“Steinberg occupies a position that is very dear to those of us who've held it over the years: sports columnist at The Post. If all he wants to do is be popular--and I think Dan is better than that--then the readers of The Washington Post sports section won't be very well served. Telling readers how great they are as sports fans was never one of my priorities. The only thing worse than people who can't stand to hear an unpopular or unflattering opinion is those that are too afraid to state one.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantYearsWellsStatesSportsOpinionFansPositionReaderDearPrioritiesPostsSectionsColumnistsSports Fan Author:Michael Wilbon
“I grew up in and the teachers. I think I was very lucky. I think I had a lot of social capital, and so when I found myself in this position of influence, I just - then I started to engage a bit with some of the problems in the world and realize that I could actually have an impact.” ThinkingWorldProblemFoundSocialBitsRealizingTeacherInfluencePositionGrewLuckyGrew UpImpactSocial Capital Author:Matt Damon
“I think squats is a generic thing - you can do squats with anything. That's the great thing about it. As long as you get in a safe position to do it.” ThinkingLongCan DoPositionSafeGreat ThingsGeneric Author:Greg Rutherford
“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
“I definitely think we need to lean more on God. And I do think we need to praise, because we need to give it outward. You know, whenever you think you're in tough circumstances, there's always somebody who's in a worse position than you.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsGivingPositionCircumstancesToughPraise Author:Queen Latifah
“There are some issues where ministers should come and talk to the prime minister, if the prime minister hasn't already talked to them. Any issue which a minister thinks is going to be profoundly controversial, where we do not have a clear existing position, it is important that there be a conversation between the minister and the prime minister. I think they all understand that and I think it is working very well.” IfsThinkingShouldWellsImportantIssuesClearPositionConversationMinistersPrimePrime MinisterControversial Author:Tony Abbott
“Someone said, and rightfully, that "property is theft'." There's no way a man can stand and tell me that he owns an apple tree. I just don't believe you. And so this pursuit of position and money and power, they are all wrapped up into one package that I think is crippling, debilitating and limiting. And unfortunately, people get sucked into it and then they've got you on the treadmill. You know: ''You've got to have a good job'' and "You've got to have a good education'' - which is another word for indoctrination. We're never going to rise above these limitations we've placed on ourselves.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMenWayBelieveSaidJobsTreePositionPropertyDon't BelievePursuitLimitationApplesGood JobPackagesRise AboveTheftIndoctrinationGood EducationTreadmillsMoney And PowerApple Trees Author:George Carlin
“I'm not thinking about forcing my kids to watch my movies. It's always awkward when someone says: "Hey, I wrote a song, can I play it for you?" That would be the dynamic, if I was like: "Hey, you're my son, watch my work!" I don't want to put them in that awkward position. Just because when they get older, that's when I'm worried, that they'll judge me and say: "Yeah, my father's ******* Jack Black. He was in that cheesy movie." So, I'm going to keep it all high quality. It'll be a quality controller.” IfsThinkingWantPlayHandsWould BeKidsSongFatherBlackQualityWatchesPositionSonJudgingMouthsYeahHeyWorriedMy SonAwkwardCheesyHigh QualityHey YouJudge MeControllers Author:Jack Black
“I was always reticent about taking offerings from my father, and I think it was maybe because I felt the caveat was that I had to give something back, and I didn't like that position. But I've never felt incumbent on anyone to kind of keep them lifted or to support them, necessarily. I do that by wish or by option.” ThinkingGivingKindFatherWishFeltSupportPositionOfferingIncumbents Author:Anjelica Huston
“I think that mentoring is such a critical part of the role I can play in my position. I see how little bits of exposure and big bits of exposure really change my girls significantly, and I want that for more girls around the country and the world.” ThinkingWorldWantLittlesI CanCountryPlayBigsGirlBitsRolesPositionLittle BitCriticalExposureMentoringMy Girl Author:Michelle Obama
“I see women going anywhere they want to. And I do mean want to. Because a lot of people measure success merely by position, title and salary. I think women feel comfortable enough in their own skin to put that secondary to what they want. They don't have to define success by the measure of society.” PeopleThinkingWantFeelsMeanEnoughPositionComfortableSkinsTitlesSalaryMeasure Of SuccessDefine Success Author:Charlene Li
“It would be so helpful for the straight community to see men in powerful positions coming out and saying "I'm gay" so they don't have these preconceived notions that all gay men are smarmy idiots living on the street or whatever it is people think of gay men. I think it would be really helpful and productive.” PeopleThinkingMenWould BeCommunityPowerfulStreetsPositionGayNotionIdiotProductiveHelpfulComing OutLiving OnGay MenPreconceived Notions Author:Madonna Ciccone
