Position Quotes
2906 quotes by 2264 authors
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A scientist can hardly meet with anything more undesirable than to have the foundations give way just as the work is finished. I was put…
— Gottlob Frege
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On a fading summer evening, late in the last hours of his old life, Peter Jaxon-son of Demetrius and Prudence Jaxon, First Family; descendent of…
— Justin Cronin
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. . . I felt I was finally in a position to affect not only the artistic content of the American theatre, but also its…
— David Henry Hwang
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If we divested ourselves, once and for all, of all self-will, we would then be in a position of being sure of doing the Will…
— Vincent de Paul
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The love of God again makes us free, for it draws us to set a low value on those things wherein we are subject to…
— Kenneth E. Boulding
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At the very least, they can be persuaded that the bodily position makes no difference to their prayers; for they constantly forget[...]that they are animals…
— C.S. Lewis
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We humans have a wide range of abilities that help us perceive and analyze mathematical content. We perceive abstract notions not just through seeing but…
— William Thurston
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Cultivating literature as I do upon a little oatmeal, and driving, when in a position to be driven at all, in that humble vehicle, the…
— James Payn
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The workman cut to the left, still laying on his horn, and roared around the drunkenly weaving limousine. He invited the driver of the limo…
— Stephen King
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All was there-the programme of German resurrection, the technique of party propaganda; the plan for combating Marxism; the concept of a National-Socialist State; the rightful…
— Winston Churchill
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Note the three most important Cabinet positions. Rice said that it was better to find the weapons of mass destruction than to see a mushroom…
— Andrew Greeley
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We can form no idea of the millions of pounds that are spent every year in the making of dress in the West. The dress-making…
— Swami Vivekananda
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Faced with a new mutation in an organism, or a fundamental change in its living conditions, the biologist is frequently in no position whatever to…
— George Wald
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If at times my productions do not express the conventionally beautiful, there is always an effort to express the universal beauty of man's continuous struggle…
— Jacob Lawrence
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The biggest shortage in the world is not oil or foodÂ-it's leadership. Why is it such a scarce resource? Because egos get involved. Most people…
— Bob Davids
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Men, if you are in a position of power or authority, please respectfully continue to mentor and work with talented individuals and those with promise,…
— Carol Roth
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Getting up in the morning and having work you love is what makes life different for people. If you get into a position where you…
— Bob Woodward
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In my opinion, the most important thing as a woman leader-and I learned this early through a whole bunch of great women who were in…
— Pat Mitchell
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If you work for a man, in heaven's name work for him, speak well of him, and stand by the institution he represents. Remember, an…
— Elbert Hubbard
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In a world that demands service we position ourselves as servants.
— Alan Hirsch
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