“Congressman [Richard ] Icord headed a House on American activities committee. It was called the House Internal Security Committee. And he put out a report, and he named a number of very destructive people who lectured at colleges and left arson in their wake and did other terrible things. And he mentioned me and he ascribed to me three organizations to which I'd never belonged, and I decided I would do something about this.” PeopleThreeHouseLeftNumbersSecurityCollegeTerribleActivityDecidedOrganizationReportsDestructiveInternalsCommitteesTerrible ThingsCongressmanArson Author:Nat Hentoff
“[Margot Hentoff] stopped [writing]. She decided that she had nothing more to say. And yet, every day, she has a whole lot to say, and I wish she'd write it down.” WritingWholeWishDecided Author:Nat Hentoff
“At the time there was a hospital strike in New York and the Catholic hospitals were part of a general consortium, and the head of the consortium had decided that they were finally going to replace some of the striking workers. And I hear [John] O'Connor yelling, `Over my dead body will you replace any of those workers! They have a right to strike.' So I figured, `This is interesting.'” BodyInterestingNew YorkDecidedCatholicWorkersStrikesHospitalsYelling Author:Nat Hentoff
“Carl Armstrong was one of those people in the anti-war years who had been so convinced of the righteousness of their cause that he and some friends decided they would blow up a building at the University of Wisconsin, in which they said research was being done to help the war against the Vietnamese. What they blew up at three or four in the morning was a young scientist, who was married and had a couple of kids, who wasn't working on war stuff at all. And he was killed.” PeopleYearsSaidWarDoneHelpingKidsYoungThreeCausesStuffMorningFourBuildingCoupleMarriedResearchDecidedScientistUniversityBlowConvincedRighteousnessAnti WarThey SaidBeing DoneArmstrongWisconsinVietnamese Author:Nat Hentoff
“There's a black lawyer in Galveston, Texas, who was the unpaid NAACP general counsel in Texas. He had a great record in housing discrimination, labor discrimination. He decided to take as a client a member of the Ku Klux Klan because the state wanted to get the membership lists of the Klan to find out if they could get something on the Klan. And he said, `I got to take you. I despise you. But we, the NAACP, won that case; NAACP vs. Alabama in the 1950s. Nobody has the right to get your membership lists.' He was fired from the NAACP. To me, he's a hero.” IfsSaidStatesWantedBlackCasesRecordsHeroMembersLaborDecidedLawyerListsDiscriminationTexasDespiseClientsHousingAlabamaMembershipKu Klux KlanNaacp Author:Nat Hentoff
“So my father [Erwin Rommel] decided during the battle in Normandy, he knew really soon that it wasn't possible to win this battle. But my father decided pretty soon to, if necessary, to surrender on his own responsibility when the British or Americans penetrate the German positions.” IfsFatherWinningResponsibilityPositionBattleDecidedBritishSurrenderPenetrateNormandyRommel Author:Manfred Rommel
“In a democracy the day when you pay your taxes, April 15, would be a day of celebration, because you're getting together to provide resources for the programs you decided on.” Would BeTogetherPayDemocracyTaxesResourcesProgramDecidedCelebrationApril Author:Noam Chomsky
“All three [of my grandkids] earn money around the house, and all three spend their own money. Now I've noticed that when they have to spend their own money on birthday cards, they have decided that homemade cards are so much nicer.” ThreeHouseDecidedCardsGrandkidsHomemadeBirthday Card Author:Elizabeth Warren
“I decided to write the book to open the eyes of the people of how corrupt John D. Rockefeller company was and the unfair ways he used to be successful. I wanted the people to know the truth about the Standard Oil Company.” PeopleKnowsWayWritingBookEyeWantedUsedCompanySuccessfulStandardsDecidedOilUsed To BeBeing SuccessfulUnfairOil CompaniesStandard OilJohn D Rockefeller Author:Ida Tarbell
“I always dreamed of playing for the UK since I grew a huge UK fan but once I started visiting schools I fell in love with Miami University and decided it was the right place for me.” SchoolFansHugeGrewDecidedUniversityRight PlaceVisitingMiami Author:Graham Taylor
