“Constraint theory asks: What is the price for doing this? Now one way around constraint theory is declaring your enemy crazy. Crazy and stupid are not concepts used in forecasting. When people say they're really stupid or they're crazy, that's laziness. That means I don't want to think through their position or about what they're really going to do.” PeopleThinkingWayWantMeanUsedAsksEnemyCrazyStupidPositionTheoryConceptsOne WayLazinessConstraintsDeclaringReally StupidForecasting Author:George Friedman
“But credit card debt is unsecured debt, which means if you get in trouble and cannot pay off your credit card, you can discharge it in bankruptcy. What are they going do to you? If you're in a financial position to just methodically pay off both credit card and student loans, pay them all.” IfsMeanPayTroublePositionStudentsFinancialCreditDebtCardsLoanCredit CardBankruptcyDischargeStudent LoanCredit Card Debt Author:Suze Orman
“I mean, in the history of poetry there have been a lot poetries where you have to inherit the position of poet from your ancestors and I think that if you just leave anyone to become a poet based on an aristocratic society, then a lot of people are left out who might have something to offer.” PeopleIfsThinkingMeanHas BeensMightLeftPositionPoetOffersAncestorLeft OutAristocratic Author:Edward Hirsch
“We [US government] have no fundamental disagreement with the Saudis - I mean, excuse me, with the Iraqis any more than we do with the Arab League, which we happen to support the position they're taking.” MeanGovernmentHappensSupportPositionFundamentalsExcuseLeagueDisagreementSaudisExcuse Me Author:Joe Biden
“Mean-spirited mediocrities, especially those with a smattering of learning, are the most likely to be opinionated. Only strong minds know how to correct their opinions and abandon a bad position.” KnowsMindMeanStrongOpinionKnow HowLearningPositionAbandonMediocritySpiritedOpinionatedMean SpiritedStrong Mind Author:Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable
“A judicial standard means that a judicious decision can be entirely correct, even when the result does not line up with our preferred political positions or cater to certain political interests.” MeanDoePoliticalCertainInterestLinesDecisionResultsPositionStandardsJudicial Author:Orrin Hatch
“Who knows better than you what it means to have a commander-in-chief who lived his entire life, who lived throughout the entire Cold War, and doesn't know what the nuclear triad is? It's absolutely astonishing. And so it's terrific to have Joe Dunford and you know, perhaps John Bolton and other people in positions of trust.” PeopleKnowsMeanWarPositionColdNuclearChiefsCold WarTerrificAstonishingCommandersBetter Than YouCommander In ChiefTriads Author:Bret Stephens
“Self-rule means that China must stop its intensive effort to colonize Tibet with Chinese settlers and must allow Tibetans to hold responsible positions in the government of Tibet.” MeanSelfGovernmentEffortPositionResponsibleChinaChineseTibetanTibetSettlers Author:Dalai Lama
“I'm in a position where - I mean, not a lot of people are in a very fortunate position - where I kind of have the power to choose what I want to do in a way.” PeopleWayWantKindMeanPositionFortunate Author:Logan Lerman
“There is talk ... of our constructing Dnieprostroy through our own means. The means needed are great, several hundred millions. Let us not get into the position of the peasant who, after accumulating a nest-egg, instead of repairing his plough and renewing his equipment, buys a gramophone and goes bankrupt.” MeanMillionsPositionNeededHundredEggsEquipmentPeasantsNestsRepairing Author:Joseph Stalin