Quotes About Decision

I picked Harvard because it was in a big city, and a lot of girls' schools were nearby. And I liked President Kennedy, who went to Harvard.

My editor picked out the name she wanted. I was either going to be Kim Harrison or Lisa Harrison, because she wanted me shelved right next to Hamilton.

I went off and did 'Space,' which turned out very well, and when the series was picked up, my options were to stay with 'Space' as a producer/director or go to 'The X-Files' as a producer/director.

I hate picking out clothes.

It was a difficult decision picking Nigeria over England.

If the money's equal between the Rockets and Mavericks, I think players are picking Houston. Every time.

Consciously picking the right script after a long period of wait helped me grab a perfect film in the rom-com genre.

People come to me and they're like, 'You're hand picking fighters.' I don't pick my fights.

I'm picking and choosing what I want to do.

In picking Gen. Jim Mattis for Defense secretary, President-elect Donald Trump has said that he found his 'Gen. George Patton.' Yet that label may not really capture what makes Mattis a distinctive choice.

You can do 12 great takes, but if the director is no good, he'll end up picking the wrong one.

It's a really hard decision, picking my second single.

As much as I hate that it's a business decision - like, I'm just picking a school - it really is a business decision. I really don't see anything wrong with waiting it out.

For me, picking a college was really difficult. I wish I had had my parents there kind of supervising me. But I chose well. I did OK.

What hurts me, and always had done, is picking teams and having to leave players out.

If the owner goes inside a team and picks one player to play, I can no longer be the manager. Decisions must be made by the manager.

As the artist picks his way along, rejecting and accepting as he goes, certain patterns of enquiry emerge.

You pick your destiny or maybe destiny picks you. But it picked me to box, definitely.

I don't quite have the luxury of cherry-picking - I have to see what comes my way. But I have always been picky.

I would definitely like to work in India. It is just that I am quite picky when it comes to roles.

A green-light meeting is when the decision is made finally whether or not to make a given picture.

If someone's dumb enough to offer me a million dollars to make a picture, I'm certainly not dumb enough to turn it down.

I'd much rather turn down a starring role in a bad picture and do a small role in a very good picture.

I try to read everything that's sent me - play scripts, movie scripts - but I've had to make a rule. If the author hasn't grabbed me by Page 25, the piece goes back with a note of apology.