#positions

A great philosopher has stated that the worst evil of poverty is, that it makes folks ridiculous; by which, I hope, he only means that, as in the above case, it places them in incongruous positions. ↗

— James Payn

#case #evil #folks #great #hope

I joined the army as a private. I was offered a rank at that time, but I refused. I preferred to remain a private. First of all, I wasn't taken by ranks, and before I knew it, they put me in the most sensitive positions anyway. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#army #before #first #first of all #i

I hold that the propositions embodied in natural science are not derived by any definite rule from the data of experience, and that they can neither be verified nor falsified by experience according to any definite rule. ↗

— Michael Polanyi

#any #data #definite #derived #embodied

Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#fine #meet #out #over #particularly

Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government, some with good reason. Their new positions will do little to moderate their egos. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#before #egos #entering #good #good reason

I am a part of the political process whether the multinational forces are present or not. Politics is serving the people, not chairs and positions. ↗

— Muqtada al Sadr

#chairs #forces #i #i am #multinational

When the Americans advance, we harass and retreat, fire from new positions and then retreat again. If the attacking force is too big, we call for support. ↗

— Muqtada al Sadr

#again #attacking #big #call #fire

One simple way to keep organizations from becoming cancerous might be to rotate all jobs on a regular, frequent and mandatory basis, including the leadership positions. ↗

— Robert Shea

#becoming #frequent #including #jobs #keep

These guys were the best. They were the best at their positions and made playing the game easier. And at the same time it made it so much more enjoyable. ↗

— Johnny Bench

#easier #enjoyable #game #guys #made

There is no right to work in a think tank, and these are very privileged positions. ↗

— David Frum

#privileged #right #tank #these #think