Position Quotes

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If a person, in a position of authority, wants someone to believe a lie, usually all they have to do is tell it to them.… — Derek R. Audette
Do not let your "eye" be drawn by the false "beacon lamps" -of wealth, or position, or fame, or possessions. Be vigilant over your will… — John of the Cross
I think I've always been extremely conscious of the kind of empowerment that comes from realizing that you're in a position to express yourself. And… — J. Robbins
Israel's international position is very badly damaged. A country which started off as a symbol of recovery of a people who were greatly persecuted now… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
This is called "spiritual lifting." It's not heavy lifting. The governor of Texas should not be confused with Arnold Schwarzenegger. That's a powerful position. The… — Kinky Friedman
When I'm naked, I really like to do push-ups. No. I think I really tackle it like everything else. If you're going to commit yourself… — Charlize Theron
It's a difficult position. Do you endanger your child to fight for the right thing, or do you keep your mouth shut and let your… — Jamie Bell
I relate to those characters - and any character I play - in as much as I put myself in their positions and feel how… — Nathan Fillion
I think that in politics, when people want to discredit a particular position, they say, "Oh, they are liberals," or "They are conservatives; we are… — Robert Reich
As you know, in the 2000 campaign I articulated a point of view that we ought to have personal savings accounts for younger workers that… — George H. W. Bush
To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from writing the Declaration of Independence,… — John F. Kennedy
He who blinded by ambition, raises himself to a position whence he cannot mount higher, must thereafter fall with the greatest loss. — Niccolo Machiavelli
Those who know others are intelligent Those who know themselves have insight. Those who master others have force Those who master themselves have strength.Those who… — Laozi
When I hear the hypercritical quarreling about grammar and style, the position of the particles, etc., etc... I see that they forget that the first… — Henry David Thoreau
ACCOMPLICE, n. One associated with another in a crime, having guilty knowledge and complicity, as an attorney who defends a criminal, knowing him guilty. This… — Ambrose Bierce
To string incongruities and absurdities together in a wandering and sometimes purposeless way, and seem innocently unaware that they are absurdities, is the basis of… — Mark Twain
The artist... standing in the position of mediator between the world of his experience and the world of his dreams - 'a mediator, consequently gifted… — James Joyce
He who draws... ought to take his position so that the eye of the figure he is drawing is on a level with his own...… — Leonardo da Vinci
I think we ought to impress on both our girls and boys that successful marriages require just as much work, just as much intelligence and… — Eleanor Roosevelt
The trouble is, we've been taught what to see and how to render what we see. If only we could be in the position of… — Pablo Picasso

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