Position Quotes

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...mediocre people find their way into positions of authority...because when it comes to even the most important positions, our selection decisions are a good deal… — Malcolm Gladwell
What he'd never understood about men in his position, in all the books he'd read and movies he'd seen about them, was clearer to him… — Jonathan Franzen
While an equality of rights under a limited government is possible and an essential condition of individual freedom, a claim for equality of material position… — Friedrich August von Hayek
Fanatics can justify practically any atrocity to themselves. The more untenable their position becomes, the harder they hold to it, and the worse the things… — Mercedes Lackey
It has been well said that an author who expects results from a first novel is in a position similar to that of a man… — P.G. Wodehouse
They wanted black women to conform to the gender norms set by white society. They wanted to be recognized as 'men,' as patriarchs, by other… — Bell Hooks
At first it was simply liking, Nastenka, but now, now ! I am just in the same position as you were when you went to… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Kid says to me, "You play baseball? What position? Left out?" and gets a big laugh from the rest of the class. Kid is only… — Jodi Picoult
At school he had done things which had formerly seemed to him very horrid and made him feel disgusted with himself when he did them;… — Leo Tolstoy
No one is satisfied with his position, but every one is satisfied with his wit — Leo Tolstoy
You're an intelligent person of great moral character who has taken a very courageous stand. I'm an intelligent person with no moral character at all,… — Joseph Heller
No I am not all right!â€ Chrestomanci said, after five minutes of this. â€œI have worldwide blisters. I need a shave. Iâ€™m tired out and… — Diana Wynne Jones
â€ŽWhat you do in your house is worth as much as if you did it up in heaven for our Lord God. We should accustom… — Martin Luther
One of the commonest things to do with savings is to lend them to some Government. In view of the fact that the bulk of… — Bertrand Russell
The position of the Atheist is a clear and reasonable one. I know nothing about â€˜Godâ€™ and therefore I do not believe in Him or… — Annie Besant
He reads histories and mythologies and fairy tales, wondering why it seems that only girls are ever swept away from their mundane lives on farms… — Erin Morgenstern
Kate, perhaps you need to explain to your significant other that he is in no position to give me orders. Last time I checked, his… — Ilona Andrews
Niches set back in the walls contained polished marble statues of entwined bodies. Will looked away from them hastily, and then back. It wasn't as… — Cassandra Clare
We are born into this time and must bravely follow the path to the destined end. There is no other way. Our duty is to… — Oswald Spengler
It is quite true what Philosophy says: that Life must be understood backwards. But that makes one forget the other saying: that it must be… — Soren Kierkegaard

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