“I thought long and hard about my future this past year and during the offseason, and I've decided 2015 will be the last time I compete for a championship.” YearsLongHardLastsPastDecidedChampionshipLast TimeMy FutureOffseason Author:Jeff Gordon
“I don't think I made a conscious decision as a career choice. From my school days I had decided, persuaded by my parents, to prepare myself for the law. Then the Japanese occupation came and we went through three and a half years of what I would call the university of life, it was hard, it was harsh.” ThinkingYearsMadeHardSchoolLawChoicesThreeParentDecisionHalfCareersConsciousDecidedUniversityOccupationHarshHalf A YearSchool DaysCareers Choices Author:Lee Kuan Yew
“When I came overseas, I realized that there are many ideologies and many trends, and it's also very hard to produce honest art and honest literature. I decided that I didn't want to follow any of these ideologies or trends, because that's also a kind of pressure that doesn't allow absolute freedom. So I decided that I was only going to produce works that were satisfactory to me, and that meant not following any trends and being anti-ideological.” WantKindArtHardLiteratureHonestProduceDecidedAbsolutesPressureFollowingI RealizedIdeologyTrendsIdeologicalAbsolute Freedom Author:Gao Xingjian
“Religion is based upon blind faith supported by no evidence. Science is based upon confidence that results from evidence - and that confidence can be modified and/or reversed by further observations and experimentation. Science approaches truth, closer and closer, by hard dedicated work. Religion already has it all decided, and it's in the book. It's dogma, unchangeable, and unaffected by reality and whatever facts we come upon in the real world.” WorldBookRealHardFactsRealityResultsAtheismApproachEvidenceDecidedBlindPositive AtheismObservationReal WorldDedicatedDogmaExperimentationBlind FaithUnchangeable Author:James Randi
“I'm a strong supporter of comfort breeds complacency. Growing up poor I wasn't comfortable, my mom had to work so hard and I woke up one day and decided I was not going to come home until I could help her pay the bills.” HardHelpingHomeStrongPoorPayGrowing UpGrowingMomComfortOne DayComfortableDecidedBillsMy MomComing HomeSupporterComplacency Author:Farrah Gray
“I've decided I can't really control people's perceptions of me. All I can do is decide on what I work on and how hard I work on it.” PeopleI CanHardCan DoPerceptionDecided Author:James Franco
“It used to take me forever to read and comprehend stuff, so I decided not to make the 'Captain Underpants' books too challenging. Don't get me wrong - the humor and ideas are often sophisticated - but the books aren't hard to read. I wanted kids who hate reading to find these books irresistible.” BookIdeasHardKidsWantedUsedHateReadingStuffChallengesForeverDecidedTake MeSophisticatedCaptainsIrresistibleUnderpants Author:Dav Pilkey
“I was still closeted, but from the day I decided to run for office, knowing that I was gay, I decided that I would, of course, still be closeted but that I would work very hard for gay rights. It would be totally dishonorable, being gay, not to do that. So I had that as kind of a secondary agenda.” KindStillsHardWould BeRunningCoursesKnowingRightsGayOfficeDecidedAgendasGay RightsBeing GayDishonorable Author:Barney Frank
“When I was in graduate school in Princeton, I was told to take three courses. One of them to work on really hard, another to work on moderately hard, and the third one just to absorb. In my case, I never showed up to the latter class, taught by Robert Gunning, on Several Complex Variables. Several Complex Variables (Cn) was starting to get vary fashionable then, but I decided to specialize in n=1/2.” HardSchoolScienceThreeCoursesClassCasesTaughtDecidedThirdsMathematicsComplexesStartingLatterGraduatesVaryFashionableVariablesGraduate SchoolPrinceton Author:Richard Askey
“There is that within a man that drives him ever onwards, just as the power of the seasons drives the roots of flowers into the hard earth; and so he decided, against his better judgment, to open his eyes and find out what was going to happen to him next.” MenHardHappensEyeEarthHopeNextFlowerAmbitionJudgmentRootsDecidedSeasonsHis Eyes Author:Tom Holt
“I was 16 when I quit gymnastics and decided to start acting. I started booking immediately after. I was very lucky and fortunate, but I also did the hard work. Half of it's hard work and half of it's luck. It's been working out so far. Fingers crossed for the future.” HardActingHalfHard WorkLuckyDecidedLuckFingersWork OutQuittingFortunateGymnasticsI QuitFingers Crossed Author:Nina Dobrev
