Quotes About Decision-making

Success and happiness are not matters of chance but choice.

SUICIDE... Is to have the freedom to choose, when, where and how to die.

We will push through health care reform regardless of the views of the American people.

The details of what [Barack] Obama was going to do to the American health care system didn't matter. All that mattered was whether or not Obama was going to get it.

In our education system, we are taught to munch figures and remember them for lifetime. But does it help? We are not taught how to make decisions.

The moral values, ethical codes and laws that guide our choices in normal times are, if anything, even more important to help us navigate the confusing and disorienting time of a disaster.

Nobody controls me. I travel with my husband when I can, when I know that I can go, and I know that my son is okay alone for a few days with the help.

Knowing your genetic health risks will help you make better decisions.

The Labour Party's election manifesto is the longest suicide note in history.

Never in the history of the world has there been a situation so bad that the government can't make it worse.

At no point in history have so many non-risk-takers, that is, those with no personal exposure, exerted so much control.

We can learn from history, but we can also deceive ourselves when we selectively take evidence from the past to justify what we have already made up our minds to do.

Fire the committee. No great website in history has been conceived of by more than three people. Not one. This is a deal breaker.

I'm defining [presidential courage] pretty narrowly. It's not only taking a big political risk but it's also the risk that in the hindsight of history, people think it's wise.

If I am going to get in a cab to go home, and I see a sign for an open house, I will go in. I like real estate because I am the boss.

Buyers decide in the first eight seconds of seeing a home if they're interested in buying it. Get out of your car, walk in their shoes and see what they see within the first eight seconds.

The advice I would give myself is: "Don't date that guy, don't drink that, go right home, get a good night's sleep."

It is up to each voter to evaluate honesty and competency in a factual, therefore fair way.

Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.

We are not final because we are infallible, but infallible only because we are final.

There is what is called the highway to posts and honor, and there is a cross and by way, which is much the shortest.

What we honor as prudence in our elders is simply panic in action.

Well, I'm like a drug addict, I'm always saying I'm going to stop, and then I don't, what I've said consistently is that I hope I know when to stop: when it starts to get repetitive.

When the shadow of the Presidential and Congressional election is lifted we shall, I hope to be in a better temper to legislate.