Quotes About Decision-making

He hoped that if he ever had to choose, he really would put his Clan before his brother.

Medicine cat' means nothing on its own, without an understanding of what should be done--which isn't always what you first think.

Clear Sky was padding toward his cats. "Why are you even listening to a cat who only left the mountains because he was following his littermate? He was born to follow. I was born to lead!

I'm Monkeystar," the tortoiseshell announced. "I'm Clan leader, so I mostly decide what we do each day.

Only Skystar looked unconvinced. "So the rule on boundaries comes last now?" Gray Wing looked at the SkyClan leader. "Perhaps it should have come last all along.

Of all the foods that we could give a child a free rein over, cereal makes the least sense. Parents let children choose cereal but dictate which vegetables they eat; it should be the other way around.

and another layer of decision making in the form of a council could inhibit rapid and effective responses to systemic risks.

Politicians will have to do the heavy lifting here, because for the most part these are not issues that can be addressed by the Fed or monetary policy.)

As Hank moved from one issue to another, pressing for solutions or more analysis, I could see why he had been an effective CEO.

so their views will have to be taken into account. Moreover,

arguing that its benefits usually outweigh the costs imposed on businesses and consumers.

It usually results in better decisions,

I knew that psychological as well as economic factors motivate human behavior.

But that's the baggage that comes with consequential policy jobs,

As politically independent central bankers, we had to walk a fine line.

I did what I could to keep others in the loop on the Lehman negotiations.

Don recommended that we wait and see what private-sector solutions might emerge,

implying that we had not yet made up our minds whether to end our tightening campaign or to raise rates.

Managing Wachovia consumed the weekend,

The leadership of the Fed (especially the Chairman) must get aggressive.

In choosing Tim, the president-elect showed that he was willing to take some political heat to get the adviser he wanted.

We ran through the options.

His great strength, cultivated over his years in government, was his focus on getting the policy right, whatever the obstacles.

would ask me what state I was the governor of.