Position Quotes

This position of this Northern party brought about the troubles of 1850, and the political excitement of 1854.

I didn't want to make a game unless I felt in the position to make something new and different.

Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so.

I consider Khomeini's position dangerous. He does not have the right to pass judgment-that is not the Islamic way.

Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable.

Even in today's opera world, the position of the black tenor is problematic.

My position is that since the non-secular status of my garden is not recognised by the law; by the world of the public, then the garden can only be private. So, I closed the garden to the public.

We hear only those questions for which we are in a position to find answers.

Sometimes altering your position is the right thing. Sometimes it's not.

Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature; and the error is ineradicable.

Beauty is about perception, not about make-up. I think the beginning of all beauty is knowing and liking oneself. You can't put on make-up, or dress yourself, or do you hair with any sort of fun or joy if you're doing it from a position of correction.

We respect opposition to any position or policy. But we believe that the opinion that should prevail and be respected is that of the majority.

Faced with this general consideration it will immediately be realized on inquiry into the particular position occupied within this general scheme by the scientific field of catalysis that it is in the first stages of its development.

The solicitor general is sometimes referred to as the 10th Supreme Court justice - a pretty important position.

When you are in a good position you are sure to drive well and to be very concentrated in each corner.

My view is that marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman. That's the position I've had for some time, and I don't intend to make any adjustments at this point... Or ever, by the way.

A slave has but one master; an ambitious man has as many masters as there are people who may be useful in bettering his position.

When I entered the market, I was rejected because the elite say that you have to sell things at a certain price point. My position was that the consumer is smarter than that. Who cares if it's $200, not $2,000?

In the sense that you're not at the centre of power, like a president or prime minister of a major power, everyone is marginalised; my position doesn't isn't unique in that respect. I think there are different sorts of relevance in different contexts.

The NAACP was even considering earlier this summer reassessing their position on school integration.

You're saying 'will it become politically unpopular to have the position I'm having.' If it does, so be it.

I can't think of any sentiment which is finer than being in a position to give people something they like. I love giving, I am rather embarrassed at receiving.

It's not painful to relive it. I'm comfortable with my position in American history.

I'm pleased the administration is endorsing the need for legislation dealing with the chemical sector. In the past, the administration's position has been ambiguous.

The luxury of our position now is that we can almost assemble any team to address any issue.

I play a complicated position in an intensely team-oriented game.

Colombia is in a risky position. They've got a peace process that's going nowhere, and a drug production problem that's skyrocketing.

This was a report from a single source. It was an established and reliable line of reporting. It was quoted from a senior Iraqi military officer in a position to know this information.

Obama's position on marriage is brazenly cynical.

The message that President Obama delivered in his speech at Notre Dame was: morality is immoral. Pro-life is the extremist position, not a moral position. Yet we should compromise and work to reduce abortions. Where's the compromise between life and death - and why work to reduce the number of them occurring if there's nothing wrong with them?