Quotes About Decision

CHOICE HAS A CLEAR AND POWERFUL INSTRUMENTAL VALUE; IT enables people to get what they need and want in life.

The fact that counterfactual thinking seems to hone in on the controllable aspects of a situation only increases the chances that a person will experience regret when engaging in counterfactual thinking.

when faced with overwhelming choice, we are forced to become "pickers," which is to say, relatively passive selectors from whatever is available. Being a chooser is better, but to have the time to choose more and pick less, we must be willing to rely on habits, customs, norms, and rules to make some decisions automatic.

people won't ignore alternatives if they don't realize that too many alternatives can create a problem.

According to standard economic assumptions, the only opportunity costs that should figure into a decision are the ones associated with the next-best alternative.

Men are fools to invest in real estate.

Nerves, he thought, were for people who hadn't entirely made up their minds.

real reason he'd gone was the one most bad decisions have in common: it had seemed like a good idea at the time.

Sometimes God dillies and dallies,' Steve said, 'and sometimes he just points at you and tells you to hang up your jock.

They stood on the porch in the fading light, Jack in the middle, his left arm around Danny's shoulders and his right arm around Wendy's waist. Together they watched as the decision was taken out of their hands.

A mob always picked its own leaders, and it always picked the right ones.

It seemed to him that if the wrong man stepped into the marriage-loop with a woman, it was a noose instead of a ring.

This situation is not quite beyond saving, but should you carry on much further - should you give voice to such thoughts - it will be.

Marry in haste, repent in leisure.

Leigh left college to be married, and then it was goodbye Drew and hello Taos. I went to her wedding with hardly a qualm. Nice fellow. Drove a Honda Civic. No problems there.

Sometimes God dillies and dallies, and sometimes he just points at you and tells you to hang up your jock.

And always let your conscience be your guide." —Blue Fairy

President Kennedy does not announce a clear decision, but the group proceeds as if the United States does support the coup.

The Brest-Litovsk Treaty with Germany had been widely opposed in the party, of course, but it had quickly proved Lenin right. Lenin again got his way.

From the point of view of the benefits to the revolution, [we decided] to allow voting only by those who are the genuine party guard.

There is nothing to be gained from regret," said Mrs Steadman. "The question is where do you go from here?

Leadership is a choice, not a position.

Art, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere.

If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.