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Quotes About Dilemma

It is often necessary to make a decision on the basis of knowledge sufficient for action but insufficient to satisfy the intellect.
~ Immanuel Kant
I could justify violence only in this extreme case, to save the last living knowledge of Buddhism itself.
~ Dalai Lama
There is no morality without temptation; otherwise it is just lack of opportunity.
~ Andy Hargreaves
Every solution has a problem.
~ Andy Hargreaves
Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers from which they dare not dismount.
~ Hindu proverb
What's the use you learning to do right , when it's troublesome to do right and it ain't no trouble to do wrong, and the wages is just the same?
~ Mark Twain
… you were so worried about legal and illegal that you never stopped to think about whether it was right or wrong.
~ Terry Pratchett, Snuff
Just because something was legal didn't automatically make it right.
~ Carl Hiaasen, Hoot
That's a girl's life for the rest of her days- somewhere between a lollipop and shots.
~ Christy Turlington
Life is a constant oscillation between the sharp horns of dilemmas.
~ H. L. Mencken
It's becoming apparent that I like bad boys. That's one of my problems. They've all been bad boys. You're one too. You're a bad boy. But, I think you're a good bad boy.
~ Jeffery Deaver
Calamities and opportunities all jumbled up together and no sure way to distinguish one from the other.
~ Jeffrey Lent
The greatest threat to what is best is something persuasively good.
~ Jeffrey Overstreet
You only get two choices: corporate A or corporate B, and that's all you're gonna get.
~ Jello Biafra
Oh, man. I officially have a crush on a boy who is friends with a girl I loathe. How did this happen?
~ Jen Calonita
Fairy be, what have have I gotten myself into?
~ Jen Calonita
I manage to feel guilty one way or another, no matter which purchasing priority wins the day. I've either spent too much, bought cheap processed junk, or I've subsidized the sweat shop industry. Even simplifying can be complicated. GAH!
~ Jen Hatmaker
Deciding is freedom. Indecision is torture.
~ Jen Sincero
You were going to refuse him?" "Yes." "Why?" I thought of you and I couldn't.
~ Jennifer Ashley
Sometimes you have to do wrong to do right.
~ Jennifer Donnelly
Tell him what? a voice inside her asked. Tell him you've fallen for a penniless reporter whom you barely know? That's a brilliant idea, Jo. As soon as you've told Bram, you can tell your mother. I'm sure she'll be delighted.
~ Jennifer Donnelly
Do you want me to call the boys?" Liz suggested from way above me. "Do not not call Nick Krieger!" I shouted. "God, would he love this." "I've got Davis in my cell phone," Liz called. "Gavin,too." "Absolutely not.If you call Davis or Gavin,Nick will be attached." Chloe squealed,"Yes,please,liz. Gavin would be excellent right now! No offense,Hayden,but don't join the ski patrol anytime soon." "Ingrate!" I yelled. "I'll show you.I'm about to save the day, in just a minute here.
~ Jennifer Echols
I felt confident that she wouldn't find out what a chicken I was,because after the comp,if I hadn't gone off the jump,I would be dead of shame.And if I had gone off the jump,I would be just plain dead.
~ Jennifer Echols
I think ethical ambivalence is a kind of innoculation, a way of excusing yourself in advance for something you actually want to do. No offense.
~ Jennifer Egan