“I made a better decision in choosing my team. Sure, I had a bigger choice of players to choose from - but I couldn't have asked for a harder working group of players who did an incredible job.” MadeJobsChoicesDecisionPlayerGroupsTeamBiggerHarderIncredibles Author:Vladimir Kramnik
“The people of Central America - and, in a broader sense, the entire developing world - need to know first-hand that freedom and opportunity are not just for the elite, but the birthright of every citizen; that property is not just something enjoyed by a few, but can be owned by any individual who works hard and makes correct decisions.” PeopleKnowsWorldNeedsFirstsHardHandsAmericaOpportunityPoliticsIndividualDecisionEconomyHard WorkCitizensPropertyEnjoyedDevelopingLiberalismElitesBirthrightCentral America Book:Ronald Reagan Source: Ronald Reagan
“I defend the right of almost everything to be published... because I think that you're better off in trusting the marketplace than allowing other people to make that decision.” PeopleThinkingDecisionEconomyAllowingBetter OffMarketplace Author:Christie Hefner
“It's not my fault Snow didn't have any other options coming out of high school. If going to college gets you a career backup goaltender job, and my route gets you a thousand points and a thousand games, and compare the two contracts, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out whose decision was better.” IfsTwoSchoolJobsGamesDecisionCareersFiguresCollegeThousandHigh SchoolScientistFaultsSnowCompareContractsComing OutRoutesRocketsNhlBackupGoing To College Author:Jeremy Roenick
“We believe that we decide. We do make decisions. But the deeper decisions come from another part of our being that we're not particularly aware of yet.” BelieveDecisionDeeperMysticism Author:Frederick Lenz
“What is will? It is a decision. It is a decision to be something. We really aren't anything in particular. We can be anything. That's the good news.” DecisionParticularNewsMysticismGood NewsPersonal Power Author:Frederick Lenz
“Reason bases its decisions on evidence available to everyone, and allows people to disagree when evidence is lacking. Religion will never do that.” PeopleReasonDecisionAtheismEvidenceBasesAvailableDisagreeLacking Author:Richard Carrier
“In fact, it is because the nature of prayer is so personal and can have such a powerful effect on a community that the government may not use its authority to try to influence an individual's decision on whether and when to pray.” TryingMayFactsUseGovernmentIndividualCommunityPrayerDecisionPowerfulAtheismInfluenceEffectsPrayingAuthorityPositive Atheism Author:Barbara Brandriff Crabb
“The people who make policy decisions should damned well know what they are talking about before they make the decisions. There is nobody who is an expert on cloning who would be afraid after seeing Attack of the Clones.” PeopleKnowsShouldWellsWould BeLiteratureDecisionTalkingSeeingPolicyExpertsCloning Author:Kevin J. Anderson
“In terms of broadcasting, you have to make decisions about where you want to spend your time.” WantLiteratureTermDecisionBroadcasting Author:Lisa Guerrero
“By the time the Deputy Minister presents a matter for decision to cabinet, he or she tends to present three options: ' the unacceptable', 'the politically courageous', and 'the bureaucrat-preferred' options. As such, it is usually best to get down into the department to the person doing the first drafts of any policy.” FirstsPersonsMatterThreeDecisionPolicyMinistersDepartmentCourageousBureaucracyCabinetsBureaucratsDeputies Author:Don Johnston
“I believe that religious witness should not mobilize public authority to impose a view where a decision is inherently private in nature or where people are deeply divided about whether it is... Americans are plainly and persistently divided about abortion and the fiat of government cannot settle the issue as a matter of conscience or of conduct.” PeopleShouldBelieveMatterGovernmentI BelieveReligiousDecisionViewsIssuesAtheismAuthorityConsciencePositive AtheismWitnessSettlingAbortionDivided Author:Edward Kennedy
“I think the Constitution has been upheld. I think they made the right decision.” ThinkingHas BeensMadeDecisionAtheismConstitutionPositive AtheismRight Decision Author:Michael Newdow
“The moral decisions of others should be treated with respect, as long as such decisions do not conflict with the principle of tolerance.” ShouldLongDecisionMoralPrinciplesAtheismConflictPositive AtheismToleranceTreatedMoral Decisions Author:Karl Popper
