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“Health care costs are on the rise because the consumers are not involved in the decision-making process. Most health care costs are covered by third parties. And therefore, the actual user of health care is not the purchaser of health care. And there's no market forces involved with health care.”

Care Force Process Decision Party Involved Cost Thirds Health Care Consumers Decision Making Covered Users Third Parties Decision Making Process Purchasers Health Care Costs

Author:George W. Bush

“Look at other countries that have tried to have federally controlled health care. They have poor-quality health care. Our health-care system is the envy of the world because we believe in making sure that the decisions are made by doctors and patients, not by officials in the nation's capital.”

“People love America. Sometimes they don't like the decisions made by America, but I don't think you want a president who tries to become popular and does the wrong thing.”

People Thinking Want Trying Doe Made Sometimes America President Decision Wrong Things Decisions Made

Author:George W. Bush

“I believe that this president [George W. Bush], regrettably, rushed us into a war, made decisions about foreign policy, pushed alliances away. And, as a result, America is now bearing this extraordinary burden where we are not as safe as we ought to be.”

Believe Made War America I Believe President Decision Results Policy Ought Safe Extraordinary Burden Foreign Policy Alliances President George W Bush

Author:John F. Kerry

“Someone in the society has to deal with the reality that there are finite resources and we're making trade-offs, and be explicit about that. When the car companies were found to have a memo that actually said, "This safety feature costs X and saved Y lives," the very existence of that memo was considered damning. Or when you made it reimbursable for a doctor to ask, "Do you want heroic care at the end-of-life," that was a death panel. No, it wasn't a death panel! It was asking somebody to make a decision.”

Want Made Said Ends Reality Care Asks Found Decision Deals Existence Company Car Cost Resources Doctors Asking Safety Trade Saved Made It Features Heroic Finite End Of Life Explicit Trade Offs Memos

Author:Bill Gates

“What we shouldn't do is let people who want to come here make the decision themselves. America should be in control of its own borders.”

People Want Should America Decision Borders

Author:Michael Bloomberg

“I don't think the federal government or federal candidates should be making decisions on everything and opining on everything.”

Thinking Should Government Decision Candidates Federal Government Making Decisions

Author:Rick Santorum

“India is a democracy; it is in our DNA. As far as the different political parties are concerned, I firmly believe that they have the maturity and wisdom to make decisions that are in the best interests of the nation.”

Believe Different Political Nations Interest Decision Party Democracy Concerned India Maturity Dna Political Parties

Author:Narendra Modi

“I started reading the works of Swami Vivekananda. That gave me courage and a vision, it sharpened and deepened my sensitivities and gave me a new perspective and a direction in life. I decided to dedicate myself to others and till date I am continuing to follow that decision.”

Reading Decision Vision Perspective Decided Continuing Sensitivity New Perspective Vivekananda

Author:Narendra Modi

“The policeman on the beat or in the patrol car makes more decisions and exercises broader discretion affecting the daily lives of people every day and to a greater extent, in many respects, than a judge will ordinarily exercise in a week.”

People Decision Greater Week Car Judging Exercise Beats Likes Policemen Discretion

Author:Warren E. Burger

“I have a motto: My job is not to make up anybody's mind but to make the agony of decision making so intense that you can escape only by thinking.”

Thinking Mind Jobs Decision Intense Decision Making Agony Motto

Author:Fred W. Friendly

“The most important form of incremental change is the decision by the individual to become vegan. Veganism, or the eschewing of all animal products, is more than a matter of diet or lifestyle; it is a political and moral statement in which the individual accepts the principle of abolition in her own life. Veganism is the one truly abolitionist goal that we can all achieve - and we can achieve it immediately, starting with our next meal.”

“I would in fact tend to have more confidence in the outcome of a democratic decision if there was a minority that voted against it, than if it was unanimous... Social psychology has amply shown the strength of this bandwagon effect.”

