- Me
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- 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
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a conscious decision to keep trying to do something new, to do things that excite me from my gut.
- Acting
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started working when I was 17. After working for seven-eight years, I informed my parents about my acting decision.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
With each decision of ours that takes from the People a question properly left to them - with each decision that is unabashedly based not on law, but on the 'reasoned judgment' of a bare majority of this Court - we move one step closer to being reminded of our impotence.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Do you want to be an actor, or do you want to be a celebrity? I made that decision when I went to Juilliard. I wanted to be an actor. So, if I get the opportunity to be an actor and do some cool, fun and interesting projects, I'm going to do that.
- Clergy
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- Nov 07, 2020
The decision to allow clergy to perform same-sex marriages at the discretion of the congregation poses challenges for seminaries training new pastors who come from denominations fundamentally opposed on biblical grounds to same-sex marriage.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
My decision to start a new one is just that, a decision, since I never get inspirations.
- Conscience
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are leaving the E.U. I accept that. But I made a decision I was never again going to vote against my conscience, and that stands.
- College
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- Nov 07, 2020