Stance Quotes

(On Hillary Clinton) A lot of the stuff people say about her, I hear it and my stomach falls because it`s so sexist. You ask people why they don`t like her and it`s because her husband cheated on her! That was obviously not her choice. She`s so much more polished and experienced than anyone else. Last night, a friend, a social worker in L.A. who works with underprivileged kids, was saying how these girls who have never been interested in politics before are so excited that a woman might be president. I mean, look how many women are in government...Hillary`s one of, what, (a handful of) female senators? I also like Obama. I even like McCain. I disagree with his war stance -- which is a really big deal -- but I think he`s a very moral person. I met him and Hillary on the same day, actually, when I went to Washington with Finca (a nonprofit that gives loans to businesswomen in developing countries). Hillary was by far the smartest person I met that day. Just totally focused, and knew more about the issues than anyone else, and was so able to go from one thing to the other.

And I know that the younger generation is doing things that are so ingenious. And for them it`s not a matter of a political belief or an environmental stance. It`s really just common sense.

When I realized I was going to have to be a whore, to put my face on the label, I decided that the only way I could do it was to give away all the money we make. Over the years, that ethical stance has given us a 30 per cent boost. One in three customers buys my products because all the profits go to good causes and the rest buy the stuff because it is good.

You can`t stand there wringing your hands, you have to deal with how you are going to fix it. Everything has to come from a positive stance.

People always thought that the "no nipples" thing was either a marketing ploy or my moral stance but, in truth, it was because of the way I was discovered on a beach. It was all a bit sudden, and the idea of getting them out straight away was a bit daunting. I`ve wanted to do it for ages but, because I`d become known for not getting them out, it just kind of stayed that way. I couldn`t wait to get them out though. (Speaking in 2007)

But anyhow my stance is for the troops and I support all our children we send over there but I don`t respect people who send them, simple as that.

The major obstacle to a religious renewal is the intellectual classes, who are highly influential and tend to view religion as primitive superstition. They believe that science has left atheism as the only respectable intellectual stance.

Far from hardening our position, ... I think it`s fair to say we have been flexible and forthcoming in our negotiating stance.

However, it is too early for the bank to know just how big the impact of the hurricane will be and, hence, too early for them to reconsider their neutral stance.

This is my depressed stance. When you`re depressed, it makes a lot of difference how you stand. The worst thing you can do is straighten up and hold your head high because then you`ll start to feel better. If you`re going to get any joy out of being depressed, you`ve got to stand like this.

In general, our stance is that the greatest threat to a depressed person is to receive no treatment at all.

It`s not in baseball`s interest or the players` interest to be taking this stance. It`s the people`s game.

The abortion controversy is important for what it says about our stance toward procreation and children altogether.

A good stance and posture reflect a proper state of mind.

In general, higher education does not know how to speak for its interests. It offers a stance that is defensive, cowardly and likely to be ineffective.

The last five days I`ve made some adjustments and changed my stance, and it`s helped me quite a bit. I`ve had some hits going into tonight and that made me feel comfortable up there. I definitely have to keep working, and I won`t stop. Even if I`m a regular for the rest of my career, I`ll always push the same way I`m doing now.

Rise O fallen fighters, rise and take your stance again, He who fight and run away, live to fight another day