Quotes About Choice

Did not strong connections draw me elsewhere, I believe Scotland would be the country I would choose to end my days in.

He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.

That felicity, when I reflected on it, has induced me sometimes to say, that were it offered to my choice, I should have no objection to a repetition of the same life from its beginning, [...] Since such a repetition is not to be expected, the next thing most like living one's life over again seems to be a recollection of that life, and to make that recollection as durable as possible by putting it down into writing.

That felicity, when I reflected on it, has induced me sometimes to say, that were it offered to my choice, I should have no objection to a repetition of the same life from its beginning,

those who trade freedom for safety deserve neither

Anyone who trades liberty for security deserves neither liberty nor security.

Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.

Wehaloosing, stands on the bank of the Susquehanna,

Within each of us there is an Owl, a Rabbit, an Eeyore, and a Pooh. For too long, we have chosen the way of Owl and Rabbit. Now, like Eeyore, we complain about the results. But that accomplishes nothing. If we are smart, we will choose the way of Pooh.

Which would you prefer? To be perpetually standing still or perpetually running?

When Americans vote for a particular candidate, they vote for the candidate who reminds them of the kind of person they would have eaten lunch with.

He had realized that the labels he had been taking so seriously are human inventions--it's all a game. The Number 68 is invented and the A is invented, so we might as well choose to invent something that brightens our life and the lives of the people around us.

Living rooms are arranged around the TV, but when you take away the box you have the freedom to arrange the room to suit yourself.

Choice depends on the freedom to choose and if you are shackled with debt you don't have the freedom to choose.

The moral of the story here is that if you're ever offered anything that seems like it might lead to sex, there is no turning back. You just have to take it as it comes or you will remain a virgin for life.

Don't put off till tomorrow what you could do today because if you do it today and you like it you can do it again tomorrow.

I do what I want.

Women did not have as many options as men, and I need to reflect that reality in my mysteries.

The capacity to make free choices is not something we either have entirely or not at all. Rather, choices become freer the more they are the result of our own capacity to reflect on and assess facts and arguments.

On the robot kit, I can choose very boring parts or I can choose exciting and interesting parts. That is a reflection of my personality and the kinds of things I am interested in.

I'm hoping that college students and young professionals in general will pay very close attention to what is being said by both parties and all the candidates in the parties and pick the best person that best reflects the values that we all have.

There is a growing acceptance and interest in publicly funded school choice as a catalyst for education reform in general and a way to empower parents to be education reformers.

There's every reason to think that whatever their political leanings, Americans will be highly receptive to numerous reforms designed to improve health, safety, economic security, environmental quality and democratic self-government - at least if those reforms do not eliminate their freedom of choice.

It's refreshing to tell a story from a woman's point of view which says it's normal not to want kids.