“He [Vince Spadea] was about as down and out as you could see from a Top 20 player. Then to claw his way back through the minor leagues and do it the hard way where he wasn't young, wasn't getting wildcards, wasn't getting any help. I guess he decided he was just going to do it.” WayHardHelpingYoungPlayerDecidedDown AndLeagueMinorsClawsHard WayWildcard Author:Andy Roddick
“I worked hard at that through most of the '80s, and in 1990 my house burned in New Hampshire, and my studios and my offices. I had to decide at what level to rebuild, and I decided that I was going to stop trying to be all things to all people, and just go back to playing the guitar.” PeopleTryingHardHouseLevelsOfficeAll ThingsDecidedGuitarStudiosBurned80sStop TryingHampshireNew Hampshire Author:Tom Rush
“My father taught me to love detective fiction writers such as Raymond Chandler. When I decided to have a hard-boiled detective series I did a lot of studying before I wrote the first book. I learned police procedure, the California criminal law, and many areas outside my expertise.” FirstsBookHardLawFatherFictionStudyTaughtAreasDecidedPoliceSeriesCriminalsCaliforniaProceduresDetectivesExpertiseFiction WritersCriminal LawDetective Fiction Author:Sue Grafton
“Normally when people say they haven't decided, they're being polite but they're definitely not voting for you. I think it's different this time. People are thinking hard about the issues.” PeopleThinkingDifferentHardIssuesHavensDecidedVotingPoliteBeing PoliteNot VotingThinking Hard Author:David Cameron
“I was told I had to go to business school to succeed. I gave it a shot, but eventually dropped out to bootstrap a restaurant with just a Visa card and a $20,000 line of credit. Everyone told me restaurants were hard work (and they were right! I have so much respect for anyone in the restaurant business). I ran the restaurant for two years, sold a franchise, decided to change paths, and sold the whole operation at a modest profit.” YearsTwoHardWholeSchoolLinesPathHard WorkSucceedShotsDecidedProfitCreditCardsOperationsRanRestaurantsTwo YearsModestVisaBusiness SchoolBootstrapsRestaurant Business Author:Ryan Holmes
“Actors are pulled in so many different directions that unless you both are absolutely into it through thick and thin and completely sure about each other, it's just hard. I've decided I'll never date an actor again.” DifferentHardActorsDecidedThickDifferent DirectionsThick And ThinThrough Thick And Thin Author:Jessica Alba
“Pat Robertson had decided that global warming was real and we need to do something about it struck me as powerful evidence that the Holy Spirit is hard at work in this question.” NeedsRealHardSpiritPowerfulHolyEvidenceDecidedHoly SpiritGlobal Warming Author:Bill McKibben
“Work hard on each opinion, but once the case is decided, don't look back; go on to the next case and give it your all. It's not productive to worry about what's out and released, over and done. That's advice I now give to people new to the judging business.” PeopleGivingLooksHardDoneNextOpinionCasesWorryAdviceJudgingHard WorkGoes OnDecidedProductiveGive It Your All Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“I’ve decided to run for the U.S. Senate because I believe Wisconsin families need a senator who will work hard to deliver results for the middle class - a leader with the courage to do what’s right, no matter how tough the odds or how powerful the special interests we have to fight.” NeedsBelieveMatterHardRunningFightingI BelieveInterestResultsPowerfulLeaderClassMiddleSpecialHard WorkToughDecidedMiddle ClassSenateOddsSenatorsSpecial InterestsWisconsinWisconsin Weather Author:Tammy Baldwin
“Later, she would remember these years, and realize with astonishment that she had, by fifteen, decided on most of the assumptions she would carry for the rest of her life: that people were essentially not evil, that perfection was death, that life was better than order and a little chaos good for the soul. Most important, this life was all. Unfortunately, she forgot these things, and had to remember them the hard way.” PeopleWayYearsLittlesImportantSoulHardRememberOrderEvilRealizingPerfectionDecidedChaosThis LifeAssumptionFifteenAstonishmentHard Way Author:Marilyn French
“Morning: Slept. Afternoon: Slept. Evening: Ate grass. Night: Ate grass. Decided grass is boring. Scratched. Hard to reach the itchy bits. Slept.” HardNightBitsMorningDecidedBoringEveningGrassAfternoonItchy Author:Jackie French
