Position Quotes

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We are not here for any positions but for a responsiblity. — Narendra Modi
His students were hardly in a position to tell him when he was getting windy, and he had recently noticed, as most professors did after… — Aaron Elkins
With respect to the situation in Al-Faw, the British told big lies. In Al-Faw, our forces' positions remained in place. — Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
If your position is everywhere, your momentum is zero. — Michael Korda
I always believe I can beat the best, achieve the best. I always see myself in the top position. — Serena Williams
I don't know hardly any of the players who have the in-between game like me, who can go to any position on the court. — Oscar Robertson
Just fundamental things - I played guard and I played forward, so you get into a position where you are pivoting out on the court. — Oscar Robertson
At the worst it was eight hours of makeup, and I couldn't sit down; I was in this crouched position. [on the traumas of being… — Jim Caviezel
Reason is not one tool of thought among many, it is the entire toolbox. To advocate that reason be discarded in some circumstances is to… — George H. Smith
There are few positions in life in which difficulties have not to be encountered. These difficulties are, however, our best instructors, as our mistakes often… — Edwin Paxton Hood
A new position of responsibility will usually show a man to be a far stronger creature than was supposed. — William James
Our model of Nature should not be like a building-a handsome structure for the populace to admire, until in the course of time some one… — Arthur Eddington
Sir,-The Planet [Neptune] whose position you marked out actually exists. On the day on which your letter reached me, I found a star of the… — Johann Gottfried Galle
No age or time of life, no position or circumstance, has a monopoly on success. Any age is the right age to start doing! — Ralph W. Gerard
There are people who not only strive to remain static themselves, but strive to keep everything else so... their position is almost laughably hopeless. — Odell Shepard
But at the same time, there must never be the least hesitation in giving up a position the moment it is shown to be untenable.… — William Bayliss
About 85 per cent of my "thinking" time was spent getting into a position to think, to make a decision, to learn something I needed… — J. C. R. Licklider
Passive acceptance of the teacher's wisdom is easy to most boys and girls. It involves no effort of independent thought, and seems rational because the… — Bertrand Russell
But experiments went for nothing,-dualism had sworn to uphold its position. — Auguste Laurent
Perhaps bacteria may tentatively be regarded as biochemical experiments; owing to their relatively small size and rapid growth, variations must arise much more frequently than… — Marjory Stephenson

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