“I think people who are religious are more likely to want one around, but it's a very secular position.” PeopleThinkingWantReligiousPositionSecular Author:John Green
“I'd like to think that we've certainly strengthened the position of some of our government businesses.” ThinkingGovernmentPosition Author:Peter Gutwein
“If you tell most people what libertarians think, they immediately assume that you cannot mean it all the way, that you're really just taking a position for argument's sake.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayMeanPositionArgumentAssumingSakeLibertarian Author:Dave Barry
“I think something happens with age. And I find this really a lot in what I read from certain art critics: For people who are all about change-people who are supposed to be intellectually and culturally drawn to the idea of change and how the voice of a creative person affects the world on a bigger scale than just the canvas-I would expect a person in that position to have that open mind. It's only a sign of age that they become so locked in their own rules that they forget that this is what it's all about.” PeopleThinkingWorldMindPersonsArtIdeasHappensAgeCertainVoiceForgetCreativePositionBiggerCriticsScalesThings HappenSupposed To BeLockedCanvasOpen MindCreative PersonArt Critic Author:Marc Jacobs
“When you think about being contrarian, you have to think about - how is it that smart people will disagree with me, disagree with me ...from a position of intelligence, and there is something that I know that they don't know, that will actually in fact play out to be true.” PeopleThinkingKnowsPlayFactsPositionSmartBeing TrueDisagreeSmart People Author:Reid Hoffman
“I think it's important for us to recognize that although historically black communities have been very progressive with respect to issues of race and with respect to struggles for racial equality, that does not necessarily translate into progressive positions on gender issues, progressive positions on issues of sexuality and in the latter 1990s we have to recognize the intersectionality, the interconnectedness of all of these institutions and attitudes.” ThinkingDoeHas BeensImportantBlackCommunityRaceAttitudeStruggleIssuesPositionInstitutionsGenderSexualityLatterProgressiveTranslateInterconnectednessIntersectionalityBlack CommunityRacial EqualityGender Issues Author:Angela Davis
“If there's a big problem and you've got the right people with you, usually the answer emerges and you do what's the obvious thing to do. I don't think of myself as some great manager or great leader. I've been very lucky to be in the positions that I've been in. I meet a lot of people and I've grown a lot of companies, and I meet a lot of CEOs at big enterprises. I'm always so surprised at how much they seem to know. It doesn't always seem to be correlated to how well they actually do.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWellsProblemBigsSeemsAnswersBusinessCompanyLeaderPositionLuckyObviousManagersThings To DoGreat MenEnterpriseCeoGreat LeaderBig ProblemsObvious ThingsGreat Managers Author:Larry Brilliant
“To be a great offensive rebounder, you have to think like a defensive rebounder and battle for position while also being in the flow of your offense. And then it's just being determined.” ThinkingPositionBattleFlowDeterminedJust BeingOffensiveOffense Author:Moses Malone
“When I first discovered it it was so weird because I was doing all these positions, they're called Asanas, and I was thinking 'But I used to do this when I was a kid. I used to do shoulder stands and upside down positions.' So I think I used to do it as a child subconsciously, but not knowing what it actually was.” ThinkingFirstsChildrenKidsUsedKnowingPositionShouldersNot KnowingUpside DownAsana Author:Jayne Middlemiss
“I don't have problems with my weight, I don't change weight but I think when you're gaining in age your position has to be beautiful.” ThinkingProblemAgeBeautifulPositionWeightDon't Change Author:Carine Roitfeld
“You have to decide what those issues are for you. What do you think disqualifies a person from holding public office? I believe that the endorsement of the right to kill unborn children disqualifies a person from any position of public office. It's simply the same as saying that the endorsement of racism, fraud, or bribery, would disqualify him - except that child-killing is more serious than those.” ThinkingBelieveChildrenPersonsI BelieveIssuesPositionSeriousOfficeRacismKillingAbortionFraudUnbornEndorsementsPublic OfficeBriberyUnborn Child Book:A Godward Life: Savoring the Supremacy of God in All of Life Source: A Godward Life: Savoring the Supremacy of God in All of Life
“If you become so frightened of realities that are not your own, if you take upon yourselves tragedies that do not exist in your reality, in your moment, then you weaken your position and weaken the position, of those you think you are helping. You look about you and you see only hopelessness and helplessness. You organize your reality according to the tragedies of the newspapers!” IfsThinkingLooksMomentsHelpingRealityPositionTragedyNewspapersFrightenedOrganizeHopelessnessHelplessnessYour Mom Author:Seth
“And the camera position, the organization, looking for repeating forms, shapes, trying to set up a visual rhythm seemed to come very natural. All of a sudden I was in a forest of aluminum and steel rather than a forest that we might think of in a traditional sense.” ThinkingTryingMightFormArtistNaturalPositionShapesOrganizationCamerasPhotographerForestsTraditionalRhythmVisualsSteelAluminum Author:John Sexton