“We [ with Ewan McGregor] decided exactly what we would do at every moment, what the texture would be.” MomentsWould BeDecidedTexture Author:Tilda Swinton
“As part of that negotiation [with China], as part of fulfilling that promise, all of these issues are on the table. But at the same time, Rex Tillerson is correct, there's no predetermined path here. But it's something that is going to be discussed and decided down the road.” PathIssuesPromiseDecidedTablesChinaFulfillingNegotiationDown The RoadPredetermined Author:Reince Priebus
“People at civil-liberties organizations say it's a sea change, and that it's very clear judges have begun to question more critically assertions made by the executive. Even though it seems so obvious now, it is extraordinary in the context of the last decade, because courts had simply said they were not the best branch to adjudicate these claims - which is completely wrong, because they are the only nonpolitical branch. They are the branch that is specifically charged with deciding issues that cannot be impartially decided by politicians.” PeopleMadeSaidSeemsLastsLibertyIssuesClearSeaJudgingPoliticianDecidedOrganizationClaimsCourtExtraordinaryObviousDecadesBranchesExecutivesAssertionCivil LibertiesSea ChangeSimply Said Author:Edward Snowden
“One strategy that the tea party smartly embraced was one of being almost entirely defensive. They consciously decided not to figure out which of their really abominable conservative policy priorities to prioritize. Instead, anything that came out of the Obama White House they were against. What they recognized is that when you've lost the White House and the House of Representatives and the Senate, you're not setting the agenda anymore. We progressives find ourselves in a similar situation now.” HouseLostWhitePartySituationFiguresPolicyDecidedStrategyConservativePrioritiesSettingSettingsTeaAgendasWhite HouseSenateRepresentativesTea PartyPrioritizeHouse Of Representatives Author:Ezra G. Levin
“I accept that friends of ours have decided that the President's non-strike has somehow impacted perceptions of us. But I believe they are dead wrong and I think the critics are dead wrong, and here's why. The President [Barack Obama] made his decision to strike. He announced his decision to strike publicly. And the purpose of the strike was to get the chemical weapons out of Syria. That's the purpose.” ThinkingBelieveMadePurposeI BelievePresidentDecisionAcceptingPerceptionWeaponsDecidedCriticsStrikesBarackChemicalsSyriaPresident Barack ObamaChemical Weapons Author:John F. Kerry
“First, let me just say that I flew in from Los Angeles last evening. And the plane was absolutely filled with women who were coming from the Greater Los Angeles area to be here. And it wasn't that they were necessarily organized in some particular group. Individual women that I talked to - I said, well, who are you with? They said I'm not with anybody. I just decided I couldn't stay home. I just got up, and I came [to the Women's March].” FirstsWellsSaidHomeLastsIndividualGreaterGroupsParticularAreasDecidedLet MeFilledEveningPlanesOrganizedMarchLos AngelesThey SaidFlew Author:Maxine Waters
“I saw this trend happening with the proliferation of guitar clinics and schools. And I was approached to do a camp in the past, but I wanted to have a good enough idea because most of them are just about jamming and learning. I decided I wanted a theme for each camp.” IdeasEnoughWantedSchoolPastSawsHappeningsDecidedGuitarThemeGood EnoughTrendsCampsProliferationClinic Author:Steve Vai
“I decided that it might be interesting to have terrible things happen to orphans over and over again.” MightHappensInterestingTerribleDecidedThings HappenTerrible ThingsOrphan Author:Daniel Handler
“Back in the late '90s, a writer named Daniel Handler decided that kids books were too cheerful. I mean, all the "Harry Potter" series did was occasionally kill off major characters. Thus was born "A Series Of Unfortunate Events" and its mysterious author, Lemony Snicket. "A Series Of Unfortunate Events" is now a great new series on Netflix.” MeanBookCharacterKidsBornEventsLateMajorsDecidedSeriesMysteriousUnfortunateHarry PotterCheerfulPottersNetflixBooks For KidsHarry Potter SeriesSnicketUnfortunate EventsSeries Of Unfortunate Events Author:Daniel Handler
