Quotes About Decision

Carter did not wish to meet a bhole, so

Boys, here's where I cash in my chips.[House judiciary committee chairman Hatton Summers(D) to Vice President John Nance Garner about Franklin D. Roosevelt's plan to 'pack the court'.]

Hell is a matter of everyday life, like the Kingdom of God. The choice is yours.

Almost certainly I will not tell her my intentions this evening or tonight. I will put it off. Why? Because words are actions and they make things happen. Once they are out you cannot put them back.

In their moral justification, the argument of the lesser evil has played a prominent role. If you are confronted with two evils, the argument runs, it is your duty to opt for the lesser one, whereas it is irresponsible to refuse to choose altogether. Its weakness has always been that those who choose the lesser evil forget quickly that they chose evil.

But this was a moral question, and the answer to it may not have been legally relevant.

Education is the point at which we decide whether we love the world enough to assume responsibility for it.

In order to make room for one's own action, something that was there before must be removed or destroyed, and things as they were before are changed.

Those who choose the lesser evil forget very quickly that they chose evil." — Hannah Arendt

The question is only whether we wish to use our new scientific and technical knowledge in this direction, and this question cannot be decided by scientific means; it is a political question of the first order and therefore can hardly be left to the decision of professional scientists or professional politicians.

On politics] And a people that can no longer believe anything cannot make up its mind. It is deprived not only of its capacity to act but also of its capacity to think and to judge. And with such a people you can then do what you please.

There was no doubt in her mind about what she had to do now. She had to leave, had to go and take all of her

I could have been 23 next July I gambled on what mattered most, the dice were cast. I lost.

But when she turned at the entryway and looked back at him, he left the table and followed, as if she were a magnet, drawing him away from his better judgement.

Know what you need, and if it crosses your path, take it.

Remember, then, that the real thing in your experience is what your will decides, and not the verdict of your emotions; and that you are far more in danger of hypocrisy and untruth in yielding to the assertions of your feelings, than in holding fast to the decision of your will. So that, if your will is on God's side, you are no hypocrite at this moment in claiming as your own the blessed reality of belonging altogether to Him, even though your emotions may all declare the contrary.

I think I will sit on it a little while longer, said the duck, as I have sat so long already, a few days will be nothing. Please yourself, said the old duck, and she went away.

Towards evening, he reached a poor little cottage that seemed ready to fall, and only remained standing because it could not decide on which side to fall first.

swim. I think I will sit on it a little while longer, said the duck, as I have sat so long already, a few days will be nothing.

It's important to like what you're doing. Choosing a profession is the most important decision you'll ever make—more important even than choosing a spouse.

Should I take him to Benny's?" Wu asked. His voice had a slow, odd cadence to it, like a character from a Peanuts cartoon. Larry

They asked for my name. I was tempted to go with either I. P. Daily or Wink Martindale, but I stuck with Mark Kadison because he was a friend of mine and if they called, he'd just laugh.

I would rather French-kiss a live rodent than shake the man's hand, but in prison, you do what you have to.

He erred against caution, figured that it would be better to be spotted and possibly confronted than to lose Gabrielle altogether. He