“It looks as though your shop is doing well," Luka said gazing around, "Could you help me find a gift for a lady friend of mine?" My heart plunged to my grenn satin slippers, and I had to stare down at Azarte for a minute, petting him hard. Naturally Luka had a "lady friend." She was probably nobly born: the daughter of a count or a duke. I imagined her having thick dark hair and clear skin, and was bitterly jealous. "Of course," I stammered after a time. "What would she like? A gown? A sash?" If she came in for a fitting, I decided to "accidentlly" poke her with every pin.” IfsWellsLooksHeartSaidHardHelpingCoursesBornDarkClearMinutesMinesHairMy HeartDaughterDecidedSkinsStaringShopsHelp MeJealousThickPinsFittingDukesGownsGazingPokeSlippersSatinDark Hair Author:Jessica Day George
“Hey, if you decided to tear up the town, you can always use the leftover bread from my breakfast in place of your cane. I'm pretty sure it's hard enough to bust heads.” IfsHardEnoughUseTearsDecidedTownsBreadHeyBreakfast Author:Jennifer Rardin
“So you've got no name?" I asked. "They couldn't think of one ugly enough?" The creature snarled, stepping over the unconscious policeman. "Set animal is too hard to say," I decided. "I'll call you Leroy." Apparently, Leroy didn't like his name. He lunged.” ThinkingHardEnoughNamesAnimalCreaturesDecidedUglyUnconsciousPolicemen Book:The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid Source: The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid
“You don't want me to feel obligated? Well, I'm sorry, Lily. I am here because I feel obligated." He brought her hand to his chest, pressing her palm flat against his rapidly thumping pulse. "I'm obligated by my heart. It's decided you're essential to my existence, you see. And it's threatening to go out on labor strike if I don't make you mine this very day. So yes. I am here on bended knee, acting from a deep, undeniable sense of obligation. I am, quite simply, yours." He swallowed hard. "If you'll have me.” IfsWantFeelsWellsHeartHardHandsActingExistenceMinesMy HeartEssentialsLaborDecidedSorryStrikesObligationKneesFlatsChestsWant MeI'm SorryThreateningPalmsPulseLilies Author:Tessa Dare
“Did I mention I've finally decided on a nickname for you?" "I didn't know you were looking." Well, I've given the matter some serious thought." "And what have you come up with?" "Cookie," I anounced proudly. Xavier scrunched up his face. "No way." "You don't like it? What about Bumblebee?" "Worse." "Snookie-Wookie?" "Do you have any cyanide?" "Well, some of us are just a bit hard to please.” KnowsWayWellsMatterHardFacesGivenBitsSeriousPleaseDecidedCome UpCookiesNicknamesCyanideBumblebees Author:Alexandra Adornetto
“I tried to dredge up the same reaction other girls had around Marcus, but nothing happened. No matter how hard I tried, I just didn't have that same attraction His hair was too blond, I decided. And his eyes needed a little more green.” LittlesMatterHardEyeGirlHappenedHairNeededDecidedGreenAttractionReactionsHis EyesOther GirlSydney Sage Book:The Indigo Spell: A Bloodlines Novel Source: The Indigo Spell: A Bloodlines Novel
“The major credit I think Jim and I deserve ... is for selecting the right problem and sticking to it. It's true that by blundering about we stumbled on gold, but the fact remains that we were looking for gold. Both of us had decided, quite independently of each other, that the central problem in molecular biology was the chemical structure of the gene. ... We could not see what the answer was, but we considered it so important that we were determined to think about it long and hard, from any relevant point of view.” ThinkingLongImportantHardFactsProblemScienceAnswersViewsMajorsDiscoveryDeserveDecidedGoldImportanceRemainsStructureCreditDeterminedPoint Of ViewBiologyChemicalsRelevantGenesMolecular Biology Author:Francis Crick
“I was obsessed with fairytales, and I was a very, very inquisitive kid, and I would ask my mom all kinds of questions. It all kind of formed a story in my head, and I really wanted to be a published author when I was 10, but I had a hard time writing a novel when I was 10. So I decided to wait until I was little bit older and then get it done.” WritingKindLittlesHardDoneStoriesKidsWantedAsksBitsWaitingNovelMomLittle BitDecidedMy MomAll KindsObsessedHard TimesFairytaleGet It DoneInquisitive Author:Chris Colfer
“It's hard to find a play that's right for me to do. Rather than waiting around for the right script to come along, I decided to write one myself.” WritingHardPlayWaitingDecidedScriptsWaiting Around Author:Dan Castellaneta