Quotes by Position Of Power When women are in positions of power it's a hard place to be, especially when that position involves bossing men around. Alison Pill position-of-powerpositionmen Having power and being in a position of power can really blur your judgement, and it's not always that clear. Bobby Morley blurposition-of-powerjudgement War provides an outlet for every evil element in man's nature. It enfranchises cupidity and greed gives a charter to petty tyranny, glorifies cruelty and places in positions of power the vulgar and base. C. E. M. Joad position-of-powermenwar Men, if you are in a position of power or authority, please respectfully continue to mentor and work with talented individuals and those with promise, regardless if they are men or women. Carol Roth position-of-powermenpromise Power is always a corrupting influence. In this mythical time - let's call it medieval, feudal - people in power are dictatorial and don't want their positions of power to be threatened. Charles Dance position-of-powerwantpeople About 52% of the world's population is female. But most of the positions of power and prestige are occupied by men. The late Kenyan Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai put it simply and well when she said 'The higher you go, the fewer women there are.' Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie position-of-powerpopulationmen What arouses the indignation of the honest satirist is not, unless the man is a prig, the fact that people in positions of power or influence behave idiotically, or even that they behave wickedly. It is that they conspire successfully to impose upon the public a picture of themselves as so very sagacious, honest and well-intentioned. Claud Cockburn position-of-powermenpeople Sarah Palin has managed to use her failed vice presidential run to put herself in a position of power and influence. Joe Biden won the race and he hasn't been able to put himself in a position of power and influence. Craig Ferguson position-of-powerracerunning If you're in such a position of power and your ego is such that this is not possible, then its essential to have a small cadre of very bright, committed people who are questioning, exploring and understanding these emerging concepts. Dee Hock position-of-powerunderstandingpeople When you get talking to people in positions of power, you find that often their worldview is framed either in terms of their disciplinary studies at university and/or the country where they first got interest in development. Duncan Green position-of-powertalkingcountry Life is very sweet to me, and there is no position of power or wealth that could tempt me from the throne God has given me. Dwight L. Moody position-of-powerthronessweet Of course. Opal is toying with our emotions for her own gratification. Nothing more. She wishes to place herself in a position of power, emotionally. Eoin Colfer opalposition-of-powerwish Religion is a very scary thing, because a pastor is in a position of power. And if you use that power badly, you ruin people's lives, and you ruin your own life. Eugene H. Peterson position-of-powerscarypeople It is tempting to believe that social evils arise from the activities of evil men and that if only good men (like ourselves, naturally) wielded power, all would be well. That view requires only emotion and self-praise - easy to come by and satisfying as well. To understand why it is that 'good' men in positions of power will produce evil, while the ordinary man without power but able to engage in voluntary cooperation with his neighbors will produce good, requires analysis and thought, subordinating emotions to the rational. Friedrich August von Hayek position-of-powermenbelieve I'm not going to change the world overnight. It's one person at a time, and hopefully they're people in positions of power who can help people get in those roles and really, truly embrace colorblind casting. Gabrielle Union position-of-powerchangepeople There aren't very many women of color in positions of power, period. Much less on television. Gina Torres position-of-powercolortelevision I don’t know if I have any particular views about women in positions of power, though I do think it’s more difficult for women, particularly in a Medieval setting. They have the additional problem that they’re a woman and people don’t want them in a position of power in an essentially patriarchal society. George R. R. Martin position-of-powerviewsthinking If you listen to the Catholic bishops you would think that Catholics are against contraception and legal abortion, but if you ask actual Catholics, you discover that more than 90% of Catholic women use contraception and Catholic women seem to need and choose legal abortion at about the same rate as everybody else. The problem is that the backlash occupies positions of power, not that it represents the majority of people. Gloria Steinem position-of-powerpeoplethinking For the victor peace means the preservation of the position of power which he has secured. For the vanquished it means resigning himself to the position left to him. Gustav Stresemann position-of-powerpeacemean Our religious faith gives us the answer to the false beliefs of Communism... I have the feeling that God has created us and brought us to our present position of power and strength for some great purpose. Harry S. Truman position-of-powerreligiousgiving123»
