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Quotes About Hesitation

Would they retreat or move forward? Could they do this thing they were on the verge of doing? Did they have it in them to make a wrong decision just because it felt right?
~ Emily Giffin
desperately wanting to define what's in the air between us but unwilling to make the first move
~ Emily Giffin
I tally all the reasons why not, all the ways it could hurt. Yet I watch myself shrug coolly and hear myself murmur, "Why not?
~ Emily Giffin
But I still remained paralyzed by indecision, reluctance, and endless second-guessing...
~ Emily Giffin
And how will we recognise our island?' Trian wonders. 'By a sign of some kind.' Cormac realises something: the Prior doesn't know. Trian hesitates as if about to say more, but doesn't. It comes to Cormac that maybe it's their fault the boat hasn't reached the island yet, his and Trian's. We of little faith.
~ Emma Donoghue
Ik weet niet hoe het komt, kapitein Short, maar telkens wanneer je het met me eens dreigt te zijn, word ik bijzonder nerveus. - Root
~ Eoin Colfer
Buff: What are you doing now? Bee-Bee: I don't know. You mean like now? Like right now? Waiting.
~ Eric Bogosian
Better to trust the man who is frequently in error than the one who is never in doubt.
~ Eric Sevaeid
And it all comes out so lame. I love your mouth. I love your hair. I love your ears. I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.
~ Erica Jong
Emma couldn't look away from Mike's eyes, they seemed to glow for a second, but there was something she couldn't place. She found herself leaning closer and her gaze dropped to his lips, she was so close she could feel his breath on her face. Her mind was telling her to pull back, but her hormones were urging her on.
~ Amanda Clark
He had the feeling that he must make a decision, and though he was used to making many decisions every day, this time he was beset with uncertainty; in fact he had no idea what was being asked of him
~ Amos Oz
Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable." —Sydney Harris1
~ Amy C. Edmondson
Dali is like a man who hesitates between talent and genius, or, as one might once have said, between vice and virtue.
~ Andre Breton
I met Ashley two weeks before I married him. It was a joke-the most ridiculous thing I've ever done. Once I was married, I didn't want to be a failure, so I stuck it out for six months, which was about six months too long.
~ Shannen Doherty
I had always been fascinated by comics, but it had taken me several weeks to make up my mind to buy 'Watchmen'; for someone on a publisher's assistant's salary, it was some quite unheard-of sum of money.
~ Susanna Clarke
I was hesitant to ask around for work, so I did a short film called 'Bulbul,' which was praised a lot by people.
~ Divya Khosla Kumar
I turned down Premier League jobs; I didn't think they were right.
~ David Moyes
Usually when I get nervous and don't know how to prepare for something, I just don't do anything at all, which is not necessarily the best idea.
~ Gia Coppola
I'm a pretty good procrastinator.
~ Hannah Gadsby
I am doubtful about reuniting with David Dhawan.
~ Govinda
But you're right, I did think about acting more and then decided against it.
~ Todd Solondz
That decision, for me, was almost certainly definitely wrong.
~ Kevin Keegan
I always make a decision, even if it's the wrong one. I hate being confused.
~ Yolandi Visser
Decision-making is very scary for me.
~ Laura Dern