#position

Wynton told us that Miles sold out, just wanted to make more money, just wanted to sell more records. I don't believe that Miles sold out but I'm not in a position to say. ↗

— Ken Burns

#i #just #make #miles #money

Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

#momentary #pleasure #position #ridiculous #sex

I mean, the Obama position has been, 'We think government ought to be spending this money, not the people who earn it.' ↗

— Eric Cantor

#earn #government #i #mean #money

The American people elected us here to cut spending so we can create an environment for jobs in America. The House has acted. We have demonstrated that we want to see spending, discretionary spending, brought down to levels of 2008. We've seen no counteraction. We have seen no position that has been expressed by the other side at all. ↗

— Eric Cantor

#america #american #american people #been #brought

You must in all Airs follow the strength, spirit, and disposition of the horse, and do nothing against nature; for art is but to set nature in order, and nothing else. ↗

— William Cavendish

#airs #art #disposition #else #follow

And not only my own brothers and sisters agreed so but my brothers and sisters in law; and their children, although but young, had the like agreeable natures and affectionate dispositions. ↗

— Margaret Cavendish

#agreeable #agreed #although #brothers #children

Being "contented" ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable to move from it and resigned to living in it; it ought to mean appreciating all there is in such a position. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#attic #being #being content #content #contented

We are taking a business-as-usual position at my agency, though business before 9/11 wasn't that hot either! ↗

— Richard Curtis

#before #business #either #hot #position

The work of the political activist inevitably involves a certain tension between the requirement that position be taken on current issues as they arise and the desire that one's contributions will somehow survive the ravages of time. ↗

— Angela Davis

#arise #between #certain #contributions #current

One could say that in case of need, every normal and healthy woman is able to hold a position. And there is no profession which cannot be practiced by a woman. ↗

— Edith Stein

#cannot #case #could #every #healthy