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One could judge the degree of civilization of a country by the social and political position of its women — Charles Fourier

His position, like so many of his ilk, was one of uncontested and unearned respect. — John Boyne

No one is satisfied with his position, but every one is satisfied with his wit — Leo Tolstoy

It is the aim of the modern school, not to treat every position according to one general law, but according to the principle inherent in the position — Richard Reti

Page one of the script, I launch into, "How would I feel if I were in this position?" That's an actor's job. — Dermot Mulroney

No one was in better position than I to know how easily shyness gets misread for arrogance or coldness or indifference. — Josh Lanyon

When your position is one of peace, then you're truly powerful. — Sue Fitzmaurice

A good man never makes excuses, a smart man is never in a position to need one. — Kyle Barger

The paranoid fear of government is an extremist position, and every one of us ought to say that — Patricia Schroeder

If God should desire to raise us to the position of one who is an intimate and shares his secrets, we ought to accept this gladly. — Saint Teresa Of Avila

I was always attracted to taking a novel position, but one grounded in the materials I'd been given, not made up out of whole cloth. — Jed S. Rakoff

Being married gives one one's position like nothing else can. — Queen Victoria

In other words, the capacity to exercise power is always a reflection of one's position in social relations. — James W. Messerschmidt

If there's a perk to having such a fucked up father, it's that he's in no position to judge. — Jonathan Tropper

Don't be concerned that you have no position; be concerned how you may fit yourself to occupy one. — Confucius

The female loves to play man against man. And if she is in a position to do it, there is not one who will resist. — Charles Bukowski

And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic nor popular - but one must take it because it is right. — David Levithan

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. — Jean De La Bruyere

To have one man's nut lay against another man's is a most awkward position to find oneself. — Jason R. Koivu

Before one can know what is right and wrong,
he must first align himself with God. Only then is one in a position to do right. — Billy Graham

It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold, than of the office which one fills. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

With wealth, one is in a position of responsibility. You must try to help others. It is as simple as that. — Arpad Busson

My position was a common one; I wanted to do the right thing but could not help regretting the damnable expense. — Robertson Davies

Even when the time control has been reached, there is one situation where you want to act as if it has not: when your position is absolutely lost. — Edmar Mednis

It is desirable to avoid trivial and evil company altogether - unless one can assert oneself fully, and thus make the other doubt his own position. — Erich Fromm

One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing. — E.L. Doctorow

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 or title. — Herb Kelleher

That most dangerous of opponents: the one who took pains to comprehend the position of his adversary. — Piers Anthony

When in a superior bargaining position, one should never make the first move. — Jim Starlin

I think people who are religious are more likely to want one around, but it's a very secular position. — John Green

As a rule the person found out in a betrayal of love holds, all the same, the superior position of the two. It is the betrayed one who is humiliated. — Ada Leverson

To lose one's objective attitude to a position, nearly always means ruining your game. — David Bronstein

If you are in a position to give direction to the masses, check your direction thousand times to be sure that it is the correct one! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Mostly, I'm in the very enviable position that no one dictates what I do. — Graeme Murphy

No one reaches a high position without daring. — Publilius Syrus

Most Christians long to see miracles, but they don't want to be put in a position where they will need one. — Rick Joyner

Success is important only to the extent that it puts one in a position to do more things one likes to do. — Sarah Caldwell

Peeta and Finnick and I position ourselves in a triangle, a few yards apart, our backs to one another. My — Suzanne Collins

The position of the Americans is quite exceptional, and it may be believed that no democratic people will ever be placed in a similar one. — Alexis De Tocqueville

The heart can think of no devotion
Greater than being shore to the ocean-
Holding the curve of one position,
Counting an endless repetition. — Robert Frost

You want to be the best at your position. And if people think of me as one of the best ever, that's the ultimate compliment. — Brian Urlacher

Because a truly skeptical position would be a very uncertain one. — Rupert Sheldrake

As with any young species, this one's position is precarious. — Elizabeth Kolbert

My troops may fail to take a position, but are never driven from one! — Stonewall Jackson

In order to maintain an untenable position, you have to be actively ignorant. One motto on the show is, 'Keep your facts, I'm going with the truth.' — Stephen Colbert

Every time I appoint someone to a vacant position, I make a hundred unhappy and one ungrateful. — Louis XIV