Ifs Facts Social Decision Psychology Effects Democratic Outcomes Minorities Social Psychology Bandwagon

Author:Jurgen Habermas

“I think the knowledge about how legislation really affects small businesses is extremely valuable. If you haven't run a small business, then you don't have this kind of knowledge about how a regulation passed or taxes increased affects your bottom line. If you recognize that every new regulation takes that much more time to comply with, requires that many more employees, then it really gives you that foundational basis to make those decisions.”

Ifs Thinking Giving Kind Running Lines Decision Havens Taxes Bases Bottom Valuable Employee More Time Regulation Legislation Small Business Bottom Line

Author:Kristi Noem

“If you make a decision in your life, even one as eminently logical and self-improving as "Why'd you start washing your hair every day?" and you start getting questioned hourly about it, you're going to start second-guessing yourself.”

Ifs Self Decision Hair Logical Improving Washing Guessing Second Guessing Second Guessing Yourself

Author:Keith Olbermann

“The impact of the human tragedies I've reported on is that, more often than not, I'll be angry. I want to know why is this child dying? These are not acts of God; they're results of respectable politicians' decisions.”

Knows Want Humans Children Decision Results Dying Politician Tragedy Angry Impact Respectable Children Dying

Author:John Pilger

“Another longstanding foreign policy flaw is the degree to which special interests dictate the way in which the "national interest" as a whole is defined and pursued.... America's important historic relationship with Israel has often led foreign policy decision-makers to defer reflexively to Israeli security assessments, and to replicate Israeli tactics, which, as the war in Lebanon last summer demonstrated, can turn out to be counter-productive.”

“I am proud of the decision of this Administration to overthrow Saddam Hussein. I am proud of the liberation of 25 million Iraqis. And I'm proud to see an Iraq that is now emerging with a stronger government, a truly multiethnic, multi-sectarian government that's about to have its second set of elections, that's inviting private investment into Iraq, and that is making peace with its Arab neighbors.”

Government Decision Millions Proud Stronger Election Investment Iraq Neighbor Administration Liberation Saddam Hussein Emerging Making Peace Inviting

Author:Condoleezza Rice

“I made the decision long ago that to be afraid would be to diminish my life.”

Long Made Would Be Decision Long Ago Diminish

Author:Janet Reno

“At best the principles that economists have supposed the choices of rational individuals to satisfy can be presented as guidelines for us to consider when we make our decisions.”

Choices Individual Decision Principles Rational Economist Guidelines

Book:A Theory of Justice

Source: A Theory of Justice

“The nature of morality must be considered, and preferably before one is exposed to situations where a moral decision is required.”

Decision Situation Moral Morality Exposed Moral Decisions

Book:The Way of Kings

Source: The Way of Kings

“Honestly, I think we should just trust our president in every decision he makes and should just support that, you know, and be faithful in what happens.”

Thinking Knows Should Happens President Decision Support Honestly Faithful Being Faithful

Author:Britney Spears

“This is our mission at home, to approach these future decisions without hesitation, to do our duty and to remain strong. We know the enemy, we have called him by name for the last twenty years: he is the World Jew. And we know that the Jew must die.”

Knows World Years Home Lasts Dies Names Strong Decision Enemy Duty Approach Twenties Jew Missions Hesitation Future Decisions

Author:Julius Streicher

“It's how you make decisions that matters, and that ought to be the question that people ask of any candidate for any executive office, whether it's mayor, governor or president. How do you make decisions? Who do you want in the room helping you make those decisions?”

People Want Matter Helping Asks President Decision Rooms Ought Office Candidates Executives Governors Mayors

Author:Tom Vilsack

“Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy.”

Decision Strategy Destination Rude

Author:Rudy Giuliani

“In a democracy, every ordinary citizen is effectively a king--but a king in a constitutional democracy, a monarch who decides only formally, whose function is merely to sign off on measures proposed by an executive administration. This is why the problem with democratic rituals is homologous to the great problem of constitutional monarchy: how to protect the dignity of the king? How to maintain the appearance that the king effectively makes decisions, when we all know this not to be true?”

Source: First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

“I'm sorry, but I stand by my decision. I am now a member of the elite club of people that have fought a professional team mascot. You sir, are not in that club.”

