Quotes About Decision

Nightingale was against it from the start, said we should send in the RAF and bomb the camp from altitude. He said it was the only way to be sure." He gave me a puzzled look. "Did I say something funny?

Kumar and I ended up stuffing tissue paper up our nostrils, but agreed that if we had to come down again more drastic action would be justified - like amputation.

A friend of my mom's was a casting director so, really as kind of a lark, I had a couple of acting jobs that had just enough exposure to give me the option to continue if I wanted to. I followed through with it.

We've just lost our way, that's all. But what if you could give us a chance to do better? Just one chance? One single move in the great game of history? What's your best shot? What would you consider to be the greatest mistake in world history and, more to the point, what single thing would you do to prevent it?

When you're testing to see how deep water is, never use two feet.

The decision to leave his family behind was either an act of monumental self-sacrifice, or one of selfish self-preservation, or both. He told himself he had no choice, which is what we all tell ourselves when forced to make a terrible choice.

John Masterman once wrote: "Sometimes in life27 you feel that there is something which you must do, and in which you must trust your own judgment and not that of any other person. Some call it conscience and some plain obstinacy. Well, you can take your choice.

Separation from her two-year-old son would leave a permanent scar. Ursula defended that bleak decision for the rest of her life. But she never quite forgave herself.

Silicon Valley was a town made up of engineers who thought in frameworks, decision trees, and game theory.

We have been told to ask about everything: Will it leave us free?

and another layer of decision making in the form of a council could inhibit rapid and effective responses to systemic risks.

and thus disqualified from continuing as chairman.

but we were balancing two competing concerns. If

When circumstances required cooperation among the Fed, Treasury, and FDIC, it often fell to me to make the call to her, as it did this time.

So what is to be done? There are no easy answers. We

And I knew that if we began holding regular news conferences, there would be no going back.

I emphasized that policy decisions should be based on open-minded discussion, not the views of only one individual.

I had found it difficult to choose, at the December meeting, between a quarter-point and a half-point rate cut.

but he was keeping an open mind about whether we needed to act at it. "I'd

I was fine with the choice.

We—correctly, in hindsight—had resisted raising interest rates.

Janet favored strong action and I suspected that Sarah would, too, along with Dan Tarullo. Betsy

Soon it might make sense to leave rates where they were for a meeting or two while we assessed the economy's prospects.

and Betsy agreed to support additional purchases, though without enthusiasm.