“I can't think of any decision where the entire Congress immediately rushes to condemn a decision by the court. It's getting to be election time and this gives everyone in Congress a chance to prove they are patriotic.” ThinkingGivingI CanChanceDecisionAtheismProveElectionCourtCongressPositive AtheismPatrioticElection Time Author:Stephen Reinhardt
“How can you develop a self-concept linked to your untapped potential? First, you can decide on the kind of life you would like to lead in ten or fifteen years. This will give you a standard for making decisions about current activities and will reduce the inclination to compare yourself unfavorably to others. Learn to ask, "How would I handle this situation were I the person I hope to become?" And then take action in line with your vision.” GivingYearsFirstsKindPersonsSelfActionAsksLinesDecisionSituationVisionActivityTenStandardsConceptsCurrentsHandleCompareFifteenLinkedInclinationMaking DecisionsFifteen YearsLead InSelf ConceptUntapped Potential Author:Ari Kiev
“I think the new ball is terrible. It's the worst decision some expert, whoever did it, made. It's terrible. It's like touching an exotic dancer and then going and touching a plastic blow-up doll. You know, it feels different.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsMadeDifferentDecisionWorstTerribleBallsBlowMade ItExpertsDancerNbaTouchingPlasticDollsExoticReferee Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“The NBA's been around how long? A hundred years? Fifty years? So to change it now, whoever that person is needs his college degree revoked....Whoever did that needs to be fired. It was terrible, a terrible decision. Awful. I might get fined for saying that, but so what?” NeedsYearsPersonsLongMightDecisionCollegeTerribleDegreesHundredAwfulFiftyNbaRefereeCollege Degree Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“I'm believe that countries and people make choices for themselves about what science they accept or don't accept. And it should be fact based, so they understand [the science] and make those decisions.” PeopleShouldBelieveCountryFactsChoicesDecisionAccepting Author:Ellen J. Kullman
“I don't think we can say that all working women will get divorced - it's so dangerous to make these things emblematic of anything - but having said that, every person who has a big, important job and tries to have a family, has to make decisions every single minute.” ThinkingTryingPersonsSaidImportantBigsJobsDecisionMinutesDangerousDivorcedImportant JobsWorking Women Author:Meryl Streep
“My confidence allows me to do things my way and help people make a decision. People like the idea of me just being me.” PeopleWayIdeasHelpingDecisionMy WayJust BeingBeing MeJust Being Me Author:Curtis Jackson
“I have made a lot of tactical decisions that historians will look back and say: He shouldn't have done that. He shouldn't have made that decision. And I'll take responsibility for them. I'm human.” HumansLooksMadeDoneDecisionResponsibilityHistorianTaking ResponsibilityTactical Author:George W. Bush
“History will look back, and I'm fully prepared to accept any mistakes that history judges to my administration, because the president makes the decisions, the president has to take the responsibility.” LooksPresidentDecisionMistakeResponsibilityAcceptingJudgingPreparedAdministration Author:George W. Bush
“I don't believe we need a good conservative judge, and I don't believe we need a good liberal judge. I subscribe to the Justice Potter Stewart standard. He was a justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. And he said the mark of a good judge, good justice, is that when you're reading their decision, their opinion, you can't tell if it's written by a man or woman, a liberal or a conservative, a Muslim, a Jew or a Christian. You just know you're reading a good judicial decision.” IfsKnowsMenNeedsBelieveSaidStatesChristianReadingJusticeDecisionUnitedOpinionUnited StatesWrittenJudgingStandardsMarkCourtDon't BelieveConservativeJewSupremeSupreme CourtPottersJudicialGood Judges Author:John F. Kerry
“If you chase the art, you really can't fail because you'll always be able to look at yourself in the mirror. And that's not about making angry decisions, either, it's about always doing the right thing for you, your fans and your art.” IfsLooksArtAbleDecisionFailingFansMirrorsAngryRight ThingDoing The Right ThingLook At YourselfLook At Yourself In The Mirror Author:Gerard Way
