Quotes About Decision

genetic workup showed I had a BRCA1 mutation, I chose to undergo chemo and have my breasts removed. (That was an aggressive course of action, and I had no regrets. My

No matter how much I pushed, she refused to have the genetic screening that could save her life. I

Andrew, sounding impatient, said, "Will ye do it, lassie?" Blinking, Lina realized that she was still staring at Ian. He smiled, and so compelling was his smile that her own lips twitched in response. "It is up to you, lass," Ian said quietly. "I'd like it fine if you would." Warmth spread through her at those simple words.

the identity of an individual is essentially a function of her choices, rather than the discovery of an immutable attribute

Idiot - A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling. The Idiot's activity is not confined to any special field of thought or action, but pervades and regulates the whole. He has the last word in everything; his decision is unappealable. He sets the fashions and opinion of taste, dictates the limitations of speech and circumscribes conduct with a dead-line.

Consult, v.t. To seek another's approval of a course already decided on. Contempt, n. The feeling of a prudent man for an enemy who is too formidable safely to be opposed.

CONSULT, v.i. To seek another's disapproval of a course already decided on.

BALLOT, n. A simple device by which a majority proves to a minority the folly of resistance. Many worthy persons of imperfect thinking apparatus believe that majorities govern through some inherent right; and minorities submit, not because they must, but because they ought.

Prescription, n.: A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient.

APPEAL, v.t. In law, to put the dice into the box for another throw.

Consultar, v.l. Requerir la aprobación de otro para tomar una actitud ya resuelta.

REASON, v.i. To weight probabilities in the scales of desire.

Are you a god now, Risika, deciding who is to live and who is to die?

Enemies are like furniture, aren't they? Better chosen for oneself than inherited.

You have to pick your moment. He'd always said so. Told everyone who'd listen. Have to recognise it when it comes, and seize it, with no care for the past and no worries about the future.

Maybe you should try sticking to one side or the other.' 'Why ever would anyone do that?' Cosca raised his flask, took a sip and smacked his lips in satisfaction. 'It's a war. There is no right side.

If you change your mind about the knife,' Grom called after him, smiling all the while, 'you can seek me out.' [...] 'Last time we met... you offered me a knife' Yarvi fixed Grom with his eye. On his knees, ragged and bloodied, but fixed him still. 'You told me to seek you out if I changed my mind. Will you give it to me now?

There's no need to rush, Arch Lector. That's the trouble with good legs, you tend to run around too much. If you have trouble moving, on the other hand, you don't move until you damn well know it's time.

Misjudgment is as much a part of life as unhappiness. It is nice to hold the power and make choices for everyone. But the risk of making any choice is always that you might make the wrong one. We must make our choices nonetheless. Fear of being a grown-up is a poor reason to remain a child.

But the risk of making any choice is always that you might make the wrong one. We must make our choices nonetheless. Fear of being a grown-up is a poor reason to remain a child.

He was developing a sneaking feeling he had found his way onto the wrong side. Again. But it's not always easy to tell when you're picking. Perhaps, as Kahdia once told him, you are on the wrong side as soon as you pick one.

you are on the wrong side as soon as you pick one.

In the end … the only thing a man can really do … is pick his moment. Watch for the opening, and recognise it when it comes, and seize it.

One act presses hard upon another, on a path we have no choice but to follow, and each time there are reasons. We do what we must, we do what we are told, we do what is easiest. What else can we do but solve one sordid problem at a time? Then one day we look up and find that we are . . . this.