Quotes About Decision

The freedom to choose not to choose. Choosing nothing instead of something.

Even if nothing illegal occurred, one has to wonder about the political judgment involved. Surely the mere appearance of selling American power and influence to foreign interests should be enough to cause a former US president—and a possible future one—to steer well clear of such potentially

Laws and a settled decision procedure to generate them are a good thing. This gives us one important reason for obeying the law. By obeying the law, I can contribute to the respect in which the established decision procedure and the laws are held. By disobeying, I set an example to others that may lead them to disobey too.

What is it to make a moral judgement, or to argue about an ethical issue, or to live according to ethical standards? How do moral judgements differ from other practical judgements? Why do we regard a woman's decision to have an abortion as raising an ethical issue, but not her decision to change her job? What is the difference between a person who lives by ethical standards and one who doesn't?

Almost any established decision procedure is better than a resort to force; for when force is used, people get hurt and the desire for retaliation is likely to lead to more violence. Moreover, most decision procedures produce results at least as beneficial and just as a resort to force.

If the owners are cashing out, there's no reason for you to be cashing in.

I am putting out the brown suit, sir.' 'No, I think I'll wear the blue with the faint red stripe.' 'Not the blue with the faint red stripe, sir.' 'But I rather fancy myself in it.' 'Not the blue with the faint red stripe, sir.' 'Oh, all right, have it your own way.' 'Very good, sir. Thank you, sir.

When you choose the behaviour, you choose the consequence.

Drug misuse is not a disease, it is a decision, like the decision to step out in front of a moving car. You would call that not a disease but an error of judgment.

Human infants are semi-robots who possess, however, a limited though vigorous free will. Some of them become adults who use free will as much as possible. But the majority use their free will only once in their lives, that is, at the moment they unconsciously decide they won't ever use their free will.

If I had known it was harmless I would have killed it myself.

But we cannot do it all at once; it is a sequence. An unfolding process. We can only control the end by making a choice at each step.

Drug misuse is not a disease, it is a decision, like the decision to step out in front of a moving car. You would call that not a disease but an error in judgment. When a bunch of people begin to do it, it is a social error, a life-style. In this particular lifestyle the motto is "Be happy now because tomorrow you are dying," but the dying begins almost at once, and the happiness is a memory.

If practicality and morality are polarized and you must choose, you must do what you think is right, rather than what you think is practical.

So we must presume that the worst, rather than the best, choice will be made. The sober and responsible elements will be defeated in the present clash.

To save one life, Mr Tagomi had to take two. The logical, balanced mind cannot make sense of that

The universe makes certain decisions and on the basis of these decisions some people live and some people die. This is a harsh law. But every creature yields to it out of necessity.

Death at each moment, one avenue which is open to us at any point.

What do you want? Egg in your beer?

We can only control the end by making a choice at each step.

We have no value, she said to herself. We can live out our tiny lives. If we want to. If it matters to us.

Oh no, she said, still smiling; her eyes poured over with light, that of compassion. She understood how he felt, that this was not an impulse only. But the answer was still no, and, he knew, it would always

The terrible dilemma of our lives. Whatever happens, it is evil beyond compare. Why struggle, then? Why choose? If all alternatives are the same...

Death at each moment, one avenue which is open to us at any point. And eventually we choose it, in spite of ourselves. Or we give up and take it deliberately.