“The point we are making is that the general global messages have been communicated, about the politics of South Africa, about the economy in general, all of these general questions. The rest of the world understands these things and are saying, let's now come to the specific things so that even we, as big corporate chiefs from around the world, can assist in these areas, which you have decided are your priority areas.” WorldHas BeensBigsEconomyMessagesAreasDecidedSouthPrioritiesChiefsAround The WorldCorporateSouth Africa Author:Thabo Mbeki
“When we decided to marry, we had two ceremonies - one was more bureaucratic for the sake of the Swiss authorities,then a church service in Florence, and I wrote the music for the church service. The challenge in that was that Iman's [Abdulmajid] family are Muslim and mine are Protestant. I had to be careful about the prayers that we chose and the music I wrote because I didn't want to offend either side.” WantTwoSidesChallengesChurchPrayerMinesAuthorityDecidedSakeCarefulBe CarefulCeremonyProtestantsSwissFlorenceImanChurch Service Author:David Bowie
“Actually, I think we all understand just fine why Donald Trump is president: because he ran a racist, boorish, epically mendacious campaign and Republicans all decided to go along with it. And even that wouldn’t have been enough if Trump hadn’t gotten some additional help from his pals James Comey and Vladimir Putin.” IfsThinkingHas BeensEnoughHelpingPresidentFineTrumpRepublicanDecidedCampaignsRanRacistPutinPals Author:Kevin Drum
“Coming out of graduation, I didn't immediately know what direction I wanted to do so I decided to just stay as an intern until it really kind of dawned on me and I felt more compelled one way or the other. So I gave it a few years and then after two years it was really clear that deep down I missed being a full time creative artist. Ironically, I started getting clients who were all in the entertainment industry and a lot of them were in comedy!” KnowsWayYearsKindTwoWantedArtistFeltCreativeClearComedyIndustryDecidedEntertainmentOne WayTwo YearsComing OutClientsCompelledDeep DownEntertainment IndustryCreative ArtCreative Artists Author:Kelly Carlin-McCall
“The work is important and essential and I've had a therapist myself for decades and it's important work, but I knew that I wanted to work with people who are more functioning and that's when I decided to pursue my performance career full-time.” PeopleImportantWantedCareersEssentialsDecidedPerformancesDecadesPursueTherapistsImportant Work Author:Kelly Carlin-McCall
“My left descending septal branch artery decided to close without consultation with any of my other organs. It happened on Saint Patrick's Day, 1978.” LeftHappenedDecidedSaintBranchesOrgansDescendingArteriesConsultation Author:George Carlin
“I have an admiration, even though I'm not likely to do that sort of thing myself, for [Ayn] Roark's behavior when he decided that his design was not being followed - which was a gross violation, by the way, of private property rights, because the building was his.” WayRightsDesignBuildingBehaviorDecidedPropertyAdmirationGrossViolationPrivate PropertyProperty Rights Author:Murray Bookchin
“I think we've had two presidents in a row that tried to unite the American people and both of them failed, quite frankly. And I think Donald Trump has decided he's going to get things done. That's going to be his measuring rod.” PeopleThinkingTwoDonePresidentTrumpDecidedThings DoneMeasuring Author:Tom Cole
“I decided that after returning to the US to pursue an academic career I would eventually study the life of Ho Chi Minh to find the secret of his success.” SecretCareersStudyDecidedPursueAcademic Author:William J. Duiker
“I decided to follow my dreams and my passions and to always have an adventure, no matter what it is.” MatterDreamPassionAdventureDecidedNo Matter WhatMy Passion Author:Gabrielle Union
