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Decision Quotes


"In the final analysis, it is your decision to make, but it doesn't move as fast as I'd like it to move."


"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."


"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."


"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."


"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."


"At every given moment in your life, you have the option to move backwards with fears and doubts or to keep pushing forward with faith and courage. But don't forget to consider the positive demands of your inner-self while choosing on which direction to take."


"Don't rush, just because you have reasons! Reason with the reasons and take definite action in the right direction, in haste, where needed, or with patience, where it is essential to do so! Mind your thought and think about your action!"


"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."


"I had no choice in the decision to make myself available. I was not always doing things I wanted to do."


"I thought myself sufficiently shrewd to make whatever decisions I wanted to make, and then to be able to sufficiently steer those decisions away from the rather dark and nasty places they would naturally take me. And I stand oddly perplexed that suddenly everything around me is dark and nasty."


"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."


"The possible solutions to a given problem emerge as the leaves of a tree, each node representing a point of deliberation and decision."


"I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences."


"With respect to the FBI, they had problems communicating in a vertical way, within the FBI itself, so that information of importance could get pushed up to those who were decision-makers."


"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."


"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."


"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!"


"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."


"Aching all over, we reached level ground again, and Mr. Christy withdrew his claims, and agreed that no road anywhere else could possibly be so bad as a Mexican road; a decision which later experiences only served to confirm."


"Sometimes, you may take a step backwards only to realize that a step forward could have been the best choice. Sometimes, you may take a step forward only to notice that a step backwards could have been better; and sometimes, you may only come to a later understanding that stepping aside could have been a great choice, but in all, before you take a step, ponder! The footprint of whatever step is what matter and it must be distinctive."


"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."


"I made a conscious decision back then that I would rather be the best actress who ever lived than the most famous one."


"What I would pay much more attention to are the few points where the player can inadvertently make a career decision. Most players end up back-tracking, though some actually enjoy this."


"The trains always arrive at your station. The question is which one to take?"


"Pakistan has not recognized Israel... any such decision would be taken in supreme national interests after due consultation of the parliament."


"Action gives a decision power and finality."
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