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Quotes About Decision

A wise man makes his own decisions. An ignorant man follows public opinion.
~ Grantland Rice
The sooner we all learn to make a decision between disapproval and censorship, the better off society will be....Censorship cannot get at the real evil, and it is an evil in itself.
~ Granville Hicks
Parantham finally realized that selecting a star on the map enabled a sub-menu with the unassuming option "Go to star". Choosing this did not change the map's viewpoint or magnification; rather, it caused the map to inquire politely, "Are you sure you wish to travel to this star?
~ Greg Egan
Aden would phone before he left, trying to patch things up, but she could see how easy it would be, now, to break things off permanently. And now that it had reached that stage, it seemed like the obvious thing to do. She wasn't upset, or relieved – just calm. It always made her feel that way: burning bridges, driving people away. Simplifying her life. She'd
~ Greg Egan
Do you mean, that will be enough to satisfy you – or do you intend making a conscious decision to be satisfied?" She
~ Greg Egan
Do you mean, that will be enough to satisfy you – or do you intend making a conscious decision to be satisfied?
~ Greg Egan
Had David Hawthorne, by another name, achieved the immortality he'd paid for? Or had he died somewhere along the way? There was no answer. The most that could be said, at any moment, was that someone existed who knew – or believed – that they'd once been David Hawthorne. And so Peer had made the conscious decision to let that be enough.
~ Greg Egan
Aden would phone before he left, trying to patch things up, but she could see how easy it would be, now, to break things off permanently. And now that it had reached that stage, it seemed like the obvious thing to do. She wasn't upset, or relieved - just calm. It always made her feel that way: burning bridges, driving people away. Simplifying her life.
~ Greg Egan
What would Tullia have done?
~ Greg Egan
He couldn't control what he felt, but he could certainly control what he DID.
~ Greg Keyes
The job of economic theorists is to prove theorems. The job of policy economists is to figure out which theorems to apply.
~ Greg Mankiw
Pastor Bill Hybels says that seekers might look at our lives and ask themselves, "If I become a Christian, am I trading up or trading down?
~ Greg Ogden
As for those forwards who remain on the ice for too long, we'll pass the mic to venerable blogger Tyler Dellow: "Being on the ice after a minute is sort of like being in a bar after 1:00 am—there's no guarantee that something bad will happen, it's possible that something good will happen, but the odds are slanted heavily in favor of something bad.
~ Greg Wyshynski
A single bad decision can open a world of lamentable consequences.
~ Gregg Andrew Hurwitz
The opportunity to be imprisoned or free is ours, and we're the only ones who can make the choice.
~ Gregg Braden
Key 8: To simply say that we choose a new reality is not enough!
~ Gregg Braden
Encontrar el punto crucial
~ Gregg Braden
When the facts become clear, our choices become obvious.
~ Gregg Braden
Travers shifted uneasily in her chair. "Sir, can't you give us more time on this? Marlow's a hell of a guy to unleash in this situation—it's like letting a fifteen-year-old loose in a whorehouse, if you'll pardon the metaphor." "It's a simile. And I want him.
~ Gregg Hurwitz
Jade turned around. "Fine," he said shortly. "Fine. I'll try to bring him in alive." "You will not try to bring him in alive, Mr. Marlow. You will bring him in alive. Don't equivocate on that point.
~ Gregg Hurwitz
Who would you rather have? A leader who is unthinkingly loyal to opinions you disagree with? Or one who is insincere about opinions you share? A fool or a hypocrite? Too often, it seems, these are our only options. I don't know the answer.
~ Gregg Hurwitz
Tim felt like a buyer annoyed with the salesman's pitch but still interested in the car.
~ Gregg Hurwitz
She looked at ways to quantify life. Analytic in nature, her head almost always overruled her heart. Love it? Hate it? She wanted to KNOW it.
~ Gregg Olsen
If you're more concerned about our reputation than about me, then I'll just withdraw and not have a family anymore. p.32
~ Greggory R. Reid