“I do think that even with entertainment and telling stories, people in the entertainment industry have such a beautiful position in the world to speak about things that they're passionate about in a way that can grab people more than just sitting and telling someone about something, because you can show it visually.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayStoriesShowsBeautifulSpeakPositionIndustrySittingPassionateEntertainmentTelling StoriesEntertainment IndustryStory People Author:Jennifer Love Hewitt
“When we cultivate mystical awareness or transcendent identity--which is a natural outgrowth of meditation and other practices--what happens is that we begin to take a witness position on our own lives, and that includes our minds. We break the illusion that we think our own thoughts, which is not always the case. Some ideas just arrive in our heads.” ThinkingMindIdeasHappensNaturalBreakPracticeCasesMeditationAwarenessIdentityPositionIllusionWitnessMysticalTranscendent Author:James Redfield
“Sometimes, if you're shooting a complicated scene, you have to stay in a position and wait for the technician to do his job, and then you have to be where you're supposed to be, right on the spot. You don't rehearse all that much on films. If I think of the amount of time I spend on set compared with the time spent shooting, it's ridiculously short.” IfsThinkingSometimesJobsFilmWaitingPositionAmountSceneComplicatedSpotsSupposed To BeShootingTime SpentTechnicians Author:Catherine Deneuve
“My hope is to continue to make new music and go with the flow. I think I'll always be creative. I want to keep making good music, put myself into positions where I need to rise to the occasion of playing in front of an audience, and continually get better at what I'm doing.” ThinkingWantNeedsAudienceCreativeFrontsPositionFlowOccasionsGet BetterBe CreativeNew Music Author:Vance Joy
“I think there's a limited amount of planning you can do, at least in the position I'm in. Maybe more successful actors can plan more than I'm able to.” ThinkingAbleActorsCan DoSuccessfulPlansPositionAmountPlanning Author:Christian Bale
“My basic position is that the more mixed the society and the more mobility there is in it, the better. That's what makes things interesting. When you get a homogenous society, it's very, very dull, whether that's all working class or all upper class, because everybody thinks the same, everybody looks the same.” ThinkingLooksInterestingClassPositionDullWorking ClassMobilityUpper Class Author:Jarvis Cocker
“Most of us aren't crazy psychotics, but most of us are a whole bunch of different people. I think when you are in a position of authority, that doesn't remove that from you.” PeopleThinkingDifferentWholeCrazyPositionAuthorityBunchRemoveDifferent Peoples Author:David Hyde Pierce
“If you're 22 years old and you can't believe you're even in the position to have a career making music, the first thing you're going to think is: Maintain. Don't lose it. And that's precisely what causes you to lose everything.” IfsThinkingYearsFirstsBelieveCausesLosesCareersPosition Author:Danger Mouse
“I think if you don't stop an actor every two minutes, changing the position of the camera and the lighting, there is going to be a flow of energy.” IfsThinkingTwoActorsEnergyMinutesPositionFlowCamerasLighting Author:Cristian Mungiu
“When you sit in the full lotus position, your left foot is on your right thigh and your right foot is on your left thigh. When we cross our legs like this, even though we have a right leg and a left leg, they become one. The position expresses the oneness of duality: not two and not one. This is the most important teaching: not two, and not one. Our body and mind are not two and not one. If you think your body and mind are two, that is wrong; if you think that they are one, that is also wrong. Our body and mind are both two and one.” IfsThinkingMindTwoImportantBodyLeftFeetTeachingPositionCrossesLegsYour BodyOnenessMind And BodyDualityThighsLotuses Author:Shunryu Suzuki
“I think that we are all in the right place at the right time almost every day. It's the people who are prepared to be lucky who can take advantage of being there. How do these people position themselves to be lucky? It was Goethe who said, 'Anytime that you take the first step toward trying to achieve something in life, all manner of good things will mysteriously fall into your path to help speed you along your way.' Amen to that!” PeopleThinkingWayTryingFirstsSaidHelpingFallStepsPathAchievePositionLuckyAdvantageGood ThingsPreparedSpeedFirst StepsRight TimeRight PlaceBeing ThereAmen Author:Phil Hellmuth
“I think we're in a new era where the advancing tide is towards human unity, where people all around the world want to come together. The United States is in a position where it can lead the way towards that and it can do it in practical ways by affirming the power of the United Nations so that the international process makes decisions on international security.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayWantHumansStatesTogetherNationsProcessCan DoDecisionUnitedUnited StatesSecurityPositionUnityInternationalPracticalsAround The WorldErasTidesNational SecurityUnited NationsAdvancingAffirmingNew Era Author:Dennis Kucinich
“Censorship is always cause for celebration. It is always an opportunity because it reveals fear of reform. It means that the power position is so weak that you have got to care what people think.” PeopleThinkingMeanCareOpportunityCausesPositionWeakReformCelebrationCensorship Author:Julian Assange