People Decision Team Members Sorry Clubs Elites I'm Sorry Mascots

Author:Tucker Max

“I was born to be an explorer. There never was any decision to make. I coudn't be anything else and be happy,the desire to see new places, to discover new facts- the curiosity of life always has been a resistless driving force to me.”

Has Beens Facts Desire Force Born Decision Curiosity Driving Explorers Driving Force New Places

Author:Roy Chapman Andrews

“Striking a balance in favor of individual rights has always been the right decision for us and that it remains so even when technology gives us new ways to exercise those rights. Individual liberty has never weakened us; freedom of speech, enhanced by the Net, will only make us stronger.”

Way Giving Individual Decision Liberty Technology Rights Balance Exercise Speech Stronger Remains Favors Freedom Of Speech New Ways Right Decision Individual Liberty Individual Rights

Book:Cyber Rights: Defending Free Speech in the Digital Age

Source: Cyber Rights: Defending Free Speech in the Digital Age

“We also need to encourage Americans to become more fiscally responsible themselves. We can do this by redesigning our tax system into an expenditure tax with a single flat rate. ... We have to substantially reduce the size and scope of the federal government, fundamentally increase the role of the states in choosing their own practices, and bring decision-making closer to the people, not to unelected administrators. These steps are crucial to getting our nation on a path of fiscal, political and constitutional responsibility.”

“We have to go about our business. Certainly, we'd love to have Roger aboard. There's no doubt about it. We also understand his thought process, what he's going through to try to make this decision.”

Trying Process Decision Doubt No Doubt Roger Thought Process

Author:Tim Purpura

“It gives us a lot of versatility and flexibility. Looking ahead, we've got a lot of good young players coming through the system. As they make their way, we'll have some tough decisions down the road. I'm just glad to have this one bat in our lineup that can drive in 100 runs, hit 25 to 30 home runs at least, and in our ballpark, maybe more.”

Way Giving Home Running Young Decision Player Tough Glad Bats Flexibility Down The Road Home Run Tough Decisions Ballparks Versatility Looking Ahead

Author:Tim Purpura

“After careful consideration, we have decided that for our next fiscal year, we'll issue guidance on comparable store used unit sales and on earnings per share only for the full fiscal year. We will no longer issue quarterly guidance. This decision reflects our continuing focus on longer-term store, sales, and earnings growth and on return on invested capital, and our recognition that the performance in shorter-term periods can be more volatile than over the longer term. As we report our quarterly results, we plan to comment on how our performance is tracking against our annual guidance.”

“The only uncertainty surrounding the decision is the wording of the accompanying statement and, in particular, whether the assessment that 'some further policy firming may be needed to keep the risks ... roughly in balance' will be dropped.”

May Decision Risk Policy Particular Needed Balance Statements Uncertainty Assessment Wording

Author:Paul Ashworth

“It was a distortion, a mercenary decision to create this parallel history in order to drive the movie for an American audience, Both my grandparents were officers in World War Two, and I would be personally offended if somebody distorted their achieve.”

Ifs World Two War Would Be Order Decision Audience Achieve War Of The Worlds Officers Grandparent Offended Parallels Distortion Mercenary World War Two

Author:David Ayer

“Demons wait at crossroads attempting to influence our decisions.”

Waiting Decision Influence Demon Attempting Crossroads

Author:April Smith

“What you're always trying to achieve in a creative relationship is one that is egoless... ideas belong to the collective. If you can disassociate your own ego from your idea, then, almost always, everybody will arrive at the same decision as to what is best.”

Ifs Trying Ideas Decision Creative Achieve Ego Collectives Collaboration Always Trying

Author:Dave Genn

“In theater, the playwright is the boss, period. The decisions will go through him or her. In movies, the writer is pretty far down on the list.”

Decision Periods Theater Lists Boss Playwright

Author:Tracy Letts

“False hope can lead to intemperate choices and flawed decision making. True hope takes into account the real threats that exist and seeks to navigate the best path around them.”

