“I've had a million setbacks along the way--from kiln fires burning down buildings to shipping disasters--that should have put me out of business, or at least left me lying in the fetal position on my bed for a few days. Luckily, though, I've never for one second thought that I had any other option than to just keep going.” WayShouldLyingLeftMillionsFirePositionBuildingBedShould HavePerseveranceDisasterBurningKeep GoingSetbackSecond ThoughtsShippingFire BurningBurning Down Author:Jonathan Adler
“But an escape less self-depreciating was taken by Lord Westbury, who, it is said, rebuffed a barrister's reliance upon an earlier opinion of his Lordship: "I can only say that I am amazed that a man of my intelligence should have been guilty of giving such an opinion". If there are other ways of gracefully and good-naturedly surrendering former views to a better considered position, I invoke them all.” IfsMenWayGivingShouldHas BeensSaidI CanSelfViewsLordOpinionTakenPositionShould HaveGuiltyFormerAmazedRelianceShould Have BeenInvokeLordshipBarristers Author:Robert H. Jackson
“There were a large number of Jews who held more favorable positions than they should have, according to their percentage of the population. Germans should have held those positions.” ShouldNumbersPositionShould HavePopulationJewPercentagesLarge Numbers Author:Otto Ohlendorf
“It was my view that the catastrophe. . . . could have been avoided if Vasilevsky had taken the position he should have. He could have taken a different position. . . . but he didn't do that, and as a result, in my view, he had a hand in the destruction of thousands of Red Army fighters in the Kharkov campaign.” IfsShouldHas BeensDifferentHandsResultsViewsTakenPositionRedDestructionShould HaveArmyCampaignsFighterCatastropheCould Have BeenAvoidedRed Army Author:Aleksandr Vasilevsky
“But I've been very clear in this campaign - I don't believe the party should have a position on abortion.” ShouldBelievePartyClearPositionShould HaveDon't BelieveSexualityCampaignsAbortionHomosexuality Author:Stephen Harper
“Trent Lott has regained a position of leadership. He was the former majority leader who lost his post for racially insensitive commentary. I believe he mentioned that Strom Thurmond in 1948, who ran as a segregationist candidate, should have won. ... But now, sound the irony alarm. He has recaptured a position and his position -- I kid you not -- in the Senate will be minority whip. So, my guess is he takes to that job like, let's say, white on rice.” ShouldBelieveKidsJobsLostI BelieveSoundWhiteLeaderPositionShould HaveMajorityFormerPostsIronyRanCandidatesMinoritiesSenateRiceAlarmsWhipsCommentaryInsensitiveMajority Leader Author:Jon Stewart
“Even somebody like Bill Clinton, who I happen to admire very much, the second he was out of office, I remember, he was interview in Rolling Stone and he said he thought we should have legalized marijuana. And I thought, gosh, if only you were in some sort of position to affect change in the last eight years where you could have done something about that.” IfsShouldYearsSaidDoneHappensLastsRememberPositionOfficeStonesShould HaveBillsClintonEightAdmireInterviewsMarijuanaRollingRolling Stones Author:Bill Maher
“I think I was afraid of being a mother for many reasons. I wanted to be a good mom and I was fearful at one point of even working at the national level because I was afraid that I would disappoint a child or I wouldn't be as ready for a big position as maybe I should have been when I came to Fox.” ThinkingShouldChildrenHas BeensReasonBigsWantedMotherLevelsPositionReadyMomShould HaveFearfulFoxesShould Have BeenDisappointBeing A MotherGood Mom Author:Ainsley Earhardt
“What happened in Ukraine? The coup d'état in Ukraine has led to a civil war, because, yes, let's say, many Ukrainians no longer trusted President Yanukovych. However, they should have legitimately come to the polls and voted for another head of state instead of staging a coup d'état. And after the coup d'état took place, someone supported it, someone was satisfied with it, while others were not. And those who did not like it were treated from the position of force. And that led to a civil war.” ShouldWarStatesForcePresidentHappenedPositionShould HaveSatisfiedTreatedCivil WarTrustedPollsUkraineCoupsHead Of StateStaging Author:Vladimir Putin
“California, like anywhere else on Earth, should have the right to secede whether the United States likes it or not. The preferences of the other 49 states and Washington DC is not relevant. That was the position of the United States government on Yugoslavia and other places around the world but not on Ukraine. However, morality and the law as I understand it are that any people should have the right to leave, just as explained in the initial words of the US Declaration of Independence.” PeopleWorldShouldStatesGovernmentEarthLawUnitedUnited StatesPositionMoralityShould HaveIndependenceLikesAround The WorldCaliforniaRelevantDeclarationPreferenceInitialsUkraineDeclaration Of IndependenceState GovernmentUnited States GovernmentWashington DcYugoslavia Author:David Swanson
“I want to break up the Wall Street banks. Hillary Clinton doesn't. I want to raise the minimum wage to 15 bucks an hour. She wants $12 an hour. I voted against the War in Iraq. She voted for the War in Iraq. I believe we should ban fracking. She does not. I believe we should have tax on carbon and deal aggressively with climate change. That is not her position.” WantShouldBelieveDoeWarI BelieveHoursDealsBreakStreetsPositionWallTaxesShould HaveRaisesClintonClimateClimate ChangeIraqMinimumCarbonBucksBansMinimum WageFracking Author:Bernie Sanders