“In 2011, after spending a couple of years working at Google, I decided that I wanted to dedicate myself to helping to transform education. I was particularly inspired by my upbringing in Guatemala, a poor country where high-quality educational opportunities are limited to those who have money.” YearsCountryHelpingWantedOpportunityPoorQualityCoupleDecidedInspiredEducationalSpendingGoogleUpbringingHigh QualityPoor CountriesGuatemala Author:Luis von Ahn
“One very difficult decision was deciding to vote against the appropriations bill for the war. I had consistently said that I wanted to make sure our troops got the adequate and training in the war effort, despite the fact that I opposed the war at the point that the president decided to double down and send more troops. I had to vote against funding as a way of bringing it back to the table. That was a difficult decision for me.” WaySaidWarFactsWantedDifficultPresidentDecisionEffortTrainingDecidedVoteDown AndTablesBillsDespiteTroopsConsistentlyAdequateFundingOur TroopsAppropriationDifficult Decisions Author:Barack Obama
“When my relations with the Communist Party gave me the necessary perspective I decided to write my autobiography. I wanted to show how a man can pass from literature held sacred to action which nevertheless remains that of an intellectual.” MenWritingShowsActionWantedLiteraturePartyPerspectiveIntellectualDecidedRelationRemainsSacredCommunistNeverthelessAutobiographyCommunist Party Author:Jean-Paul Sartre
“At the time, it was a really funny joke [Fluffy] and I went back and forth with going against the joke or embrace it. I decided to embrace it and now we're talking about it, so it was a good call.” TalkingJokesDecidedEmbraceBack And ForthFluffyFunny Jokes Author:Gabriel Iglesias
“There was one sequence of days [making Lincoln in the Bardo] when I had halfway decided to use the historical nuggets, but I wasn't quite sure it would work. I'd be in my room for six or seven hours, cutting up bits of paper with quotes and arranging them on the floor, with this little voice in my head saying, "Hey, this isn't writing!" But at the end of that day, I felt that the resulting section was doing important emotional work” WritingLittlesImportantEndsUseFeltBitsVoiceHoursRoomsCuttingEmotionalPaperSixDecidedHistoricalSevenHeySectionsSequenceHalfwayArrangingNuggetsVoices In My Head Author:George Saunders
“I definitely, at times, felt the pressures of life similar to the pressures anyone would feel growing up. The only difference was that maybe more people were aware of mine. But, if anything, I changed the pressure from negative to positive. So, instead of thinking everybody wanted to see me fail, I decided everybody wanted to see me win, since I wanted to see myself win.” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsWantedWinningFeltDifferencesGrowing UpGrowingFailingChangedMinesNegativeDecidedPressure Author:Keke Palmer
“I decided upon the thought that I can only find myself once I can admit to myself and approve that both sides are sides of myself.” I CanSidesDecidedBoth Sides Author:Kim Nam-joon
“To put your full belief in your Guru, because it's for your own good, because you've decided that... It's just having a lot of respect for the person and it's like that with music as well...You should love your instrument and respect it.” ShouldWellsPersonsBeliefLove YouDecidedInstrumentsGuru Author:George Harrison
“This is how we honor 53 dead, innocent people who had nothing to do with their deaths. They just were in the wrong place at the wrong time, when a bigot decided to take 'em out. And all of a sudden we're judging the aftermath as to whether or not [Barack] Obama's an effective president? For crying out loud!” PeoplePresidentCryJudgingHonorDecidedInnocentBarackLoudEmsAftermathBigotsWrong Time Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The reason everybody is so amazed and enamored with me right now is because I have worked every angle, I have worked every formula, I have worked every equation, I have seen every club, I have seen every performance, I have seen every joke, I have studied, I have done my job. That's why I'm good. It's not because I got up one night and decided I wanted to tell some f - -ing jokes.” ReasonDoneWantedJobsNightRight NowJokesDecidedPerformancesClubsFormulasAmazedAngleEquationsOne NightEnamored Author:Leslie Jones