“Decision-making when things show up instead of when they blow up is actually a habit that can be developed and enhanced. The trick is to get used the clean feeling of having decided, instead of sitting on a fence.” ShowsFeelingsUsedDecisionHabitSittingDecidedCleanBlowTricksDecision MakingFence Author:David Allen
“I spent a lot of time, a lot of energy trying to be a better artist and I still [do]. I spend a lot of time focusing on my craft. If you're going to take your passion into something beyond just something for fun on the side, you got to spend a lot of time on it to be great, and then you've got to make smart decisions about who you collaborate with [and] where you live [to] put yourself in the right situations to meet the right people to catch those breaks.” PeopleIfsTryingStillsArtistPassionEnergyFunSidesDecisionSituationBreakSmartCraftsWhere You LiveSmart Decisions Author:John Legend
“If the president comes forward with a strong, qualified nominee, if he, you know, addresses the agenda, if he takes actions, including dealing with perhaps some personnel decisions, I think that people will show that he is moving forward and doing the right thing for our country.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsCountryShowsActionMovingStrongPresidentDecisionIncludingMoving ForwardOur CountryRight ThingAddressesAgendasQualifiedDoing The Right ThingPersonnel Author:Trent Lott
“You want to know as much information as possible because it helps you make more informed decisions, but that's not always possible. There are a lot of different factors surrounding it.” KnowsWantDifferentHelpingDecisionInformationFactors Author:Howard Charles
“One of the things I wanted to do after three, prolonged movies is to do something that was really, kind-of knee-jerk decisions, and artistic instincts and strip down the process to more of a guttural level, and make something that wasn't so manicured and polished; wasn't quite so developed and supported, and just run wild with it and see what happens with it.” KindHappensRunningWantedThreeProcessDecisionLevelsInstinctArtisticKneesJerkPolished Author:David Gordon Green
“I always believe, with any kind of hero, that you want to believe that their decision-making is right. That ultimately, I can trust what that guy's sense of right and wrong will be. Even in a vigilante movie, where you are going against the law by definition, you still want to agree with the fact that your character is breaking the law.” WantBelieveKindStillsI CanCharacterFactsLawGuyDecisionHeroAgreeDefinitionsDecision MakingWhere You AreAlways BelieveThat GuyWhere You Are GoingBreaking The LawVigilante Author:Lorenzo di Bonaventura
“I don't like the idea of telling private business owners. I abhor racism. I think it's a bad business decision to ever exclude anybody from your restaurant. But at the same time I do believe in private ownership. I think there should be absolutely no discrimination in anything that gets public funding.” ThinkingShouldBelieveIdeasDecisionRacismDiscriminationRestaurantsOwnersOwnershipFundingBusiness OwnersBusiness DecisionsBad Business Author:Rand Paul
“I'm not making every decision due to my children. But I do hope they never see some movies I'm doing. But I do want to do more family-friendly movies.” WantChildrenDecisionDuesMy ChildrenFriendly Author:Adam Sandler
“No matter how much you screw up your own life by the wrong decisions that you make, it's never too late to do the right thing and change your ways and you can teach old dogs new tricks.” WayMatterDecisionTeachDogLateTricksRight ThingToo LateScrewsScrew UpsNever Too LateOld DogWrong Decision Author:Will Ferrell
“I made a big conscious decision in my life when I was writing all these big action movies and doing different kind of fare but very proud of it, I was finding myself less and less passionate about doing it.” WritingKindMadeDifferentBigsActionDecisionProudFindingsConsciousPassionateDifferent KindsAction MovieFinding Myself Author:Ric Roman Waugh
“My number one rule in business, and in life, is to enjoy what you do. Running a business involves long hours and hard decisions; if you don't have the passion to keep you going, your business will more than likely fail. If you don't enjoy what you are doing, then you shouldn't be doing it.” IfsLongHardRunningLife IsPassionEnjoyHoursDecisionNumbersFailingLong HoursHard DecisionRunning A Business Author:Richard Branson
