People who are in a fortunate position always attribute virtue to what makes them so happy.
John Kenneth Galbraith

Every day Catholics prove that you can be a good Catholic and a good Democrat and have a different position from the Church on abortion.
James Carville

It's never over. You don't want to be in the position to be down four runs in the ninth inning, but it's not over until the last out.
Derek Jeter

If you're in such a position of power and your ego is such that this is not possible, then its essential to have a small cadre of very bright, committed people who are questioning, exploring and understanding these emerging concepts.
Dee Hock

The teacher must derive not only the capacity, but the desire, to observe natural phenomena. The teacher must understand and feel her position of observer: the activity must lie in the phenomenon.
Maria Montessori

What you think means more than anything else in your life. More than what you earn, more than where you live, more than your social position, and more than what anyone else may think about you.
George Matthew Adams

I would like to mention that I have flown the 262 first in May '43. At this time, the aircraft was completely secret. I first knew of the existence of this aircraft only early in '42 - even in my position. This aircraft didn't have any priority in design or production.
Adolf Galland

In time, we shall be in a position to bestow on South Africa the greatest possible gift - a more human face.
Steven Biko

It seems to me that socialists today can preserve their position in academic economics merely by the pretense that the differences are entirely moral questions about which science cannot decide.
Friedrich August von Hayek

A claim for equality of material position can be met only by a government with totalitarian powers.
Friedrich August von Hayek

Your position never gives you the right to command. It only imposes on you the duty of so living your life that others can receive your orders without being humiliated.
Dag Hammarskjold

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 have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.
Pat Riley

I never thought I'd be in a position where people would be talking about my sexuality and saying how good I look in underwear.
Fiona Apple

The work of the political activist inevitably involves a certain tension between the requirement that position be taken on current issues as they arise and the desire that one's contributions will somehow survive the ravages of time.
Angela Davis

Center is a very tough position to play.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf.
Ben Hogan

You don't have to hold a position in order to be a leader.
Anthony J. D'Angelo

We remain at peace with all nations, and no efforts on my part consistent with the preservation of our rights and the honor of the country shall be spared to maintain a position so consonant to our institutions.
Martin Van Buren

Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd.
Annie Besant