Quotes About Decision

Often even more perplexing, however, is when these problems arise within the mind of the same person: when the right decision for the long term makes no sense for the short term;

To succeed predictably, disruptors must be good theorists. As they shape their growth business to be disruptive, they must align every critical process and decision to fit the disruptive circumstance.

When the performance of two or more competing products has improved beyond what the market demands, customers can no longer base their choice upon which is the higher performing product.

There are times at which it is right not to listen to customers, right to invest in developing lower-performance products that promise lower margins, and right to aggressively pursue small, rather than substantial, markets.

If you ever find yourself in the wrong story, leave. —Mo Willems, Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs

Supongamos que ha viajado usted en el tiempo, hacia el pasado. ¿Para qué? —Para decirle a usted que Sutton regresará. [...] Cuando Sutton regrese —dijo el forastero—, tienen que matarle.

If you reach a crossroads and your destination is to the left and by mistake you turn right, the further you travel along the wrong road the further you will move away from your destination. It is not easy to turn back, to change your mind. Sometimes, you have to in order to survive.

Kaufman calculated the risks of his situation: the mathematics of panic.

He gave a moment's consideration to the possibility of lingering to wash his face and hands (maybe even to changing his puke-splattered shirt), but he decided to forgo cleanliness in favor of making a fast exit.

Give me ambiguity or give me something else.

His story remains behind, echoing inside me, a tale of impossible choices.

Books are precious things, and cannot be selected like tinned peas in Tesco.

What if the 'brutal thunderclap of halt' takes the form of the choice, Dishonesty or insanity?

And what else but a being cursed with the burden of free will would wear a poncho.

and for the second time that day he blesses the certainty of airports because he can always turn around and go someplace else.

from one place but more important was where you decided to go.

The first time Caesar approached Cora about running north, she said no.

venturing now or after nightfall. Cora thought better

If you had the power to make people do what you wanted and never exercised it, what was the point of having it?

its terms? Homer watched her as she dressed, like a valet who had waited on her since the cradle. "I'm caught," Cora said. "You choose to be with him." Homer looked puzzled. He took out his notebook, turned to the last page, and scribbled.

This or this," his eye doctor asked at checkups, a choice between two lenses of different power. Elwood never ceased to marvel how you could walk around and get used to seeing only a fraction of the world. Not knowing you only saw a sliver of the real thing. This or this?

In the dank utility room deep in the subbasements of my personality, a little man wiped his hands on his overalls and pulled the switch: More.

It was her grandmother talking that Sunday evening when Caesar approached Cora about the underground railroad, and she said no. Three weeks later she said yes. This time it was her mother talking.

Things are happening too fast for her to convince herself that she does not need time to think, to get to the bottom of things.