Position Quotes

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What between the duties expected of one during one's lifetime, and the duties exacted from one after one's death, land has ceased to be either… — Oscar Wilde
Nothing seems to matter quite as much. I no longer think about death in the concentrated way I once did. I don't know? you get… — John Updike
We were wise indeed, could we discern truly the signs of our own time; and by knowledge of its wants and advantages, wisely adjust our… — Thomas Carlyle
Gentlemen are not supposed to tell the truth about their sex lives, nor are ladies, for that matter. Of course Clinton lied - as would… — Gore Vidal
The first who attracts the eye, the first in enlightenment, in power and in happiness, is the white man, the European, man par excellence; below… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Up or out" greatly magnified the careerist emphasis on holding a position rather than doing a job. — James Fallows
To follow art for the sake of being a great man, and therefore to cast about continually for some means of achieving position or attracting… — John Ruskin
Sometimes people think that because you have money and position you are immune from the human experience. But I can feel as lonesome and lost… — Robert Kennedy
I don't have anything to prove anymore. I don't have a record deal, no one has any expectations, I'm in a position of freedom. I… — Juliana Hatfield
If you ever find yourself tempted to seek out someone else's opinion on a trade, that's usually a sure sign that you should get out… — Linda Bradford Raschke
The Americans are violently oral. That's why in America the mother is all-important and the father has no position at all -- isn't respected in… — Wystan Hugh Auden
Disfranchisement means inability to make, shape, or control one's own circumstances... . That is exactly the position of women in the world of work today;… — Susan B. Anthony
If you take a position under the Constitution that is against the majority view, you have to explain it well enough that maybe you can… — Sandra Day O'Connor
The automobile changed our dress, manners, social customs, vacation habits, the shape of our cities, consumer purchasing patterns, common tastes and positions in intercourse. — John Keats
Where position is felt to be a birthright, generosity is possible (though not guaranteed); flexibility is not inhibited by a commitment to perpetual success. — Henry A. Kissinger
The position of First Lady has no rules, just precedent, so its evolution has been at a virtual standstill for years. If Martha Washington didn't… — Paula Poundstone
The American businessmen, as a class, have demonstrated the greatest productive genius and the most spectacular achievements ever recorded in the economic history of mankind.… — Ayn Rand
One of the most dangerously vicious circles menacing the continued existence of all mankind arises through that grim striving for the highest possible position within… — Konrad Lorenz
The paranoiac is the exact image of the ruler. The only difference is their position in the world. One might even think the paranoiac the… — Elias Canetti
Oppressed people are frequently very oppressive when first liberated. They know but two positions: somebody's foot on their neck or their foot on somebody's neck. — Florynce Kennedy

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