Quotes About Decision

Though Potts wished to fight on, Scott was inclined to relent.

William's imprudent decision figured importantly in the enormous disparity in wealth that developed between the two brothers.

Although these money-losing ships drained him for years, their purchase was dictated by the larger interest of Standard Oil, and he never regretted his snap decision.

Having often hired people based on general ability, not specific skills—Gates himself being a prime example—Rockefeller acceded to the choice.

Not for the last time, Pierpont contemplated retirement.

Hamilton seemed to spark controversy at every turn. At the time of his July Fourth oration, New York still had not selected its first two senators. Under the Constitution, this decision fell to state legislatures, insuring that local mandarins would have a disproportionate say in the matter.

He doesn't act on analysis.

I would do what I thought best.

Rockefeller decided he had had enough.

one of the dumbest academic decisions ever made (and that is a tough list to top), Maxwell was unceremoniously laid off.

A happy ending isn't really the end. It's just the place where you choose to stop telling the story.

A happy ending is just the place where you choose to stop telling the story.

Everybody has a choice in life.

I had to decide how to use that pressure. I had to decide whether it was going to crush me or turn me into a diamond.

It gives me some kind of chance to survive the night. How are those better odds? If you come back with me, you're guaranteed to survive the night. No, Reacher said. If I come back with you, I'm guaranteed to die of shame.

You see four guys bunched on a corner waiting for you, you either run like hell in the opposite direction without hesitation, or you keep on walking without slowing down or speeding up or breaking stride...Truth is, it's smarter to run. The best fight is the one you don't have. But I have never claimed to be smart. Just obstinate, and occasionally bad-tempered. Some guys kick cats. I keep walking. - Jack Reacher

Time to shit or get off the pot.

One day it seemed like a good idea, the next day it didn't. That kind of thing happened all the time, way back when, because strategy was fluid. Or because nobody had the faintest idea what they were doing.

Jack Reacher ordered espresso, double, no peel, no cube, foam cup, no china, and before it arrived at his table he saw a man's life change forever.

At one point they said they were heading to

the open! So go for it! Jump on it! Just gobble it right up! "I don't know," he said. "We need to talk about it," she said. But there was no more talking to be done, not then, because the buzzer from the lobby started up an insistent squawk, like somebody was down there on the street leaning on the button. Jodie stood

Always love or money. And it can't be love, because love makes you crazy, and this guy isn't crazy.

Second conclusion: If you can see a bandwagon, it's too late to get on. I think the person who said that to me

Two choices, as always: fight or flight. We were on 56th Street's southern sidewalk. I could have run straight across the road and tried to get away. But Leonid and his pal were probably faster than me. The law of averages. Most humans are faster than me. The old lady in the summer dress was probably faster than me. Her old gray mutt was probably faster than me.