- Nov 07, 2020
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
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- Nov 07, 2020
The future is fluid. Each act, each decision, and each development creates new possibilities and eliminates others. The future is ours to direct.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
A decision by the government to arm the rebels in Syria ought to be taken as carefully as one to commit British troops. It is akin to war, albeit by proxy, and must be treated with equal seriousness and meet the tests for a just war.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Overseas investors have a choice. They can buy property, equities, bonds, or a host of other assets either in the United Kingdom or abroad. Each decision will be taken depending on the available net return, that is, the profit after tax.
- Marriage
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- Nov 07, 2020
Marriage is a sacrament, and the decision of what is a sacrament lies with the Church, not with Parliament.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
My email is constantly full, and I'm constantly being called, like, 'We need your decision on this.'
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
The patient's autonomy always, always should be respected, even if it is absolutely contrary - the decision is contrary to best medical advice and what the physician wants.
- Lost
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- Nov 07, 2020
She made the decision that her existence had lost its meaning. And you cannot judge that.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is a woman's decision about when they choose to have children, and it should not predetermine whether or not they are given a job or have job opportunities.
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- Nov 07, 2020
To play at the Mecca of basketball and the Garden every night, it's probably the greatest decision I've ever made to go to New York.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went from being a jock to a hippie. It was a very clear-cut decision. I had to be one or the other. I had to forsake that other aspect of myself. Or thought that I had to, which is regrettable. Quickly, I was back in the pine trees with the hippies, listening to my Jimi Hendrix and my Janis Joplin and turning on, tuning in, and dropping out.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences.
- Rest
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was very clear that I wanted to keep 'Thor' out of the rest of the Marvel universe for no less than the first six issues. And the success of the book, I think, speaks well to that decision.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are signs, I think, that people aren't satisfied by consumerism: that people resent the fact that the most moral decision in their lives is choosing what colour their next car will be.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020