Quotes About Decision

I toyed with the notion of being an actor, and am so glad that this whim did not go any further.

Having achieved something so special as peace, it is criminal to throw it away on a whim.

I was the laziest person around. Suddenly, one day, I decided to become an actor. Thank God for that whimsical decision: else, by now, I'd have been a 140-kilo, butter-chicken-bingeing hotelier.

I made a decision when I ran for president that I wouldn't whine about my coverage in the media, and I never did.

I hated cracking the whip, and these juries turn into political things.

Anyway, so here I was caught between Johnson on the one side, who was my leader, I was his whip, and here was my dear friend, personal friend, Kennedy, and they're going to go into my state and ruin it. What am I going to do?

We don't always agree on stuff, but when it's time to blow the whistle and start the game, we're not still debating.

Life isn't always black and white. You're not always sure you're right. At least I'm not.

We should always be disposed to believe that that which appears white is really black, if the hierarchy of the Church so decides.

Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I'm the only person standing between Richard Nixon and the White House.

The Secretary of the State at the time was James Baker, who had also been Secretary of Treasury and White House Chief of Staff: very powerful guy. And I went to see him in his very ornate office at the State Department to say I wasn't going to cover him anymore. It was just a courtesy call.

The last president we had was the smartest guy anyone could remember and he did the dumbest thing anyone has ever seen in the White House so go figure.

I will seek the presidency with nothing to fall back on but the judgment of the people of the United States, and nowhere to go but the White House or home.

When I was asked to do a song from 'In the Heights' at the White House in 2009, I chose instead to do 'Alexander Hamilton' because I felt like I was meeting a moment.

I worked for the Office of Management and Budget in the White House, on nuclear energy policy. But I decided it would be much more fun to have a specialty food store, so I left Washington D.C. and moved to the Hamptons. And how glad I am that I did!

My role in the White House was grossly exaggerated by the press. Fortunately for the American people, when the president had to make a critical economic decision or a decision on a weapons system, he did not turn to me and say, 'Hamilton, what in the hell do I do?'

I always thought that common sense would prevail. But on a game show, there is no common sense.

If 'Scandal' were to run for the rest of my career and prevent me from doing anything else, I would sign that contract this moment.

Price doesn't make deals, and salary doesn't control your career.

So while I will never minimize the costs involved in military action, I am convinced that a failure to act in Libya would have carried a far greater price for America.

Never fall in love with something when you're negotiating a price. Never decide you're going to buy something because you can't live without it. Negotiating to buy an item shouldn't be an emotional process.

I mean, price is price. It's just where you want to spend your money.

I thought I would either be an epidemiologist or a 'Price Is Right' model.

I didn't have the calling to be a priest. You know, either you do or you don't.