Their Position Quotes

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But, actually, so many of the clerics that I've met, particularly the Church of England clerics, are people of such extraordinary smugness and arrogance and… — Rowan Atkinson
The proud do not change to improve, but defend their position by rationalizing. Repentance means change, and it takes a humble person to change. — Ezra Taft Benson
What makes a regiment of soldiers a more noble object of view than the same mass of mob? Their arms, their dresses, their banners, and… — Lord Byron
Snobbery is the pride of those who are not sure of their position. — Berton Braley
Colored planes, by their position and size as well as by their value, express only relationships, not forms. — Piet Mondrian
At the moment I am occupied by an investigation with Kirchoff which does not allow us to sleep. Kirchoff has made a totally unexpected discovery,… — Robert Bunsen
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
I would say the biggest handicap we have right now is some nutcases in our country that don't believe in global warming. I think they… — Jimmy Carter
This argument has been codified in the twentieth century as meritocracy, in which those on top in the process of capitalist accumulation have merited their… — Immanuel Wallerstein
The problem is not that Christians are conservative or liberal, but that some are so confident that their position is God's position that they become… — John C. Danforth
Bureaucracies are inherently antidemocratic. Bureaucrats derive their power from their position in the structure, not from their relations with the people they are supposed to… — Alan Keyes
History is the sextant of states which, tossed by wind and current, would be lost in confusion if they could not fix their position. — Allan Nevins
One piece of advice that always stuck in my mind is that people should be respected and trusted as people, not because of their position… — Herb Kelleher
If our leaders are to enjoy the trappings of their position in the hierarchy, then we expect them to offer us protection. The problem is,… — Simon Sinek
Well, I think critics are very useful. But I think that they, in a way, betray their position when they stop people looking for themselves.… — Antony Gormley
When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting. — John Boorman
The NAACP was even considering earlier this summer reassessing their position on school integration. — Tom Joyner
Most political leaders acquire their position by causing large numbers of people to believe that these leaders are actuated by altruistic desires — Bertrand Russell
I look upon those who would deny others the right to urge and argue their position, however irksome and pernicious they may seem, as intellectual… — William Borah
Sometimes you can defuse a difficult situation simply by being willing to understand the other person. Often all that people need is to know that… — Brian Tracy

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