“The most consistently successful commanders, when faced by an enemy in a position that was strong naturally or materially, have hardly ever tackled it in a direct way. And when, under pressure of circumstances, they have risked a direct attack, the result has commonly been to blot their record with a failure.” WayStrongResultsEnemySuccessfulRecordsMilitaryPositionCircumstancesDirectPressureConsistentlyCommandersUnder Pressure Author:B. H. Liddell Hart
“The study of women's intelligence and personality has had broadly the same history as the one we record for Negroes ... in drawing a parallel between the position of, and feeling toward, women and Negroes, we are uncovering a fundamental basis of our culture.” FeelingsCultureWomenStudyRecordsPositionPersonalityBasesFundamentalsDrawingParallelsUncovering Author:Gunnar Myrdal
“I was approaching the age of 40 with a substantial publication record, but had not yet held any position in a chemistry department.” AgeRecordsPositionDepartmentChemistryPublicationAge Of 40 Author:John Pople
“I'm really lucky because I found myself in a position where I can do whatever I want to do. I can make records, produce records, make movies, or I can do nothing. I'm not a slave to the dollar.” WantI CanFoundCan DoRecordsPositionProduceLuckyDollarsSlave Author:Robbie Robertson
“Wynton told us that Miles sold out, just wanted to make more money, just wanted to sell more records. I don't believe that Miles sold out but I'm not in a position to say.” BelieveWantedRecordsPositionSellsDon't BelieveMilesMore MoneySold Out Author:Ken Burns
“I don't look at records, that's not why I'm playing the game. Goals, of course. Every player in my position wants to score goals. But most of all, trophies. My target is always to win trophies for Barcelona, and that will always be my motivation, to win things. Nothing feels better than doing that as a team.” WantFeelsLooksMotivationCoursesGamesWinningGoalRecordsPlayerTeamPositionScoreTargetFeel BetterTrophiesBarcelonaMotivation To Win Author:Lionel Messi
“Anyone who knows anything about journalism knows that reporters are rarely in a position to investigate anything. They lack the authority to subpoena witnesses, to cross-examine, to scrutinize official records. They are lucky to get their phone calls returned.” KnowsRecordsMediaPositionLuckyAuthorityCrossesPhonesJournalismWitnessOfficialsReportersPhone CallsScrutinizeSubpoenas Author:Irving Kristol
“I was driven from my position as Interior Secretary, not because of my environmental record, but because of my Christian beliefs. That's the real struggle.” RealChristianBeliefReligiousStruggleRecordsPositionEnvironmentalDrivenSecretaryInteriors Author:James G. Watt
“To make our position clearer, we may formulate it in another way. Let us call a proposition which records an actual or possible observation an experiential proposition. Then we may say that it is the mark of a genuine factual proposition, not that it should be equivalent to an experiential proposition, or any finite number of experiential propositions, but simply that some experiential propositions can be deduced from it in conjunction with certain other premises without being deducible from those other premises alone.” WayShouldMayCertainNumbersRecordsPositionMarkGenuineObservationPropositionsFiniteAnother WayPremisesFactualConjunctionsFinite Number Author:A.J. Ayer
“Plato assumes somehow that government is a way in which you put unselfish and ungreedy men in charge of selfish and greedy men. But government is an institution whereby the people who have the greatest drive to get power over their fellow men, get in a position of controlling them. Look at the record of government. Where are these philosopher kings that Plato supposedly was trying to develop?” PeopleMenWayTryingLooksGovernmentRecordsPositionKingsFellowsInstitutionsAssumingPhilosopherSelfishPlatoGreedyFellow ManUnselfish Author:Milton Friedman
“When we came along there was only Decca, Philips and EMI who could really produce a record for you. You had to go through the whole bureaucracy to get into the recording studio. You were in such a humble position, you didn't have more than 12 hours to make a whole album, which is what we did in the early days.” WholeHoursRecordsPositionProduceAlbumsStudiosHumbleBureaucracyPhilipRecording Studio Author:John Lennon
“The biggest reward from that record was the enthusiasm everyone had to sing on it. The Grammy nominations and the chart positions are great, but ultimately the way you interact with other musicians is the most important thing to me.” WayImportantRecordsPositionMusicianImportant ThingsRewardsEnthusiasmNominationsGrammy Author:Chris Botti
“They wanted to 'radiofy' what I was doing. I was also in a position where I was compromised. I was much younger and maybe it is because I am Irish but there was a guilt factor when the record company pays you a lot of money, you feel obliged.” FeelsWantedPayCompanyRecordsPositionGuiltFactorsLots Of MoneyObligedRecord Companies Author:Damien Rice
“I've been in fortunate position of never really having to battle with my record company to do the things I wanted to do in the studio.” WantedCompanyRecordsPositionBattleStudiosFortunateRecord Companies Author:Jonny Lang
“A lot of artists have been persuaded into doing whatever they can do to gain attention. The media, of course, will position and promote the worst of them to the front page. The sidewalk to crime becomes the marketing campaign. These artists have seen it work and sell millions and millions of records for other artists.” Has BeensArtistCoursesCan DoAttentionMillionsRecordsWorstMediaFrontsCrimePositionPagesGainsSellsMarketingCampaignsSidewalkMarketing Campaigns Author:Chuck D
“Fox News may be demolishing its more liberal cable news rivals in the ratings but to Democrats it's still the bogeyman. That's why President Obama took the opportunity to criticize the network during a speech defending his economic record at Northwestern University today. But in doing so, the president not only demonstrated the weakness of his position but also why he doesn't understand Fox's appeal.” MayStillsTodayOpportunityPresidentRecordsEconomicPositionSpeechNewsWeaknessDemocratUniversityAppealsCriticizePresident ObamaFoxesRivalsCablesNotableRatingFox NewsCable NewsNorthwesternNorthwestern University Author:Jonathan S. Tobin
“I get hit everyday with people everyday saying I remember this record from that, this changed my life or this record was playing when this happened so I'm thankful for that. On the other side I look at it like I got to do so many things in life I never thought I'd be able to do so who am I to complain about what position I'm in or not in. I gotta be thankful for everything that occurred in my career. That's how I look at it.” PeopleLooksAbleRememberSidesCareersRecordsHappenedPositionChangedEverydayComplainingThings In LifeBeing ThankfulChanged My Life Author:Mic Geronimo