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Quotes About Dilemma

But that would have left no choice. This was contradiction; at cusp, choice is. By choice, spirit grows.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
May I ask this? Under what circumstances is it moral for a group to do that which is not moral for a member of that group to do alone?" "Uh . . . that's a trick question." "It is the key question, dear Wyoming. A radical question that strikes to the root of the whole dilemma of government. Anyone who answers honestly and abides by all consequences knows where he stands—and what he will die for.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
Oh. I told you about that click. Daddy says that, in a dilemma, it is helpful to change any variable, then reexamine the problem. I tried to introduce a change with my bubble gum.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
Over the years I discovered that virtually everyone who comes to analysis is in some way facing a religious crisis, a term I prefer to neurosis , and every analysis is in some way a religious dilemma.
~ Robert A. Johnson
Neither capitalist indust-reality nor socialist indust-reality have been able to give humanity what most of us really want: liberty and justice, freedom and the abolition of poverty, continued growth and continued security. In looking at capitalism vs. socialism, we are always confronted with a dilemma, not a choice.
~ Robert Anton Wilson
E.M. Forster, who said that if he had to choose between betraying his country and betraying his friend, he hoped he'd have the courage to betray his country.
~ Robert B. Parker
There were worse things than being in love with two women. Better than being in love with none.
~ Robert B. Parker
Mother would be in real trouble right now.
~ Robert Bloch
to put forth my final words on this subject...there is no dilemma, there is no problem...unless you, the believer...create the problem yourself by adopting a set of beliefs that puts you at odds with the ongoing labor of science and discovery.  I am not telling you here that god does
~ Robert Butler
Krulak had done the right thing, but there is often a price to pay for doing the right thing.
~ Robert Coram
I left them to their lives and walked out into the sun. You want to do the right thing, but sometimes there is no right thing to be done.
~ Robert Crais
Discovering the inapplicability of Judeo-Christian morality in certain circumstances involving affairs of state can be searing. The rare individuals who have recognized the necessity of violating such morality, acted accordingly, and taken responsibility for their actions are among the most necessary leaders for their countries, even as they have caused great unease .. - In Defense of Henry Kissinger, The Atlantic 2013 May http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/p...
~ Robert D. Kaplan
The middle of the road is where the white line is—and that's the worst place to drive.
~ Robert Frost
En un bosque se bifurcaron dos caminos, y yo... Yo tomé el menos transitado. Esto marcó toda la diferencia.
~ Robert Frost
Di hutan, kulihat dua cabang jalan terbentang. Kuambil yang jarang dilalui orang. Dan itulah yang membuat segala perbedaan
~ Robert Frost
I shall be telling this with a sigh somewhere ages and ages hence. Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, and that had made all the difference.
~ Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. The Road Not Taken
~ Robert Frost
I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence; Two roads diverged in a wood, and I- I took the one less traveled by. And that has made all the difference. - Robert Frost
~ Robert Frost
I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference
~ Robert Frost
Do not swallow the easy moralism of the day, which urges honesty at the expense of desirability.
~ Robert Greene
If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces. PORTIA, IN The Merchant of Venice, I
~ Kenneth N. Waltz
Don't give me the evil eye. You were the one about to star in an X-rated porno flick.-Phineas
~ Kerrelyn Sparks
Sir!" Laszlo's voice rose an octave. He twirled a button with his fingers. "There isn't enough time for—for two treatments. You must decide between your—your tooth or your…" With a grimace, he glanced at Roman's swollen jeans. My fang or my yang? The latter strained against his zipper, as if it wanted to leap out and shoot its mouth off. Pick me, pick me!
~ Kerrelyn Sparks
the march of technology isn't to be seen in the act of me hijacking Logan's car, but in me knowing that I had to do it.
~ Kevin Wignall