One-third of your plays are special teams, so to block a punt and get good field position out of it and score was big. — Frank Knight

To be excellent when engaged in administration is to be like the North Star. As it remains in its one position, all the other stars surround it. — Confucius

No one can afford not to be a man. No position can compensate for coming face to face with a robot when you are alone. — Eleanor Roosevelt

Improvement of one's economic position is helped more by cool persistence than by hot enthusiasm. — William Feather

I can think of a lot of words to describe Senator Kerry's position on Iraq; 'consistent' is not one of them. — Dick Cheney

Every aspect of your personality, if you're wise, you're able to separate each one of them and put them to use at the best time for the best position. — RZA

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome. — Booker T. Washington

Whether in an advantageous position or a disadvantageous one, the opposite state should be always present to your mind. — Sun Tzu

That opening position in every negotiation. The one that said, out of the goodness of my heart I'm going to agree to rob you blind. — Jon Courtenay Grimwood

And when (one with the highest excellence) does not wrangle (about his low position), no one finds fault with him. — Lao-Tzu

One must dig deeply into opposing points of view in order to know whether your own position remains defensible. Iron sharpens iron. — Francis Collins

The person in the saddle is not necessarily the one holding the reins. — D. Cypriani Regis

Like all the best radical positions, then, mine is a thoroughly traditionalist one. — Terry Eagleton

Bulls make money and bears make money, but pigs seldom do. When a stock or mutual fund is up 30%, sell one-quarter of your position. — Nancy Dunnan

One of my prized possessions is still the prefect's tie that I got in this school. I keep it with me. It was the first leadership position I ever had. — Julia Gillard

For some reason I get this key position of being one of two people that started the company that started the revolution. — Steve Wozniak

It's very brave going from a position of authority to one where you are an apprentice. — Eleanor Catton

Success is not measured by the position one has reached in life, rather by the obstacles one overcomes while trying to succeed — Booker T. Washington

There is no off position on my visual switch, and I don't want one. I love, and always have, telling stories with my camera. — Bill Frakes

Cooperation is just like two pagodas - one hardware and one software. Combined, we can take the leadership position in the world. — Wen Jiabao

No one's ever happy with their position in Hollywood. You hear that from people you'd never dream would complain. — Yasmine Bleeth

My men have sometimes failed to take a position, but to defend one, never! — Stonewall Jackson

Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one. — Voltaire

It was an amazing win and testament to the character of the team. From the position we were in it must be one of the greatest comebacks. — Adam Gilchrist

In despair there are the most intense enjoyments, especially when one is acutely conscious of the hopelessness of one's position. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

My position at the Palace is our one opportunity. Have confidence in my destiny. Do not weep. — Shan Sa

One of the secrets to advancing in any job is to make yourself more valuable than what your position calls for. — Idowu Koyenikan

The way to put oneself in a position to take the harder, more honorable political path is to argue for one's virtues in a vigorous way. — Jon Meacham

To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough to make me ambitious. — Hannah Arendt

To show a longing for anything that one cannot have, for instance, is not a clever position. — Elizabeth Gilbert

No one is in a more strategic position than you are to influence the people you are with. — Don Piper

Never to have occasion to take a position, to make up one's mind, or to define oneself - there is no wish I make more often. — Emile M. Cioran

I refuse to "look up." Optimism nauseates me. It is perverse. Since man's fall, his proper position in the universe has been one of misery. — John Kennedy Toole

Raffe nods to one of the Watchers who then takes position below us. I'm guessing he's there to catch me if I fall. "Don't you dare let me go," I say. — Susan Ee

Immigration reform is a must, an amnesty. So that's my position. I've been pushing that one since before it was popular. — Dick Mountjoy

If you've got five cameras, you're making sure that you're in the right position for each one of the cameras. — Jacinda Barrett

One only really loves from a feminine position. — Jacques-Alain Miller

... it does not matter where we serve the Lord. We may serve in a high position or in a low one. God can bless us in either position. — Samuel Ngewa

No one marries for love, except in stories. People marry for property and position, and one day so will you. — Judith James

each individual reasoner is really good at one thing: finding evidence to support the position he or she already holds, usually for intuitive reasons. — Jonathan Haidt

There is only one position for an artist anywhere; and that is upright. — Dylan Thomas