Quotes About Decision

A very bad murderer," I said. "Like Shakespeare's Second Murderer in that scene in King Richard III. The fellow that had certain dregs of conscience, but still wanted the money, and in the end didn't do the job at all because he couldn't make up his mind. Such murderers are very dangerous. They have to be removed.

People will often do imponderable things because of how they feel, not because of what they think.

There is always a choice, though it is not always apparent.

It was an interesting dilemma and with all such dilemmas an opportunity might emerge. 'How best to turn this setback into an advantage,' he wondered silently.

Of course we'll be there." After Amos left, Ghuda shook his head. In a sour tone he muttered, "Why are we going to Crydee, Ghuda? I haven't the vaguest idea, Ghuda. Shall we go find Nakor, Ghuda? Certainly, Ghuda. Then shall we strangle him, Ghuda?" With a single nod of his head, he answered himself, "With great delight, Ghuda.

Days, when the ball of our vision Had eagles that flew unabashed to sun; When the grasp on the bow was decision, And arrow and hand and eye were one; When the Pleasures, like waves to a swimmer, Came heaving for rapture ahead!— Invoke them, they dwindle, they glimmer As lights over mounds of the dead. —GEORGE MEREDITH "Ode to Youth in Memory

D'abord, cette fois-ci, nous n'allons pas en Egypte (à quoi na sert ?) mais nous voguons vers Carthage.

Hannah had a future if she could just settle down.

Freedom for me is a pain in the Buridan's ass.

Perhaps the most important decision you've ever made (that is, your marriage and the creation of your family) was based on your feelings.

Perhaps it's that you can't go back in time, but you can return to the scenes of a love, of a crime, of happiness, and of a fatal decision; the places are what remain, are what you can possess, are what is immortal. They become the tangible landscape of memory, the places that made you, and in some way you too become them. They are what you can possess and in the end what possesses you.

An aptitude test established architecture as an alternative [career]. But what decided the matter for [Teddy Cruz] was the sight of a fourth-year architecture student sitting at his desk at a window, drawing and nursing a cup of coffee as rain fell outside. 'I don't know, I just liked the idea of having this relationship to the paper and the adventure of imagining the spaces. That was the first image that captured me.

Imagining their trajectories, I picture a real road, branching and branching, and I can feel it, shadowy, forested, full of the anxiety and the excitement of choosing, of starting off without quite knowing where you will end up.

Sometimes birds return to their cages when the door is open, sometimes people free to make their own choices choose to abandon that power.

jede freie Entscheidung als Fehlentscheidung herausstellen kann, bei Grenzgängen oft mit tragischen Folgen.

The idea of choice has deeply penetrated our perception of feelings, as though we can 'choose' whether or not to have them.

couldn't go home, she couldn't go to a friend. Getting cash and checking into a hotel would take care of the immediate problem, but not the long-term one. Ultimately, she needed to get out of town, to get as far out of Atlanta as she possibly could at the moment. Her brow furrowed. But where could she possibly— Suddenly a phrase emblazoned on a nearby awning snagged her attention. Are you ready for the time of your

Still, agreeing to an adventure and getting involved with Lou were two entirely different things. He only hoped that she understood

There are times when certain cards sit unclaimed in the common pile, when certain properties become available that will never be available again. A good businessman feels these moments like a fall in the barometric pressure. A great businessman is dumb enough to act on them even when he cannot afford to.

This man in Guatemala, he's your manager, isn't he?" Zemurray asked. Yes. "Then listen to what the man is telling you. You're here, he's there," said Zemurray. "If you trust him, trust him. If you don't trust him, fire him and get a man you do trust in the job.

Hom semper aliud, fortna aliud cgitat.

Picking the breed is important. I have a friend who got a schnauzer for his wife. I told him I thought it was a good trade.

Of course there's destiny, but destiny doesn't push you where you don't want to go. You're the ones who choose. Destiny is up to you.

Any powerful idea is absolutely fascinating and absolutely useless until we choose to use it.