“And it's kind of my own fault too, in the sense that I've used my own life as a literary device so much. I think people feel very comfortable reviewing the idea of me, as opposed to what I've actually written. I find that most of the time, when people write about one of my books, they're really just writing about what they think I may or may not represent, as sort of this abstract entity. Is that unfair? Not really. If I put myself in this position where I'm going to kind of weave elements of memoir into almost everything, well, I suppose that's going to happen.” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsWritingWellsKindMayBookIdeasHappensUsedMy OwnWrittenPositionElementsComfortableFaultsMemoirAbstractDevicesEntityUnfairMy Own LifeLiterary Devices Author:Chuck Klosterman
“It's hard to explain why exactly, but I think that when I began writing plays, it was from an actor's point of view more than anything. I had the feeling that if you put yourself in the position of the actor on stage and write from that perspective, it would give you a certain advantage in terms of being inside of the play.” IfsThinkingGivingWritingHardPlayFeelingsCertainActorsTermViewsStagePositionPerspectiveAdvantagePoint Of View Author:Sam Shepard
“I think most people, when they take a look at the candidates and the positions of the candidates, realize that protecting this country and keeping this economy going are the two most important issues. And you can't protect the country if you retreat from overseas, and you can't keep the economy growing if you raise taxes. And that's exactly what the Democrats in the House would like to do.” PeopleIfsThinkingLooksTwoImportantCountryHouseRealizingEconomyIssuesGrowingPositionProtectTaxesRaisesDemocratCandidatesRetreatImportant Issues Author:George W. Bush
“I have always been interested in crafting films that use long, static urban landscape shots as a way of manipulating the emotions of the viewer and forcing them to slow down, which I think simultaneously makes them more vulnerable as spectators, and also puts them in a position of being more than just spectators.” ThinkingWayLongUseFilmEmotionPositionShotsVulnerableLandscapeUrbanViewersSlow DownSpectatorsStaticUrban Landscape Author:Jenni Olson
“I think people can at least appreciate the sensibility behind the position I have. It is not a pro-marijuana position. It is a common-sense position.” PeopleThinkingCommonBehindsPositionAppreciateCommon SenseMarijuanaSensibility Author:Jared Huffman
“I don't trust politicians. I think that by the time they've made it, with the concessions they've had to make in that position, I don't believe they still have the beliefs they had at the root.” ThinkingBelieveMadeStillsBeliefPositionPoliticianRootsDon't BelieveMade ItDon't TrustConcessions Author:Rick Astley
“It's great to be with William Buckley, because you don't have to think. He takes a position and you automatically take the opposite one and you know you're right.” ThinkingKnowsPositionOpposites Author:John Kenneth Galbraith
“I think it is kind of depressing how few female filmmakers there are. I think it is in general depressing how few women there are in ... important positions in society” ThinkingKindImportantPositionFemaleFilmmakerDepressing Author:Susanne Bier
“An attitudinal sea change. I think that's the hardest one to fix. Presidential directives, bills, provisions can all be rescinded, repealed, amended, but attitudes linger. The hardest thing is going to be to try to reverse an attitude, a bunker mentality that equates secrecy with either security or heightened efficiency and that regards transparency as an invitation to mischief and trespass. This default position of operating in the shadows is going to be somewhat appealing to whomever inherits office.” ThinkingTryingAttitudeSeaSecurityPositionOfficeShadowRegardBillsHardestPresidentialMentalityReverseEfficiencyHardest ThingInvitationsSecrecyTransparencyProvisionMischiefDefaultBunkersSea Change Author:Ted Gup
“I'm trying mostly to ask questions. And not just trying to stake out a position on something, but also trying to define the stuff we agree on. I'm having battles with comment posters trying to insert a little sense of order so it's not just a long pissing match between the edges, which is what I think a lot of the blogosphere is tending to do.” ThinkingTryingLittlesLongOrderAsksStuffPositionBattleAgreeEdgesCommentStakesPostersInsert Author:Andrew Revkin
“I think Hillary Clinton is a militarist. She is a political coward. The interesting thing about Hilary Clinton, like Bill Clinton dodging the draft, he never touched the Pentagon - she is in the same position.” ThinkingPoliticalInterestingPositionBillsClintonTouchedCowardInteresting ThingsPentagonHilary Clinton Author:Ralph Nader
“I think that one of the positions we have taken around the question of race, is that we already know. We know. We know. We know. And so we don't need to look at it again. And yet everybody is still upset. Everybody is still being driven by their outrageous imagination to the point of killing people because they feel that a black man in front of them is a demon, or the Incredible Hulk.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMenNeedsFeelsLooksStillsBlackImaginationRaceTakenFrontsPositionKillingIncrediblesDrivenUpsetDemonOutrageousIncredible Hulk Author:Claudia Rankine