Real Choices Decision Path Accounts Threat Decision Making Flawed Navigate False Hope

Book:The Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness

Source: The Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness

“Composition in photography is almost as varied as composition in music or words -- melodic or atonal, safe or daring -- and can enhance subject, theme, and style. Every photograph you take involves you in some compositional decision, even if this is simply where to set up the camera or when to press the button.”

Ifs Decision Subjects Style Safe Photography Cameras Presses Photograph Theme Daring Composition Buttons

Book:Basic Photography

Source: Basic Photography

“The resolution of the Phoenix Saga was one of the most frustrating experiences that I think any of us ever had, but I also think it was the right move. The decision, three years later, to undo the Phoenix Saga with the resurrection of Jean was less so, but that's in my opinion.”

Thinking Years Moving Three Decision Opinion Resolution Three Years Resurrection Frustrating Phoenix Saga

Author:Chris Claremont

“my advice to every student who is trying to make a decision for the years immediately after graduation: take the opportunity that in your mind is the most rewarding, that you are most passionate about and that you find most interesting and save the rest of your life for being risk averse. Whatever you want to do, this is the time to pursue it. Twenty years from now, your freedom to take risks will be limited.”

Want Trying Years Mind Opportunity Decision Interesting Risk Advice Students Twenties Passionate Pursue Rest Of Your Life Most Interesting Your Freedom

Author:Kenneth C. Griffin

“Decision is a vastly important thing with a convicted sinner. He must choose, or he must be lost. If he will not do it, he may expect the Divine Spirit to depart from him, and leave him to his own way.”

Ifs Way May Important Spirit Lost Decision Divine Important Things Sinner

Author:Ichabod Spencer

“Policy-making, decision-taking, and control: These are the three functions of management that have intellectual content.”

Three Decision Policy Intellectual Function Management Making Decisions Policy Making

Author:Anthony Stafford Beer

“"Interactive Decision Theory" would perhaps be a more descriptive name for the discipline usually called Game Theory.”

Games Names Decision Theory Discipline Interactive

Author:Robert Aumann

“The key to good decision making is not knowledge... It's whether our work fulfills us.”

Leadership Decision Keys Decision Making Blink Good Decision Outliers

Author:Malcolm Gladwell

“Did the Pilgrims on the Mayflower sit around Plymouth Rock waiting for a return trip? They came here to settle. And that's what we should be doing on Mars. When you go to Mars, you need to have made the decision that you're there permanently. The more people we have there, the more it can become a sustaining environment. Except for very rare exceptions, the people who go to Mars shouldn't be coming back. Once you get on the surface, you're there.”

People Needs Should Made Waiting Decision Environment Rocks Return Surface Settling Exception Mars Coming Back Pilgrim Sustaining Mayflower Plymouth Plymouth Rock

Author:Buzz Aldrin

“Those who think through possible outcomes with discipline, forge connections, in so doing, to other cosmi in which those outcomes are more than mere possibilities. Such a consciousness is measurably, quantitatively different from one that has not undertaken the same work and so, yes, is able to make correct decisions in an Emergence where an untrained mind would be of little use.”

Thinking Mind Littles Different Use Would Be Able Decision Consciousness Possibility Discipline Connections Mere Outcomes Emergence

Book:Anathem

Source: Anathem

“Once I started writing all the time and interacting with poets, I made a conscious decision to identify myself as a poet. It's funny how much a single word can provide focus and direction. As soon as I claimed that identity, I started clearing more and more space for poetry in my life and applying poetic tools to other areas of my life. The world became a different place, and I witnessed it through different kinds of eyes.”

World Writing Kind Made Different Eye Poetry Space Decision Focus Identity Poet Conscious Areas Tools Poetic Different Kinds Different Place Interacting Clearing Single Word

Author:Tracy K. Smith

“My dad was always my manager as far as I was concerned, even when I had another manager. At times he let me go with someone else who he thought could take me to another level when he couldn't, and he was right. But they were in it for another reason. He was in it because he wanted to see me succeed no matter what, and he made decisions based on being a dad as opposed to a manager.”

Made Matter Reason Wanted Decision Levels Dad Succeed Concerned Let Me No Matter What My Dad Managers Take Me Let Me Go Being A Dad

Author:Tanya Tucker

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