“You can have, you can be, you can do whatever you want to do once you make the decision, so that would be my greatest piece of advice.” WantWould BeCan DoDecisionPiecesAdviceBe YouDo Whatever You Want Author:Eric Thomas
“My faith in God is a huge part of my life, and yeah He has blessed me with an amazing family, and group of friends. In the Bible he tells us to think positively about ourselves, to not be down on ourselves. So I just try to live the way He wants me to, and make the best decisions I can.” ThinkingWayWantTryingI CanDecisionGroupsHugeYeahBlessedWant MeFaith In GodPositivelyThink PositivelyGroup Of FriendsHe Wants MeAmazing Family Author:Bethany Hamilton
“I'm such a lucky guy. I've been able to make my own decisions for my own life for the last fifty years...or sixty ... well maybe not sixty. Even though I think I was making my own decisions at the tender age of eight.” ThinkingYearsWellsAgeAbleLastsGuyMy OwnDecisionLuckyEightFiftySixtyMy Own LifeLucky Guy Author:Ted Nugent
“I just was non-political and didn't see myself as a person who could push people around, make their decision, you know, and tell them how lousy their work was.” PeoplePersonsPoliticalDecisionNon Political Author:Steve Wozniak
“You have to do what's best for you and what's going to make you happy at the end of the day, because no one can live with the consequences or anything that comes with your decision besides you.” EndsDecisionConsequenceThe End Of The DayMake You Happy Author:LeBron James
“You are going to make choices and decisions that sometimes aren't going to always work in your favor and they are going to upset some other people.” PeopleSometimesChoicesDecisionFavorsUpsetChoices And Decisions Author:Jeff Gordon
“What makes Steve [Jobs'] methodology different from everyone else's is that he always believed the most important decisions you make are not the things you do, but the things you decide not to do. He's a minimalist.” ImportantDifferentJobsDecisionAlways BelieveMethodologyMinimalistImportant DecisionsDecisions You Make Author:John Sculley
“It's like losing a son because I loved Michael and Michael loved me. But you know, as when people grow up and they make their own decisions and they move forward, there's a distance, and I think that Michael in some cases might have gone too far with some of the things he was doing.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMightMovingGrowsDecisionCasesGoneGrowing UpSonLosingDistanceMoving Forward Author:Berry Gordy
“We have a lot of problems in this country. It's going to put pressure on the budget and we're going to have to make some hard decisions. But the decisions we make are to prioritize the middle class.” CountryHardProblemDecisionClassMiddlePressureBudgetsMiddle ClassPrioritizeDecisions We MakeHard Decision Author:David B. Axelrod
“The proper way to make policy decisions under our Constitution in America is for the people to do so through the democratic process.” PeopleWayAmericaProcessDecisionPolicyConstitutionDemocraticDemocratic Process Author:Ted Cruz
“I didn't know growing up what I wanted to do. I finally settled on broadcast journalism as a way to satisfy the urge to perform and also do something important, which is to give people in a democracy information to make good decisions.” PeopleKnowsWayGivingImportantWantedDecisionGrowing UpDemocracyGrowingInformationJournalismUrgesGood DecisionBroadcast Journalism Author:Mort Crim
“I'm a big believer that good policy is good politics. And so, when it comes to making decisions on policy issues, what I endeavor to do is simply speak the truth.” BigsSpeakDecisionIssuesPolicyBelieverEndeavorSpeak The TruthMaking Decisions Author:Ted Cruz
“Despite the insanity of using whether you would want to have a beer with someone as a legitimate reason for voting for or against them, I always felt that is indicative of a massive problem in politics: It matters as much what your personality is as how smart you are or how good you are at your job. That is a huge, huge problem. A lot of people who are very smart or very good at their jobs are not people I would want to ever have a beer with - but I would want them making massive policy decisions with huge implications for the future of the planet.” PeopleWantMatterReasonProblemJobsFeltDecisionPolicyPlanetsHugePersonalitySmartVery GoodDespiteBeerInsanityVotingMassiveImplicationsVery Smart Author:Michael Schur