Quotes About Decision-making

You want something by Bach? Which one, Johann Sebastian or Jacques Offen?

My wife and I have five children and the reason why we have five children is because we do not want six.

The student-athlete should control everything that happens. From figuring out what kind of a degree they want to what type of a program they want to play for, they should control it all.

I'm trying to be a little bit more mature about my choices and think about what I want to direct next, instead of just jumping into a movie 'cause I want to do it.

In terms of my career, I am glad about the steps and moves that I have made. Because I would not want to blame anyone else but myself if anything goes wrong.

It really bothers me when a guy is controlling. Dont just say Im picking the place - ask me where I want to go!

The real trouble comes from not knowing what we really want in the first place.

Freedom is having real choice. This offers a limited amount of choices. This is participating in a very imperfect system that we're desperately hanging onto, that we don't want to see further eroded.

You realize as a director that when you are cutting a film, you want to have alternatives. You need color and choices. You don't want four takes that are identical.

Sometimes it's a good idea to think about what you want from a situation, and try to get it, rather than just blurt out the first thing that comes into your head.

I'm not interested in going after a part. I think if someone wants me for a part and approaches me then I'll take it on a case-by-case basis and see what that part is.

Because economics is all about optimising, doing the best you can with what you have - it's usually the first place you should look for answers if you want to maximise your happiness.

It's so hard for every young person, trying to figure out the adult you want to be.

Daily, constantly, we choose by our desires, our thoughts, and our actions whether we want to be blessed or cursed, happy or miserable.

I've always said I don't want to have kids. I don't want a kid at all, but I do like reverse-engineering myself; managing and parenting myself.

The public wants to know why or why not. They don't want to know how you're going to do it.

It's not that difficult to say no when you don't want to do something.

Anybody, anywhere in the world, all they want is to be free, to choose what they want to do without having someone tell them how to do it.

Take a thousand soldiers. Four hundred will stand in a fight but do nothing. Two hundred will run given the chance. Another hundred will get confused. That leaves three hundred you can count on. Your task in commanding that thousand is all down to knowing where to put that three hundred.

But what did Tattersail teach you? "If things get too hot," he said, "pull out, Toc. Ride

To rule is to kneel before expediency.

The second is trickier: the person who knows what to do next is the leader. We're entirely nonhierarchical in that way. But in a combat environment, when split seconds make all the difference, there's no time for second-guessing. When someone steps up to become the new leader, everyone, immediately, automatically, moves with him. It's the only way we win.

When you're in a hole, stop digging.

The Principle of Priority states (a) you must know the difference between what is urgent and what is important, and (b) you must do what's important first.