“I can have my goals, and I can have my dreams. My goal is to make the finals and improve my position. I want to run all decent races. I don't want to look back and say I ran a terrible race.” WantLooksI CanDreamRunningGoalRacePositionTerribleFinalsRanDecent Author:Oscar Pistorius
“We've said from the beginning when we traded Richie (Sexson), we're trading home runs for doubles and the ability to manufacture runs... Doubles are almost better. I mean, home runs are great, but when you've got guys who smack those doubles, you're in good shape, you've got a lot of guys in scoring position.” MeanSaidHomeRunningGuyAbilityPositionShapesTradingHome RunSmack Author:Ned Yost
“My position as regards the monied interests can be put in a few words. In every civilized society property rights must be carefully safeguarded; ordinarily and in the great majority of cases, human rights and property rights are fundamentally and in the long run, identical; but when it clearly appears that there is a real conflict between them, human rights must have the upper hand; for property belongs to man and not man to property.” MenHumansLongRealHandsRunningPoliticsInterestCasesRightsPositionConflictRegardMajorityPropertyHuman RightsCivilizedLong RunsIdenticalProperty RightsFew WordsCivilized SocietyUpper Hand Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“Russell Wilson knows who he is. He’s not a running quarterback, he’s not a throwing quarterback – he’s an athlete back there playing the quarterback position. He knows that, he understands it and his team allows him to be who he is.” KnowsRunningTeamPositionAthleteThrowingQuarterbackWilson Author:Charles Woodson
“But maybe because the dot-com world gives people positions at a younger age, and many women are prominent in this business, it will help change the view about who can run big companies.” PeopleWorldGivingHelpingBigsRunningAgeViewsCompanyEconomyPositionDotsProminentBig Companies Author:Christie Hefner
“Emmitt Smith is in a position, in my opinion, where he should be the highest-paid running back in football. He's a guy who has gone out and led the league in rushing and been productive.” ShouldRunningGuyOpinionGonePositionFootballHighestPaidLeagueProductiveRushingRunning Back Author:Emmitt Smith
“In most cases the favorable price performance will be accompanied by a well-defined improvement in the average earnings, in the dividend, and in the balance-sheet position. Thus in the long run the market test and the ordinary business test of a successful equity commitment tend to be largely identical.” WellsLongRunningCasesSuccessfulPositionBalanceOrdinaryCommitmentTestsPerformancesAverageImprovementDefinedLong RunsEarningSheetsEquityIdenticalDividendsBalance Sheets Book:The Intelligent Investor: A Book of Practical Counsel Source: The Intelligent Investor: A Book of Practical Counsel
“Are we all not, when we sit in the cinema, in the position of humans in The Matrix, tied to chairs, immersed in the spectacle run by a machine? However, a more appropriate allegory is that of the viewer himself: beneath the illusion that we "just look" at the perceived objects from a safe distance, freely sliding along them, there is the reality of the innumerable ties that bind us to what we perceive.” HumansLooksRealityRunningPositionObjectsSafeIllusionMachinesDistancePerceiveCinemaTiesAppropriateChairsTiedViewersAllegoryTies That Bind Author:Slavoj Žižek
“We thought that the proletariat would eventually run the world. But it is the Americans who have assumed that position... The American people have changed.” PeopleWorldRunningPositionChangedProletariat Author:Mengistu Haile Mariam
“My conscience does not permit me to run for the presidency or any other official position unless it is within a democratic framework.” DoeRunningPositionConscienceDemocraticOfficialsPermitPresidencyFramework Author:Mohamed ElBaradei
“Gay marriage is a tricky issue for the Democrats due to the fact that - like taxes, defense and education - they are forced to lie about their position when running for office. In other words, Democrats are gay marriage supporters trapped in the bodies of candidates who oppose gay marriage. And no issue-reassignment surgery can help them.” FactsHelpingBodyRunningLyingIssuesPositionGayTaxesOfficeDemocratDuesDefenseCandidatesTrappedSurgerySupporterGay MarriageTrickyRunning For Office Author:Ann Coulter
“I do honestly think that if women were running the world there would be more investment in peace, because basically as women we do not want to see our children killed. Maybe I am completely idealistic, but until we see women in equal positions of power in the world, I just think that we are doomed.” IfsThinkingWorldWantChildrenWould BeRunningPositionEqualOur ChildrenInvestmentHonestlyDoomedIdealisticPosition Of Power Author:Meryl Streep
“[In Eritrea] in key positions - president, government, police - everybody's the same [color]. It's a country run by its people. No racial class, everybody feels a part of it.” PeopleFeelsCountryGovernmentRunningPresidentClassPositionColorKeysPoliceEritrea Author:Nipsey Hussle
“I think I have made it clear that I never intended to make enemies. But in an age when anti-foreign sentiment was running high, it was unavoidable that in my position as an advocate of open intercourse and free adoption of Western culture, I should make some adversaries.” ThinkingShouldMadeRunningAgeCultureEnemyClearPositionWesternMade ItSentimentsAdoptionAdversariesIntercourseWestern Culture Book:The Autobiography of Yukichi Fukuzawa Source: The Autobiography of Yukichi Fukuzawa