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Decision Quotes
The weight of a choice, before and after it's made.
This page collects decision quotes spanning military campaigns, a wartime scientific effort that ultimately went nowhere, and the personal calculus behind everyday choices, like skipping a workout for a role. One entry recalls the internal tug-of-war before founding Teach For America. See our Choice for a closer look at that moment of deciding.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
Under our Constitution, military leaders have no choice but to endorse the president's decision after giving him their best advice.
- Dad
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad seemed comfortable with his decision to be a 'have-not,' but I knew that I wasn't.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hesitation is often like procrastination. One may have vague doubts and feel a need to mull things over; meanwhile, other issues intrude on thought, and no decision is taken. Ask people why they procrastinate, and you probably won't get a crisp answer.
- Mankind
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- Nov 07, 2020
Boldness and decision command, often even in evil, the respect and concurrence of mankind.
- Generation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Indeed, an entire generation of Americans has grown to adulthood since the Roe decision of 1973, which held that the right to choose an abortion was a privacy right protected by our Constitution.
- Leave
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- Nov 07, 2020
My decision to leave applied mathematics for economics was in part tied to the widely-held popular belief in the 1960s that macroeconomics had made fundamental inroads into controlling business cycles and stopping dysfunctional unemployment and inflation.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I make a decision to run, I will make an investment, just like any business I've made investments in before.
- Out
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- Nov 07, 2020
Trying to get over guys and knock them out, that's what fires me up. Decision victories, whoop dee doo, but finishing guys fires me up.
- Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
You have to make a decision whether it's a new product or you integrate it with an existing product. It takes time to work these things out.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's not about sizzle for me. I think it's fine. I mean, America made a decision in 2008 to go with a president who did have sizzle.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am disappointed that the President made the decision to have Ambassador Froman sign the TPP agreement in New Zealand.
- Flak
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a myth that I received any flak from the metal community over my decision to come out. I have, in fact, received numerous positive responses from fans, as well as e-mails from people who were going through much the same thing. It's horrible to keep something like that secret, and I felt I had to make it public.
- Framers
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- Nov 07, 2020