Quotes About Decision-making

We need a Commander-in-Chief, not a Campaigner-in-Chief.

There needs to be a college football commissioner.

We think we want to do something and when it comes to it, we don't. We don't like to commit.

Some artists don't want to be involved in anything outside the performing. They'll say, 'You make the decisions and tell me what to do.' I want to be in on all of it. If there's a meeting where commitments are made that I have to carry out, I want to be there.

If you ever live in a country run by a committee, be on the committee.

You can't have cinema by committee if you're trying to do it well.

Somebody said, 'You may be a committee chair.' I don't think so. I don't think anybody would want me that much.

It's time to return our education policy back to local communities.

Incommensurables cannot be compared.

I don't like compromise. In politics, you have to always choose a compromise, and sometimes, that, I don't like.

If you start with a compromise, you live with a compromise for a long time.

I think no commander ever is going to come out and say, 'I'm confident that we can do this.'

Politicians have conflicting values but not conflicting knowledge.

A lot of parents are confused because they're reading a lot, and they can't make up their mind on what they're doing.

What leads us astray is confusing more choices with more control. Because it is not clear that the more choices you have the more in control you feel. We have more choices than we've ever had before.

A majority of senators should be able to adopt rules at the beginning of each Congress.

Go by your own conscience.

Some might argue humans are hard-wired to fight. I don't agree: we are conscious beings who have the capacity to make decisions.

Consensus doesn't happen by magic... You have to drive to it.

Sometimes that Dutch consensus approach doesn't move you forward fast enough.

The heart of the gameplay is still about choice and consequence, which is what I've been doing since the '80s.

If people are going to do things which have certain consequences that they would rather avoid, they should do whatever they need to avoid the consequences.

You've always got to think about what you're doing and what the consequences are. Sometimes I don't think like that.

The presidency is not a collegial body... He will surround himself with people who share his vision.