Quotes About Choice

Consumers have not been told effectively enough that they have huge power and that purchasing and shopping involve a moral choice.

There have always been arguments showing that free will is an illusion: some based on hard physics, others based on pure logic.

Luckily, I'm in the position now of being able to play purely because I have the desire to do so.

I have made decisions based from purely an actor's point of view.

I have passed on on a lot of roles. I purely and simply do what I like.

My own, purely personal view is that reading, study, poetry, and scientific experiment might be more rewarding than a job or children, so I would never advise anyone against university if they're going for the right reasons.

Reading is a pleasure, yes, but not without effort: choosing to read novels purely because they mirror your own experience is stultifying.

Parenthood is not an object of appetite or even desire. It is an object of will. There is no appetite for parenthood; there is only a purpose or intention of parenthood.

I don't necessarily like wearing lipstick; I just think it's funny to do. I think the darker the better, but it's whatever my girlfriend Kiera has in her purse.

In life, there is good, evil, love, and hatred. What we desire, choose, and need to pursue is in our hands.

The idea that you have to pursue greatness... it's up to you; it's your life.

There was absolutely no pressure from the family. It was my choice to pursue a career in music. I always wanted to do music, which has been close to heart. In fact, I was dead sure about it.

I chose commerce while at school, but didn't get admission for B.Com in any college, based on my marks. Hence, I decided to pursue History Honours, which I eventually graduated in, from Shaheed Bhagat Singh College.

Republicans trust you to think for yourselves and to pursue your American dream however you see fit.

I have intentionally not pursued musical theater.

Before the boat docked, however, he confessed because he was contemplating running for president, he couldn't separate from his wife. I believed him when he told me he faced a difficult choice between pursuing personal happiness and his political destiny.

I'm not saying a housewife is in any way inferior to a workingwoman. No, she isn't. But as an activist, as a woman, I would say the choice of being a housewife or pursuing a career should be left entirely to the woman and that choice should be respected.

I never thought I'd be using this phrase, but the pursuit of happiness - that's my right.

I didn't push Cory. I wanted him to decide if he wanted to go into boxing and he did. Can't blame it on me.

I will not even tell my daughter to get married if she does not find her life partner. I would rather push her for education and financial independence.

You don't ever have to feel pushed into anything.

If there's one thing I can't stand, it's somebody doing something because I pushed them in that direction.

A lot of people have asked whether acting is in my genes. I don't know if anyone is born to act. And it certainly wasn't pushed on me. It was something I wanted to do.

It was my mom who pushed me. My mom actually pushed my dad to train me. My dad knows what it takes to play at this level and be a really good basketball player, and he just wanted me to make the choice for myself.