Quotes About Decision-making

When you come to a fork in the road take it

Expertise in any given single area is not enough to guarantee either prudent policies or the avoidance of blunders.

A referendum magnifies the worst aspects of an already imperfect system—democracy—channeling a dazzlingly wide variety of issues through a very narrow gate. It has

Why do you insist on taking the scooter if you know you're not going to want to use it?'The child spoke with her wet lips brushing the flesh of her mother's ear: 'I don't know what I'm going to want until when I want it.

Everyone who makes a mistake knows in advance that he's going to make a mistake, he simply can't stop himself. The surprise is perhaps a reaction to the size of the mistake, not the fact of its existence.

To?i cei care gre?esc ?tiu din capul locului c? sunt pe cale s? fac? o gre?eal?, dar nu se pot ab?ine. Probabil c? surpriza e dat? doar de amploarea gre?elii. - RO (Trad. Ioana Petridean) Everyone who makes a mistake knows in advance that he's going to make a mistake, he simply can't stop himself. The surprise is perhaps a reaction to the size of the mistake, not the fact of its existence. - EN

If one day I start thinking about playing abroad, money won't be the reason.

I have always accepted films based on what my role is. Of course, I do look at who is playing the lead opposite me, the producer and the director.

Sometimes I ask myself if I'm accepting too many films.

I share my personal experiences of what is right according to me in a particular situation.

I think I throw the ball down the field pretty well, but I think I'm really accurate and make good decisions.

I've never acted fully impulsively. I think with my mind and my heart.

I'm such an addictive personality that I can say yes or no.

Don't take too much advice.

Any president is going to need extremely good advisers.

There is only room in the lifeboat of your life for one, and you always choose yourself, and turn your parents into whatever it takes to keep you afloat.

I've said no to a lot of things I'd like to have done. My agent has never seen anything like it.

I'm just trying to be aggressive and make plays, but you watch film and you see that you can get off the ball get it to somebody else and let them make a play for you.

You don't have to agree with my vote, but you need to at least understand how I came to my vote.

The thing to do when you're feeling ambivalent is to wait.

Those who are close to me know that I am a person who likes to analyse everything before making a decision.

Very ancient parts of the brain are involved in moral decision making.

In an animated film you can do whatever you want, but that doesn't mean you should do everything you want.

We need to know how we are feeling. Mindfully acknowledging our feelings serves as an 'emotional thermostat' that recalibrates our decision making. It's not that we can't be anxious, it's that we need to acknowledge to ourselves that we are.