Quotes About Decision-making

I've always been impulsive. My thinking is usually pretty good, but I always seem to do it after I do my talking—by which time I've generally destroyed all basis for further conversation.

I think he knows exactly what he is doing, and whether we like it or not, I think he is the only one who can deal with the present situation.

In case they don't have strawberry, which one – chocolate or vanilla?

Kur dievas, tas prakeiktas kvailys? Negi jis neskiria, kas teisinga, o kas ne? Nesupranta papras?iausio balanso? Seniai b?t? išmestas iš darbo, jei vadovaut? korporacijai, turint omeny, kokiems dalykams leido atsitikti...

In "the general course of things, the popular views and even prejudices will direct the action of the rulers.

In public exigencies, there is hardly anything more prejudicial than excessive caution, timidity and dilatoriness, as there is nothing more beneficial than vigour, enterprise and expedition.

He had long bewailed his inability to delegate authority—"It is my nature and I cannot help it

So why did Rockefeller stick to his self-defeating silence?

Hamilton wanted the votes of individual members recorded. Instead, the convention chose to proceed on a one-state, one-vote basis, which meant that Hamilton's vote would likely be nullified by his two fellow delegates.

a striking example of political gaucheness, Adams then nominated Washington to command the new army before he had a chance to register an opinion. On July 3, the Senate hastily approved the choice.

Politely firing the man, he took charge of financial matters and pored over stacks of incomprehensible bills.

Undeterred by these extreme gyrations, both Rockefeller and Andrews wanted to borrow heavily and expand, while Clark favored a more circumspect approach.

Pierpont handled the West Shore affair better than I could have done it myself.

Drevni Goti u Germaniji [...] - ima?ahu jedan mudar zajedni?ki obi?aj, naime, da o svakoj važnijoj stvari koja se ticala zajednice raspravljaju dvaput; i to - jednom kad su pijani, a drugi put u treznom stanju;- Pijani - da im savetovanje ne bude lišeno snage i odvažnosti;- atrezni - da ne bude lišeno razboritosti i opreznosti.

That's just how it is, you know, she said. Women always choose men over other women.

People who say no right away are usually lying. A truthful person is perfectly capable of saying no but generally they stop and think about it first. And they add sorry or something like that. Maybe they come out with some questions of their own. It's human nature. They say, Sorry, no, why, what happened?

Too many cooks spoil the broth, many hands make light work, great minds think alike, fools never differ.

one of his mother's favorite expressions started to echo in his head: When you're in a hole, stop digging.

You can aim at a duck and get it in your sights, but the duck is always moving. In order to hit the duck, you have to move your gun. But a committee faced with a major decision can't always move as quickly as the events it's trying to respond to. By the time the committee is ready to shoot, the duck has flown away.

The trouble with you, Phil, is that you went to Harvard, where they taught you not to take any action until you've got all the facts. You've got ninety-five percent of them, but it's going to take you another six months to get that last five percent. And by the time you do, your facts will be out of date because the market has moved on you. That's what life is all about—timing.

Todo diseño invo-lucra objetivos en conflicto, y por lo tanto, compromiso, y los me-jores diseños siempre serán aquellos con el mejor compromiso».

Believing in what you desire to be true and then seeking evidence to justify it doesn't seem to be the best approach to everyday decisions.

The confirmation bias has many unfortunate consequences in the real world.

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