“What I used to respect was not really aristocracy, but a set of personal qualities which aristocracy then developed better than any other system . . . a set of qualities, however, whose merit lay only in a psychology of non-calculative, non-competitive disinterestedness, truthfulness, courage, and generosity fostered by good education, minimum economic stress, and assumed position, AND JUST AS ACHIEVABLE THROUGH SOCIALISM AS THROUGH ARISTOCRACY.” UsedQualityPsychologyEconomicPositionStressLaysSocialismGenerosityMeritHatsMinimumAristocracyTruthfulnessGood EducationPersonal Qualities Author:H. P. Lovecraft
“Nonviolent action involves opposing the opponent's power, including his police and military capacity, not with the weapons chosen by him but by quite different means. Repression by the opponent is used against his own power position in a kind of political "ju-jitsu" and the very sources of his power thus reduced or removed, with the result that his political and military position is seriously weakened or destroyed.” KindMeanDifferentActionPoliticalUsedResultsPowerMilitaryPositionSourceWeaponsCapacityPoliceIncludingChosenDestroyedOpponentsRepressionOpposing Author:Gene Sharp
“At a priesthood meeting... the strongest language in regard to Plural Marriage was used that I ever heard, and among other things it was stated that all men in position who would not observe and fulfill that law should be removed from their places.” MenShouldLawUsedLanguageHeardPositionRegardMeetingsStrongestPriesthoodPolygamy Author:Abraham H. Cannon
“Women are afraid. It is unpopular to question the bible. They are creatures of tradition. They fear to question their position in the testament, as they feared to advocate suffrage fifty years ago. Now they are quarreling as to which were among the first to advocate it. You see they are not used to abuse as I am. In Albany, fifty years ago, when I went before the legislature to plead for a married woman's right to her own property, the women whom I met in society crossed the street rather than speak to me.” YearsFirstsUsedSpeakAtheismStreetsPositionMetsCreaturesMarriedYears AgoTraditionAbusePropertyPositive AtheismFiftyTestamentLegislatureSuffrageMarried WomenAlbany Author:Elizabeth Cady Stanton
“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
“I don't regard myself as any kind of conservative, except conceivably neo, and that word, of course, is a ridiculous appellation, because it's used to describe a group that was ready to make war on the status quo, which is not a conservative position.” KindWarUsedCoursesGroupsPositionReadyRegardConservativeRidiculousStatus Quo Author:Christopher Hitchens
“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
“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
“On religious issues there can be little or no compromise. There is no position on which people are so immovable as their religious beliefs. There is no more powerful ally one can claim in a debate than Jesus Christ, or God, or Allah, or whatever one calls this Supreme Being. But like any powerful weapon, the use of God's name on one's behalf should be used sparingly.” PeopleShouldLittlesUseUsedJesusNamesBeliefChristReligiousPowerfulIssuesPositionWeaponsJesus ChristClaimsDebateSupremeCompromiseAlliesBehalfReligious BeliefSupreme BeingPowerful WeaponsNo Compromise Author:Barry Goldwater
“Insanity and psychosis can no longer be respected as meaningful [terms] - but are used by limited individuals in positions of social power to describe ways of behaving and thinking that are alien, threatening, and obscure to them.” ThinkingWayUsedIndividualSocialTermPositionMeaningfulAliensInsanityObscureThreateningPsychosisSocial Power Author:Seymour Krim
“A "showrunner" as a position is a relatively new thing. It used to be the executive producer. That's not true anymore. Now it's evolved into this model where people look to showrunners and say, that guy is that show. It's just become a lot more interesting to know the showrunner and to get a sense of that person.” PeopleKnowsLooksPersonsShowsUsedGuyInterestingPositionModelsProducersUsed To BeExecutivesNew ThingsThat Guy Author:Matt Nix
“If we want to be used for the benefit of mankind-helping the Lord with his mission-we must ourselves be in a position to be used by him.” IfsWantHelpingUsedLordMankindPositionBenefitsMissions Author:Elaine A. Cannon