“I do think, over the last years, a lot of Republicans have decided it's not working, what the party believed in, free trade, global capitalism, open borders.” ThinkingYearsLastsPartyRepublicanCapitalismDecidedTradeBordersLast YearFree Trade Author:Mark Shields
“When I came to write my Thomas Cromwell books, I moved onto the center ground of English history, but I was never there before. I didn't feel it was my history particularly, coming from Northern Britain, being of Irish extraction, being a cradle Catholic. The image of England I grew up with felt somewhere else. There was an official England in postcards, but it wasn't one I had visited. But I decided to march onto the center ground and occupy it whether it was mine or not.” FeelsWritingBookFeltMinesGrewGrew UpDecidedEnglandCatholicMovedOfficialsBritainMarchSomewhere ElseCradlePostcardsEnglish HistoryExtractionCromwell Author:Hilary Mantel
“I was like, "This is a new thing that the gay people have decided? That's the gayest thing I've ever heard in my life." You can't do that. You can't decide that a word is forbidden now collectively amongst your group of human beings, that the word is a slanderous evil nasty word about homosexuals. It's not, the word doesn't mean that. And sometimes it's a good word to use in comedy. That's what your friend has to realize when he's at a bar just yelling out the word.” PeopleHumansMeanSometimesUseEvilRealizingHuman BeingsComedyHeardGroupsGayDecidedBarsNew ThingsNastyHomosexualForbiddenYellingGay PeopleGood Words Author:Joe Rogan
“In my late teens, like many a devout Catholic boy, I considered the priesthood and even went as far as discussing the idea at a seminary in Belfast but hesitated. I decided to focus on physics at university, another way perhaps to contemplate the mysteries of reality.” WayIdeasRealityBoysFocusMysteryLateDecidedCatholicUniversityPhysicsContemplatingTeensAnother WayDiscussingPriesthoodSeminaryBelfast Author:Stephen Curry
“Nile perch is a fish that was introduced into Lake Victoria. The reason that fish was introduced into Lake Victoria was because it was decided that the people living near the lake needed more proteins than they were getting.” PeopleReasonNeededDecidedFishesLakesProteinVictoriaNile Author:Wangari Maathai
“I always had a lot of responsibilities. I just didn't take them. I just decided to take care of my responsibilities, live up to them. That's a pretty interesting job. It's harder than being heavyweight champion of the world.” WorldCareJobsInterestingResponsibilityDecidedHarderTake CareChampionHeavyweights Author:Mike Tyson
“At Princeton I wrote my junior paper on Virginia Woolf, and for my senior thesis I wrote on Samuel Beckett. I wrote some about "Between the Acts" and "Mrs. Dalloway'' but mostly about "To the Lighthouse." With Beckett I focused, perversely, on his novels, "Molloy," "Malone Dies," and "The Unnamable." That's when I decided I should never write again.” ShouldWritingDiesNovelPaperDecidedFocusedSeniorJuniorsVirginiaThesisLighthouseBeckettPrincetonWoolfMrs Dalloway Author:David Duchovny
“Because in traditional Hindu culture menstruation is associated with a variety of social taboos, prolonged menstrual bleeding produced conflicts within families. The whole idea of fertility regulation was still extremely new in this setting and many husbands and other family members were angry when they found out that women had decided on their own to use the method and had gone to the clinic in secret.” StillsIdeasWholeUseCultureFoundSocialSecretGoneHusbandConflictMembersDecidedMethodAngrySettingTraditionalSettingsVarietyRegulationTabooBleedingFamily MembersFertilityClinicMenstruationSocial Taboos Author:Ruth Simmons
“I decided that I wanted nothing to do with South African government television while any of my fellow writers were banned and couldn't speak publicly.” GovernmentWantedSpeakTelevisionDecidedFellowsSouthSouth AfricaBanned Author:Nadine Gordimer
“Where two nations are gonna have a summit and a joint agreement's gonna be announced, the joint agreement and the language is all decided before the summit ever happens.” TwoHappensLanguageNationsDecidedAgreementSummitJointsTwo Nations Author:Rush Limbaugh