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Quotes having the keyword Position
I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.
by Booker T. Washington (Educator, American , born in 1856) keywords: had, learned, life, measured, much, obstacles, overcome, position, reached, succeed, success, trying, which , while Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.
by Booker T. Washington (Educator, American , born in 1856) topics: Success keywords: life, measured, much, obstacles, overcome, position, reached, success , which It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a Free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even of his personal services to the defense of it.
by George Washington (President, American , born in 1732) keywords: basis, citizen, defense, down, enjoys, even, every, free, government, his, laid, may, only, our, owes, personal, position, primary, property, proportion, protection, services , system Time Warner has been managed for the short term. This has damaged the company's fundamental competitive position and its prospects for growth. This approach has cost shareholders a staggering $40 billion.
by Bruce Wasserstein (Businessman, American , born in 1947) keywords: approach, been, billion, company, competitive, cost, damaged, fundamental, growth, managed, position, prospects, shareholders, short, staggering, term, time , warner The abuse of detainees in U.S. custody has severely undermined our Nation's position in the world.
by Diane Watson (Politician, American , born in 1933) keywords: abuse, custody, detainees, nation, our, position, severely, undermined , world The Obama administration has now taken exactly the same position as the Bush administration. I don't see how you can keep people from knowing who visits the White House and adhere to a policy of openness and transparency.
by Anne Weismannkeywords: adhere, administration, bush, exactly, house, how, keep, knowing, now, obama, openness, policy, position, same, see, taken, transparency, visits , white I'm always watching people over a short time frame, putting them in an extreme position. Sometimes you don't see the humanity in a person because the time frame is so short and the circumstance so extreme.
by Irvine Welsh (Novelist, Scottish , born in 1961) keywords: always, because, circumstance, extreme, frame, humanity, over, person, position, putting, see, short, sometimes, them, time , watching As population susceptibilities are better understood, we will be in a better position than we are in today to make informed decisions about risk management.
by Samuel Wilson (Public Servant, American , born in 1766) keywords: better, decisions, informed, make, management, population, position, risk, than, today, understood , will The particular feature of Berlin - well, all you need to do is look at the map: the geographical position of the city right in the heart of Europe, and the separation of the most powerful two blocs we've ever had in history, which went all the way through Germany.
by Markus Wolf (Public Servant, German , born in 1923) keywords: berlin, blocs, city, europe, ever, feature, geographical, germany, had, heart, history, look, map, most, need, particular, position, powerful, right, separation, through, two, way, well, went , which Anybody can be very destructive in that position without at all meaning to be, and I know that I have been inadvertently destructive in the past for certain people on certain occasions.
by Tobias Wolff (Writer, American , born in 1945) keywords: anybody, been, certain, destructive, inadvertently, know, meaning, occasions, past, position, very , without And so we said to General Motors that the solution had to be a first year increase, which had to be sizeable because we bad to catch up with the lost position as against the cost of living and we had to make some progress.
by Leonard Woodcock (Celebrity, American , born in 1911) keywords: against, bad, because, catch, cost, first, general, had, increase, living, lost, make, motors, position, progress, said, sizeable, solution, some, up, which , year The author takes the position that the consumer pays the tax, and as such every individual of the social order should be given unlimited opportunity to make the most of himself.
by Carter G. Woodson (Historian, American , born in 1875) keywords: author, consumer, every, given, himself, individual, make, most, opportunity, order, pays, position, should, social, such, takes, tax , unlimited For some reason I get this key position of being one of two people that started the company that started the revolution.
by Steve Wozniak (Businessman, American , born in 1950) keywords: being, company, get, key, position, reason, revolution, some, started , two I didn't want to stay in the Stones, and be stuck in a position having to play a music I didn't like anymore and that restricted me from doing all the others things I'm interested in because of time.
by Bill Wyman (Musician, British , born in 1936) keywords: anymore, because, doing, having, interested, music, others, play, position, restricted, stay, stones, stuck, things, time , want Things went in a direction that I didn't want to go. I started doing bit parts and things that are pretty much laid out for people in my position. The parts were pretty generic.
by Tina Yothers (Actor, American , born in 1973) keywords: bit, direction, doing, generic, go, laid, much, out, parts, position, pretty, started, things, want, went , were I will listen to Mr Bush but my position is very clear and very firm. The occupation is a fiasco. There have been almost more deaths after the war than during the war.
by Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (Statesman, Spanish , born in 1960) keywords: after, almost, been, bush, clear, deaths, during, fiasco, firm, listen, more, mr, occupation, position, than, very, war , will Now if this electron is displaced from its equilibrium position, a force that is directly proportional to the displacement restores it like a pendulum to its position of rest.
by Pieter Zeeman (Physicist, Dutch , born in 1865) keywords: directly, displaced, displacement, electron, equilibrium, force, now, pendulum, position, proportional, rest , restores