“Had we adopted non-violence as the weapon of the strong, because we realised that it was more effective than any other weapon, in fact the mightiest force in the world, we would have made use of its full potency and not have discarded it as soon as the fight against the British was over or we were in a position to wield conventional weapons. But as I have already said, we adopted it out of our helplessness. If we had the atom bomb, we would have used it against the British.” IfsWorldMadeSaidFactsUseUsedFightingStrongForceViolencePositionWeaponsBritishBombsAtomsConventionalAdoptedRealisedHelplessnessNon ViolenceDiscardedPotencyAtom Bomb Author:Mahatma Gandhi
“Leadership used to be about ideas, setting an example and doing the right thing. Today, if you make enough money for the firm (and are not currently an ax murderer) you will be promoted into a position of influence.” IfsIdeasEnoughTodayUsedInfluenceExamplePositionSettingUsed To BeSettingsFirmRight ThingMurdererDoing The Right ThingSetting An Example Author:Greg Smith
“Scholesy is one of my favourite players of all time. He was a great professional who had everything and I used to love playing with him. You could give him the ball in any position, he would take one touch and you would know exactly what the next move would be. [ . . . ] He was magical, pure class.” KnowsGivingWould BeMovingUsedNextClassPlayerPositionPureBallsAll TimeFavouriteUsed To LoveNext Move Author:Paul Gascoigne
“I've pretty much always used my positions as a bully pulpit. What that means is strongly advocating for the things I feel are really important. Gun violence, to me, is the highest-priority public-health issue, and I have to make sure Congress is aware of it, the American people are aware of it, the president is aware of it, and that we all begin together to develop policies to exterminate the disease - the epidemic, really - of gun violence.” PeopleFeelsMeanImportantTogetherUsedPresidentIssuesViolencePolicyPositionDiseaseHighestGunCongressPrioritiesBullyEpidemicsPublic HealthAdvocatingPulpitGun ViolenceHealth Issues Author:Joycelyn Elders
“Market price, while used exclusively to value our investments in minority positions, is not a relevant factor when applied to our controlling interests.” UsedValuesInterestPositionInvestmentFactorsMinoritiesRelevant Author:Warren Buffett
“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
“That's a big fear, right, and when I talk with black pastors, the same thing: If we try to have this move towards interracial congregations, whites will just dominate then. There are so many more of them, and they're used to being in the position of power. So they'll just take over, and we'll lose the one thing we do have.” IfsTryingBigsMovingUsedBlackLosesOne ThingPositionPastorCongregationPosition Of Power Author:Michael Emerson
“It seems to be the heart of much of my work. I grew up seeing a lot of racism in the South, but I've seen it all over the world. Don't care for it at all. I was poor, so I'm used to the underdog position.” WorldHeartSeemsCareUsedPoorSeeingPositionGrewGrew UpRacismSouthDon't CareUnderdog Author:Joe R. Lansdale
“Not only America but all countries should think together about how the enormous might of the sole remaining superpower should be used. We need a leadership that is based on partnership, a leadership that unites nations and makes it possible to solve the problems of the globe together. Otherwise, we will have another Gold Rush for a superpower that wants to gain even greater advantages, that wants to gain an absolutely new position for itself. That would lead to a perverse utopia.” ThinkingWantNeedsShouldCountryProblemMightTogetherAmericaUsedNationsGreaterPositionGainsAdvantageGoldSolveEnormousSolePartnershipGlobesUtopiaSuperpowerGold RushNew Position Author:Mikhail Gorbachev
“Art, for example, becomes "art therapy." When patients make music, it becomes "music therapy." When the arts are used for "therapy" in this way, they are degraded to a secondary position.” WayArtUsedExamplePositionPatientTherapyArt TherapyMusic Therapy Author:James Hillman
“I have been in situations where actors are treated like robots: say the lines, say it like this, we don't have time for conversations. That is a terrible position to be in as an artist. You feel used.” FeelsHas BeensUsedArtistActorsLinesSituationPositionTerribleConversationTreatedRobots Author:Nia Long