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Decision Quotes


"The decision to use the atom bomb on Japanese cities, and the consequent buildup of enormous nuclear arsenals, was made by governments, on the basis of political and military perceptions."


"If you make a decision to fight for future of your own country you have to consider all the consequences."


"I may play some exhibition games so I don't want to quit the game of chess completely. I just decided and it's a firm decision not to play competitive chess anymore."


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


"Do not only think about it, but feel about it, also, before taking appropriate action."


"If one knows only what one is told, one does not know enough to be able to arrive at a well-balanced decision."


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


"Sometimes the hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn."


"You can see my decision as either a distinctive factor or as a limitation. I don't feel it is a limitation."


"Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made."


"Informed decision-making comes from a long tradition of guessing and then blaming others for inadequate results."


"The decision of such judges as Claudius and his Senate is worth very little in the question of a man's innocence or guilt; but the sentence was that Seneca should be banished to the island of Corsica."


"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 the solo playing, the decision to start playing solo, came out of having discovered what lay behind the doors that that technique opened for me."


"So, I completely and utterly support David and Gillian's decision to go to Los Angeles, but I think that Vancouver is the perfect location for the show."


"A wrong choice thwarts God's original intention."


"Choices are abundant, it is the right decision which is the rare one!"


"I have to say that I have no regrets about my decision to become a priest or about the major directions my ministry has taken me... I have been and am happy as a priest, and I have never been lonely... I could have used a bit more solitude."


"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."


"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."


"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."


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


"One of the most empowering things about being human is the fact that a single choice can change the entire direction of our lives. What are you choosing for yourself?"


"It is very easy for us to make choices in life but the most difficult part is to follow those choices through "."


"We're making our decisions - or so we think. Yet in truth, ignorance, greed, and the scourge of immediate gratification are often the things that are making them. So if we're going to truly live well, maybe the first thing we need to decide is who's deciding."


"The special counsel has not advised Mr. Rove that he is a target of the investigation and affirmed that he has made no decision concerning charges."


"Exhaustion and exasperation are frequently the handmaidens of legislative decision."


"Another thing that was unique about working on this stuff was that I was engineering it. I used many of the things I had learned while I was away from the band. It sort of vindicated my decision to leave in '87."


"Obama is making a choice now that will lead to the deaths of many thousands of civilians in Afghanistan by American hands. By ordinary standards of presidents, he is a decent man. But those standards aren't good enough. He's in a position either to kill or not to kill, and he's made the decision to kill."


"The expectations are that when this investigation is completed, Fitzgerald will make the appropriate decision, which is not to charge Karl with any criminal offenses."


"Networks decide who will have a chance to do shows, but it is the viewers who make the final decision of who stays and who goes. I am very fortunate, in that the television viewers of our country have decided that Bob Barker can stay."
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