“Often what we do is open our house for various charity events. I don't seat according to protocol. I don't invite people because of who they are in the administration or their positions of power. The few who do come, are there because I like them.” PeopleHouseEventsPositionCharityVariousAdministrationSeatsInvitesProtocolPosition Of Power Author:Sally Quinn
“We do not wish incorrect and unsound doctrines to be handed down to posterity under the sanction of great names, to be received and valued by future generations as authentic and reliable, ... Errors in history and doctrine, if left uncorrected by us who are conversant with the events, and who are in a position to judge of the truth or falsity of the doctrines, would go to our children as though we had sanctioned and endorsed them.” IfsChildrenNamesLeftWishGenerationsEventsPositionJudgingOur ChildrenErrorsDoctrineFuture GenerationPosteritySanctionsFalsity Author:Brigham Young
“Unlike the position that exists in the physical sciences, in economics and other disciplines that deal with essentially complex phenomena, the aspects of the events to be accounted for about which we can get quantitative data are necessarily limited and may not include the important ones.” MayImportantDealsEventsPositionDisciplineAspectEconomicsComplexesDataPhenomenonPhysical Science Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“Time that weakens all things else has but strengthened the impregnable position of the believer's faith and hope and confidence. And as, year by year, the tree adds another ring to its circumference, every age has added the testimony of its events to this great truth. "The grass withereth, and the flower fadeth, but the word of the Lord shall endure forever.” YearsAgeLordForeverTreeEventsPositionFlowerAll ThingsAddEndureBelieverRingsGrassTestimonyHope And Faith Book:The Way to Life: Sermons Source: The Way to Life: Sermons
“The rules for reading yourself to sleep are easier to follow than are the rules for staying awake while reading. Get into bed in a comfortable position, make sure the light is inadequate enough to cause slight eyestrain, choose a book that is either terribly difficult or terribly boring-in any event, one that you do not really care whether you read or not-and you will be asleep in a few minutes. Those who are experts in relaxing with a book do not have to wait for nightfall. A comfortable chair in the library will do any time” BookEnoughLightCareReadingCausesWaitingDifficultSleepMinutesEventsPositionEasierBedComfortableLibraryBoringAwakeExpertsChairsStayingInadequateNightfall Book:How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading Source: How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
“We must make an issue, create an event, and establish a national position for ourselves: and never may expect to be respected as men and women, until we have undertaken some fearless, bold, and adventurous deeds of daring . . .” MenMayIssuesEventsPositionMen And WomenDeedsFearlessDaringAdventurous Author:Martin Delany
“Canada remains alienated from its allies, shut out of the reconstruction process to some degree, unable to influence events. There is no upside to the position Canada took.” ProcessInfluenceEventsPositionDegreesRemainsCanadaAlliesReconstruction Author:Stephen Harper
“I think it's a greater risk not to write about 9\11. If you're in my position - a New Yorker who felt the event very deeply and a writer who wants to write about things he feels deeply about - I think it's risky to avoid what's right in front of you.” IfsThinkingWantFeelsWritingFeltGreaterRiskFrontsEventsPositionNew YorkersVery Deep Author:Jonathan Safran Foer
“There are very few lows but lots and lots of highs. You're in an incredibly privileged position because you're able to go along to major sporting events and be ringside. You can see and hear everything.” AbleEventsPositionMajorsLowsPrivilegedSporting Events Author:Jill Douglas
“When you get new people in, you're going to have a breath of fresh air and there's going to be a window when people will decide what direction to go. It'll be determined by outside events, by the personalities that occupy those positions, and by the treatment they receive both from the press and the public, of the honeymoon period.” PeopleAirEventsPositionPersonalityPeriodsWindowBreathsPressesDeterminedTreatmentFresh AirHoneymoon Author:Ted Gup
“And even being in the middle of it, at the LVMH group with Dior, there are certain parts of it that I'm just not really in, because it's not in me or my nature. The whole scene around it, the events, the photography ... It's never really been my thing. But I don't take a critical position on people who are very much about that either.” PeopleWholeCertainGroupsMiddleEventsPositionScenePhotographyCriticalDior Author:Raf Simons
“The churches must realize that when they take a position on a political event that they must accept the rules of the game.” PoliticalGamesRealizingChurchAcceptingEventsPositionRules Of The Game Author:Pierre Trudeau