Quotes About Choice

Reality offers us such wealth that we must cut some of it out on the spot, simplify. The question is, do we always cut out what we should? ­

The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you must accept regret.

Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.

La liberté, il y en a partout. Il faut juste avoir le courage de la prendre.

The Surrealist supernatural is a bit predictable but given the choice between supernatural and anything else, I would have no hesitation. Long live supernatural!

Låt inte någon välja ut dina syndabockar. Det är din sak. Om den skulle sammanfalla med någon annans syndabock, dussintals eller fler, byt bock. Den kan inte vara din.

Life is a narrative that you have a hand in writing.

The best path through life is the highway.

What we must understand is that the industries, processes, and inventions created by modern science can be used either to subjugate or liberate. The choice is up to us.

Education should try to lessen the obstacles, diminish the friction, invigorate the energy, and should train minds to react, not at haphazard, but by choice, on the lines of force that attract their world. What one knows is, in youth, of little moment; they know enough who know how to learn.

The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by five hundred readers, or by five hundred thousand; if he can select the five hundred, he reaches the five hundred thousand.

For years we have heard the phrase "every member a missionary." That is not a choice. It is a fact of our membership. Our choice is to speak to others about the gospel or not.

President Bush offers the American people an optimistic vision and a clear choice in November. The President has provided steady leadership in remarkably changing times. He knows exactly where he wants to lead this country, and he has complete confidence in the American people.

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.

I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.

Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black.

People can have the Model T in any colour--so long as it's black.

Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black.

Oamenii isi pot cumpara masini de orice culoare poftesc, numai sa fie neagra!

That is very much like asking: "Who ought to be the tenor in the quartet?" Obviously, the man who can sing tenor.

What is put into the hands of B cannot be put into the hands of A.

Live all you can - it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what you do in particular, so long as you have your life. If you haven't had that, what have you had

I always want to know the things one shouldn't do." "So as to do them?" asked her aunt. "So as to choose," said Isabel

Because complexity inhibits flexibility, early choices are especially crucial.