“I think I've always been extremely conscious of the kind of empowerment that comes from realizing that you're in a position to express yourself. And the fact is that - and this is the thing about punk rock - that everyone is in a position to create culture, and that point has never been lost on me. To me, that's an important political aspect of doing this, and trying to live in a way that's about dialogue as opposed to like... spectacle.” ThinkingWayTryingKindImportantFactsPoliticalCultureLostRealizingRocksPositionConsciousAspectEmpowermentDialoguePunkExpress YourselfPunk Rock Author:J. Robbins
“Men who have lost their conviction of what is good and what is bad find themselves without a sextant to check their position by. We are in the position of a man with an elaborate camping kit who finds himself lost in the woods without his matches; to kindle a fire he has to resort to the stratagems of the caveman. We fall back through generations into the oldest terrors and confusions of the race.” MenFallLostRaceFireGenerationsPositionTerrorConvictionWoodsChecksConfusionResortsFall BackKindlesCampingStratagemLost In The Woods Author:John Dos Passos
“What would happen if capital succeeded in smashing the Republic of Soviets? There would set in an era of the blackest reaction in all the capitalist and colonial countries, the working class and the oppressed peoples would be seized by the throat, the positions of international communism would be lost.” IfsCountryHappensWould BeLostClassPositionInternationalReactionsCommunismErasRepublicThroatCapitalistOppressedWorking ClassSmashing Author:Joseph Stalin
“Most complaints, you know, aren't won or lost on their own merits, but rather on larger issues--politics and the position of the planets.” KnowsLostIssuesPositionPlanetsMeritComplaints Book:Three Plays of the Absurd Source: Three Plays of the Absurd
“The word "jealousy" is often used as if it were synonymous with envy; but I think the distinction worth preserving. Jealousy is predominantly concerned with the fear of loss of something one possesses, envy with the wish to own something another possesses. Othello suffers from the fear that he has lost Desdemona's love. Iago suffers from envy of the position held by Cassio, to which he feels entitled.” IfsThinkingFeelsUsedSufferingLostWishLossPositionConcernedEnvyJealousyDistinctionEntitledDesdemona Author:Anthony Storr
“Trent Lott has regained a position of leadership. He was the former majority leader who lost his post for racially insensitive commentary. I believe he mentioned that Strom Thurmond in 1948, who ran as a segregationist candidate, should have won. ... But now, sound the irony alarm. He has recaptured a position and his position -- I kid you not -- in the Senate will be minority whip. So, my guess is he takes to that job like, let's say, white on rice.” ShouldBelieveKidsJobsLostI BelieveSoundWhiteLeaderPositionShould HaveMajorityFormerPostsIronyRanCandidatesMinoritiesSenateRiceAlarmsWhipsCommentaryInsensitiveMajority Leader Author:Jon Stewart
“India has probably lost its position to China as the world's workshop. At the same time it has the power to be ahead of China when it comes to knowledge. Not that the Chinese are far behind. They will get there. But our challenge is to invest sufficiently in education.” WorldLostChallengesBehindsPositionIndiaChinaChineseWorkshops Author:Ratan Tata
“I like to compare the two to a quarterback and a lineman. Being a brakeman is very physical and success is mostly determined by how fast you can push a sled for about 30 meters. Your position is won or lost by the hundredths of seconds you are faster than another individual. It's like the lineman who is there mostly for their athleticism and physicality. The driver, like the quarterback, possesses a unique skill that takes a lot longer to learn.” TwoIndividualLostPositionSkillsUniqueDeterminedFasterCompareDriversSecondsQuarterbackMeterPhysicalityAthleticismLineman Author:Elana Meyers
“What a lost person needs is a map of the territory, with his own position marked on it so he can see where he is in relation to everything else.” NeedsPersonsLostPositionRelationMapsTerritoryLost Person Author:Margaret Atwood
“Because these firms listened to their customers, invested aggressively in new technologies that would provide their customers more and better products of the sort they wanted, and because they carefully studied market trends and systematically allocated investment capital to innovations that promised the best returns, they lost their positions of leadership.” WantedLostTechnologyPositionProductsReturnInnovationInvestmentCustomersFirmTrendsNew Technology Book:The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail Source: The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail
“We have resorted to every means to win back the position that Adam lost. We have tried through education, through philosophy, through religion, through governments to throw off our yoke of depravity and sin. All our knowledge, all our inventions, all our developments and ambitious plans move us ahead only a very little before we drop back again to the point from which we started. For we are still making the same mistake that Adam made - - we are still trying to be king in our own right, and with our own power, instead of obeying God's law.” TryingMeanLittlesMadeStillsPhilosophyGovernmentMovingLawWinningLostSinMistakePlansPositionDevelopmentKingsInventionAdamAmbitiousBack AgainDepravityObeyingYokeSame MistakesVery MeanMaking The Same MistakesObeying God Author:Billy Graham
“If my sense of security lies in my reputation or in the things I have, my life will be in a constant state of threat and jeopardy-a fear that these possessions may be lost, stolen, or devalued. If I'm in the presence of someone of greater net worth, fame, or status, I feel inferior. If I'm in the presence of someone of lesser net worth, fame or status, I feel superior. My sense of self-worth constantly fluctu-ates. I don't have any sense of constancy, anchorage, or persistent selfhood. I am constantly trying to protect and insure my assets, properties, securities, position, or reputation.” IfsFeelsTryingMaySelfStatesLyingLostGreaterSecurityPositionFameProtectConstantPropertyThreatPossessionSelf WorthSuperiorsReputationAssetsInferiorsStolenPersistentSense Of SelfConstancyJeopardyNet Worth Author:Stephen Covey
“Some criticize me, thinking I'm too tolerant of the clerical regime in Iran. In response, I have to say, I have served time in prison, I have lost my position [as a judge]. Do I need to prove that I am brave? Do I need to be killed?” ThinkingNeedsLostPositionJudgingProvePrisonBraveResponseIranCriticizeRegimes Author:Shirin Ebadi
“[S]ince their candidate lost, many [Democrats] have allowed their hatred of George W. Bush to put them in the tragic position to be cheering for the same result in Iraq as Osama Bin Laden and al Zarqawi.” LostResultsPositionHatredDemocratIraqCandidatesTragicAlsCheerBin LadenOsama Bin Laden Author:Joe Scarborough
“Man is indeed lost, but that does not mean that he is nothing. We must resist humanism, but to make a man a zero is not the right way to resist it ... [The] Christian position is that man is made in the image of God and even though he is now a sinner, he can do things that are tremendous - he can influence history for this life and the life to come, for himself and for others...From the biblical viewpoint, man is lost, but great.” MenWayMeanDoeMadeChristianLostCan DoInfluencePositionHumanismThis LifeSinnerZeroBiblicalRight WayViewpointsGod Image Author:Francis Schaeffer
“And so we said to General Motors that the solution had to be a first year increase, which had to be sizeable because we bad to catch up with the lost position as against the cost of living and we had to make some progress.” YearsFirstsSaidLostProgressPositionCostSolutionsIncreaseMotorCost Of LivingGeneral Motors Author:Leonard Woodcock
“There have been so many examples of highly qualified judges of enormous integrity who lost their positions because they were in fact disabled from speaking out to defend a controversial opinion.” Has BeensFactsLostOpinionExamplePositionJudgingIntegrityEnormousQualifiedDisabledControversialSpeaking Out Author:Deborah Rhode