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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
- Knowledge
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- Nov 07, 2020
Checking the results of a decision against its expectations shows executives what their strengths are, where they need to improve, and where they lack knowledge or information.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most discussions of decision making assume that only senior executives make decisions or that only senior executives' decisions matter. This is a dangerous mistake.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm generally slow to anger, quick to forgive, and I take in information before making decisions. So no matter how controversial the decision, my general demeanour is to put on white lab coat and gloves and look at the evidence, weigh the arguments and see what makes sense.
- Meeting
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- Nov 07, 2020
A green-light meeting is when the decision is made finally whether or not to make a given picture.
- Opportunity
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The rise of ISIS starts with a Jordanian thug named Abu Musab al-Zarqawi who founded ISIS' parent organization, al Qaeda, in Iraq. What gave Zarqawi the opportunity to create al Qaeda in Iraq? It was, of course, George W. Bush's decision to invade Iraq in 2003.
- Congress
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every decision I make in Congress will be centered on the needs of the district.
- Courage
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- Nov 07, 2020
Decision is a risk rooted in the courage of being free.
- Making
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- Nov 07, 2020
You're not making a decision if you come to a fork in the road. There is no 'it' to take. It's one or the other.
- Rise
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- Nov 07, 2020
The National Academy of Sciences would be unable to give a unanimous decision if asked whether the sun would rise tomorrow.
- Rejection
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- Nov 07, 2020
Film is an emotional medium; it's not a logical medium. It's not an intellectual medium, so every decision you make as a filmmaker and an actor has to be emotional in some way, even in the rejection of logic.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're not going to have consequences to a bad decision or to mislead Congress or any other aspect of life, that only incubates people to hatch bigger ideas that are not forthright and not abiding by the law.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
Strong moral arguments exist for why we should often try to ignore stereotypes or override them. But we shouldn't assume they represent some irrational quirk of the unconscious mind. In fact, they're largely the consequence of the mind's attempt to make a rational decision.
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- Nov 07, 2020