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Quotes About Decision

Life is like a movie, if you've sat through more than half of it and it's sucked every second so far, it probably isn't going to get great right at the end and make it all worthwhile. None should blame you for walking out early.
~ Doug Stanhope
Life is like a movie, if you've sat through more than half of it and its sucked every second so far, it probably isn't gonna get great right at the end and make it all worthwhile. None should blame you for walking out early.
~ Doug Stanhope
Really, the moment you have any idea, the second thought that enters your mind after the original idea is, "What is this? Is it a book, is it a movie, is it a this, is it a that, is it a short story, is it a breakfast cereal?" Really, from that moment, your decision about what kind of thing it is then determines how it develops.
~ Douglas Adams
What is it you want the most? Money, love, fame, happiness? Make your choice, you only get one. Make it, and blow out the candles, spin the wheel, say the prayer. You only get one of them, so make it last. What is it you want the most? My name's Fate, Mister Fate to you, children, and whatever it is you want the most, make sure... Very sure... Because I'm gonna make sure it's the one thing you never get.
~ Douglas Clegg
Who wouldn't want to go back in time and correct a mistake, right a wrong, change how things turned out? Who wouldn't want to have another chance to win the girl, or hit the home run? To kill Hitler, or invest in Apple or Facebook when they were just emerging? The
~ Douglas E. Richards
it's true," said the major, "you could have your cake and eat it to.
~ Douglas E. Richards
Eeny?" said Salazar. "Is that from Eeny, meeny, miny, moe?" "Really, Harry?" said Kelly in amusement. "You think I'd name it after Eeny, meeny, miny, moe?
~ Douglas E. Richards
This was contrasted with a scene in which two prissy, high-IQ professionals were discussing having children. They both agreed that having children was an important decision and that they needed to wait for the right time, since child bearing wasn't something that should be rushed into. Ultimately, they died childless. The moral: the dimwitted and impulsive might not be able to hold a job or learn algebra, but they sure knew how to screw each other—and reproduce like crazy.
~ Douglas E. Richards
We both absently pulled handguns from our holsters and extended them outward.
~ Douglas E. Richards
She could remain a prisoner for life, or I could end her now. Was keeping her a prisoner forever really the compassionate choice? Or would letting her die now be a mercy,
~ Douglas E. Richards
A quel instant "pas maintenant" se transforme en "jamais
~ Douglas Kennedy
Pero sea lo que sea, y aunque tomes la peor decisión imaginable, todo ello obedecerá básicamente a una sola razón: la esperanza. Que es un lujo al que todos tratamos de aferrarnos desesperadamente.
~ Douglas Kennedy
How soon "not now" becomes "never".
~ Douglas Kennedy
Wie bald 'nicht jetz' 'nie' wird. How soon 'not now' becomes 'never'.
~ Douglas Kennedy
We all end up ruing everything. It's the nature of this thing we call 'our condition.' Could, but didn't...Wanted to, but stopped myself...All the damn statements of regret we can never dodge.
~ Douglas Kennedy
The history of failure in war can almost be summed up in two words: too late.
~ Douglas MacArthur
For them absolutely everything in life is a political choice and a political act.
~ Douglas Murray
The consensus remained that the good thing to do was to invite all migrants in. The bad thing was to suggest any limitations on their numbers. Or even the enforcement of laws already in place. As so often in the past the government weighed up the pros and cons of holding the line and decided not to hold it.
~ Douglas Murray
Sometimes it's important to work for that pot of gold. But other times it's essential to take time off and to make sure that your most important decision in the day simply consists of choosing which color to slide down on the rainbow.
~ Douglas Pagels
Sometimes it's important to work for that pot of gold. But other times it's essential to take time off and to make sure that your most important decision in the day simply consists of choosing which color to slide down on the rainbow.
~ Douglas Pagels
One can reach the gates of hell just as easily by short steps as by large.
~ Douglas Preston
Anchoring bias" refers to our tendency to rely on the first information we hear.
~ Douglas Rushkoff
Any decision we think we are about to make is something that can be Googled before we commit to a choice.
~ Douglas W. Hubbard
It seems that to have a truly profound revelation, you almost always have to look at something other than what you have been looking at in the past. Being able to compute the value of information has caused organizations to look at completely different things—and doing so has frequently resulted in a surprise that changed the direction of a major decision.
~ Douglas W. Hubbard