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Decision Quotes


"There are some circumstances in which the First Amendment interest comes up against another interest that is really important and in which we have to make a decision in a particular case as to which is more important."


"He who can not support himself, can not take his own decision."


"Some activities may look attractive, but you don't have any business dating them, else they break you up. It may be good, but not right. Flee from good things and do right things!"


"I was ready to accept the philosophy that the Party is right and that in the coming struggle you could not permit yourself any doubts after the party had made a decision."


"It is the characteristic excellence of the strong man that he can bring momentous issues to the fore and make a decision about them. The weak are always forced to decide between alternatives they have not chosen themselves."


"My nomadic childhood dramatically fed my eventual decision to be an actor, but not in the way you might think."


"In Hungary acting is a profession. In America it is a decision."


"We feel very honored to have been offered the responsibility to host this great event, Berlin is a wonderful city that is developing at a tremendous rate, and this decision means that we can now prepare to welcome the world's best athletes to a fascinating place."


"The implication that everyone would have to accept its judgments uncritically, that it was a decision from which there could be no appeal, was astonishing."


"Get me inside any boardroom and I'll get any decision I want."


"The decision is not whether or not we will ration care. The decision will be whether we ration care with our eyes open."


"I very much prefer the balance in a scene to standing out and so you have to make a decision."


"The point of having a director is that they make the final decision; it's their point of view, they set the rhythm and they make the final decisions."


"Declaring independence was the most traumatic decision I had to live up to. Because I didn't want to do it."


"Nevertheless, the realization that breaking a pencil point would have far less disastrous consequences played little or no role, I believe, in this decision to explore theory!"


"I feel very confident that that information should be sufficient for the members of the Senate to make an informed decision about John Roberts' qualifications."


"But men have loved darkness rather than light."


"The major mistake people pursue in decision making is to surround themselves with negatively minded people. People who are going nowhere will never take you anywhere, people who are going everywhere can take you somewhere."


"Indecision is the reluctance or inability to pass a judgment on an issue under consideration. Indecision means you have come to crossroads and you cannot make your mind."


"But definitely, when a decision is taken, or when you are trying to oppose a decision, you are in a weaker position than the member states, because they know more about the situation than you. We gave information, but they never gave us any information."


"If your idea is not against your conscience or the will of God, go for it."


"I think that the legitimacy of the court would be undermined in any case if the court made a decision based on its perception of public opinion."


"I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision."


"He was also very clear that the decision to cast me as Cora was all Michael's."


"I don't think it's the function of Congress to function well. It should drag its heels on the way to decision."
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