'stay in your place' or 'hang on…

— William Safire

And even being in the middle of it, at the LVMH group with Dior, there are certain parts of it that I'm…

— Raf Simons

It was a tough situation. A fight that nobody expected to end so abruptly for him because he was really a great…

— Roy Jones Jr

The Madden NFL franchise holds a special place in popular culture and the cover is a coveted position for players all over…

— Drew Brees

Biblical law permits voluntary slavery because it recognizes that some people are not able to maintain a position of independence . .…

— R.J. Rushdoony

I work out every day just to keep in shape. I feel like I never want to get stuck in a position…

— Anthony Mackie

Anytime you're dealing with moral issues, in a government position, you're dealing with some sticky stuff because everybody's morality is different. So…

— LeCrae

It is true that when we take chances, we stand to lose. But it is also true that we will never win…

— Max Gunther

What I used to respect was not really aristocracy, but a set of personal qualities which aristocracy then developed better than any…

— H. P. Lovecraft

This investment will provide capital to help high-potential start-up companies transition from product development to market entry, while also providing skills training…

— Gary Goodyear

[The Dalai Lama] told me some years ago, "I've made every concession to China, and I've been as open and tolerant as…

— Pico Iyer

the last decade has seen a powerful counterassault on women's rights, a backlash, an attempt to retract the handful of small and…

— Susan Faludi

I'm a Democrat voting for Bush, even though on economic issues, from taxes to government regulation, I'm not happy with the Republican…

— Orson Scott Card

You are only as powerful as that for which you stand. Do you stand for more money in the bank and a…

— Gary Zukav

[Martin Luther ] King didn't pick his leadership position. Most movements are not started by single people.

— Marian Wright Edelman

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

— Kelis

I think I do have a good eye. It's quite liberating, being in a position to read a script and say, 'No.'…

— Matthew Macfadyen

I never enter in the pitch under pressure to score goals, but I know my position requires me to score goals.

— Gabriel Jesus

The meaning of economic freedom is this: that the individual is in a position to choose the way in which he wants…

— Ludwig von Mises

I'm not in a position in my career where I turn things down. I'm very easy. So the projects often dictate the…

— Cliff Martinez

Nobody should feel uncomfortable at their work place, and nobody should be in a position to make someone feel uncomfortable.

— Shraddha Srinath

I like making films about different cultures. I'm interested in things that I've never encountered before. I try to put myself in…

— Stephen Frears

The reality is, when you're representing someone that's guilty, you're in the position of taking that position.

— Nancy Grace

Doubt is the middle position between knowledge and ignorance. It encompasses cynicism but also genuine questioning.

— Vera Farmiga

We don't ever want to be in a position that we're fighting uphill. We don't want to looking up at China.

— John Ratcliffe

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

— Mathieu Kerekou

My position was that the film begins with the first frame and that the film should be doing a job at that…

— Saul Bass

The play-maker is the most difficult position because you have to always know where everyone is on the pitch.

— Rafael van der Vaart

I didn't really have a position when I was younger; I just used to play where the manager told me to play.

— Trent Alexander-Arnold

Life is very sweet to me, and there is no position of power or wealth that could tempt me from the throne…

— Dwight L. Moody