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Quotes About Decision

It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones. -Calvin Coolidge
~ Amity Shlaes
There can be no question of mistake or error raised before men who consider whatever they choose to do to be in itself the greatest of virtues.
~ Ammianus Marcellinus
He had the feeling that he must make a decision, and though he was used to making many decisions every day, this time he was beset with uncertainty; in fact he had no idea what was being asked of him
~ Amos Oz
Sullenberger later wrote about [air traffic controller] Harten, "his words let me know that he understood that these hard choices were mine to make, and it wasn't going to help if he tried to dictate a plan to me.
~ Amy C. Edmondson
Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable." —Sydney Harris1
~ Amy C. Edmondson
And that's how I outsmarted myself, changing our lives forever.
~ Amy Chua
The other day I was playing Scrabble. I saw that I could close the space in D-E- -Y. I had an N and an F. Which do you think I chose? What was the word I made?
~ Amy Hempel
They say the smart dog obeys but the smarter dog knows when to disobey.
~ Amy Hempel
It was terrifying, liberating, and risky. But one day I woke up and decided to try it." (On writing her first novel, "Miss Dreamsville and the Collier County Women's Literary Society")
~ Amy Hill Hearth
I looked at Adrian's eyes, beautiful, mesmerizing. Not human. I didn't feel lonely at all. "You'll take me places?" I asked. His answer was important, even though my decision was already made. "You can't imagine where we'll go." He said, sincerely.
~ Amy Lane
She taught him that sometimes, when someone was in emotional denial, they needed proof of how wrong they really were. Sometimes they needed actions instead of words. Sometimes they needed someone to make the hard decision or to say the painful thing, or they would be lost and locked in their own hearts forever.
~ Amy Lane
When you get to that point where you notice a person's faults, you've got to decide if you can live with them or can't live without them.
~ Amy Lane
Chase and Scott had done rock/scissors/paper/lizard/Spock to get the front. Chase had won with Spock to crush Scott's scissors.)
~ Amy Lane
Yeah, but I didn't like him and you still did it!
~ Amy Lane
It hit you, is all," he said. "What you've given up your
~ Amy Lane
I really do," she said, not looking at him. "Because once he stays here tonight, I'll have a constant reminder that you picked him and not me, and you did it before you even knew you could have him." He grimaced. "It was a near thing," he told her, thinking about how pretty she'd looked in the sunshine and how cold she looked now. "Only because I could have your babies, Joe. And I still lost by a mile. C'mon.
~ Amy Lane
I'm sorry I left you at your dad's." Now his eyes narrowed, and I knew how pissed he'd been. "That was an interesting choice. Whyfor did you do that?" I sighed and turned off
~ Amy Lane
Didn't happen. Won't want this again." He sighed and wrenched himself back. "Yeah, we will," Galen said soberly. John swallowed, legitimately afraid. "I'm a recovering addict—" "And I'm not recovering," Galen said. Those luminous green eyes narrowed and glittered. "Not yet. But I want you. And you need someone. So you need to decide how this is or is not going to happen, because it's an issue.
~ Amy Lane
No big deal," Margie said, trying to keep her jaw stoic. "Just, you know, a Lap-band. The stomach-stapling thing, right?
~ Amy Lane
You, uhm… I mean, I'm not going to step on the gas and find myself in the next county with a horse plastered on the grill, am I?
~ Amy Lane
That's the hard part. The hope. You two gotta decide if you're up for the hope and the disappointment right there, because that's the hard part.
~ Amy Lane
She sighed. "Okay. But unless something else good comes along, I'm stopping at eight!
~ Amy Lane
You know, I never thought this would be a thing to put my money in, but I'm wondering if it's too late in life to invest in adult diapers.
~ Amy Lane
When pain or illness consumes her with little hope of recovery; when your cat knows her fight is done; when prolonging her life offers no hope for enjoying that life; these are determinations only you, as your cat's best friend, can make. People who are closely bonded to their special cats just know when the time is right. Listen to your heart, and your cat will tell you when she's ready to say goodbye.
~ Amy Shojai