#position

To the extent that philosophical positions both confuse us and close doors to further inquiry, they are likely to be wrong. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#close #confuse #doors #extent #further

Propositions show what they say: tautologies and contradictions show that they say nothing. ↗

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

#nothing #propositions #say #show #they say

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. ↗

— Markus Wolf

#blocs #city #europe #ever #feature

Why is a woman to be treated differently? Woman suffrage will succeed, despite this miserable guerilla opposition. ↗

— Victoria Woodhull

#differently #guerilla #miserable #opposition #succeed

The failure of women to have reached positions of leadership has been due in large part to social and professional discrimination. ↗

— Rosalyn S. Yalow

#discrimination #due #failure #large #leadership

It strikes me as very strange that whereas Tennyson could support most of Mr. Buckley's propositions about free trade, and the private sector, and private enterprise, Tennyson found no difficulty also in lending intellectual support to the idea of Women's Liberation. ↗

— Germaine Greer

#also #could #difficulty #enterprise #found

It's absolutely philistine not to recognize what a great book 'An American Dream' is. Norman Mailer is his own worst enemy, and if you don't catch him in a defensive position, he'll admit it. I'd really like to help that man. ↗

— Germaine Greer

#admit #american #american dream #book #catch

I think today that it is essential that the Rwandan tribunal continues to prosecute efficiently. And if the U.N. fails to do that, it is sending entirely the wrong message to people who are in the position to complete these atrocities again. ↗

— Tony Greig

#atrocities #complete #continues #efficiently #entirely

From the material point of view the proposal is unacceptable, for France, without further territory in Europe being taken from her, could be so crushed as to lose her position as a Great Power, and become subordinate to German policy. ↗

— Edward Grey

#being #could #crushed #europe #france

You have to know composition to be a good improviser. ↗

— Roscoe Mitchell

#good #improviser #know #you