“I didn't think that it's something that would happen. I didn't think I would be in the position, emotionally or financially, to be able to do that. But I've been lucky [to have big family].” ThinkingBigsHappensWould BeAblePositionLuckyBig Families Author:Jim Gaffigan
“In your telephone call, you [Malcolm Turnbull]said that neither you nor the Cabinet would be supporting my nomination. When I asked the reasons for this, you said that neither you nor the Cabinet has the view that I had the qualifications for the position [of UN's secretary-general].” SaidReasonWould BeViewsPositionSecretaryTelephonesCabinetsQualificationsNominations Author:Kevin Rudd
“"I wouldn't be in your position" - old saw. If there is any political move that I would advocate it would be an alliance between America and Red China, if they'd have us.” IfsWould BeAmericaMovingPoliticalSawsPositionRedChinaAlliances Author:William S. Burroughs
“The relationships of our present social life are so numerous and so interwoven that a child placed in the most favorable position could not readily share in many of the most important of them. Not sharing in them, their meaning would not be communicated to him, would not become a part of his own mental disposition. There would be no seeing the trees because of the forest. Business, politics, art, science, religion, would make all at once a clamor for attention; confusion would be the outcome.” ChildrenArtImportantWould BeSocialAttentionSeeingTreeSharePositionForestsConfusionOutcomesDispositionSocial LifeScience ReligionClamor Book:Democracy and Education - An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education Source: Democracy and Education - An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education
“We understand that the Iranian position is very bad because of the well-known sanctions against that country, and it would be unfair to leave it on this sanction level.” WellsCountryWould BeLevelsKnownPositionUnfairWell KnownSanctionsIranian Author:Vladimir Putin
“The position of EU commissioner for economic and monetary affairs could be combined with the office of Euro Group chairman. That job would be a great challenge for anyone who assumed it. On the one hand, he would have to make proposals. On the other hand, he would have to negotiate compromises with his European counterparts.” HandsWould BeJobsChallengesGroupsEconomicPositionOfficeAffairCompromiseProposalChairmanMonetaryEuroCounterpartsCommissioners Author:Jean-Claude Juncker
“Barbara [my wife] and I said a long time ago that if we were in a position to help somebody, it would be kids. So when we started the Memorial Tournament (in Columbus, OH), Nationwide Children's Hospital, which saved my daughter's life when she was less than a year old, was the beneficiary from day one.” IfsYearsChildrenLongSaidHelpingWould BeKidsWifePositionLong TimeDaughterMy WifeSavedMy DaughterHospitalsMemorialLong Time AgoTournamentsColumbusBarbaraBeneficiaries Author:Jack Nicklaus