“I told Mother of my decision to study medicine. She encouraged me to speak to Father... I began in a roundabout way... He listened, looking at me with that serious and penetrating gaze of his that caused me such trepidation, and asked whether I knew what I wanted to do.” WayWantedMotherFatherSpeakDecisionStudySeriousMedicineTrepidation Book:In praise of imperfection: my life and work Source: In praise of imperfection: my life and work
“Do you want to be an actor, or do you want to be a celebrity? I made that decision when I went to Juilliard. I wanted to be an actor. So, if I get the opportunity to be an actor and do some cool, fun and interesting projects, I’m going to do that.” IfsWantMadeWantedActorsOpportunityFunDecisionInterestingProjectsJuilliard Author:Anthony Mackie
“I'm 100 percent sure this is it. I know that I'll never play in the NHL again. It's not a hard decision. I think the hardest thing is you get a little emotional talking about your family. I couldn't have played any longer than I did and I accomplished what I wanted to.” ThinkingKnowsLittlesHardPlayWantedDecisionTalkingEmotionalPercentHardestOur FamilyAccomplishedHardest ThingNhlHard Decision Author:Chris Chelios
“I can tell from the tone of his voice and the thought processes in getting to where he's at that there's no point in talking to him further. He wanted to make that decision independent of all other factors and we respect that. [on Damien Martyn retiring” I CanWantedProcessVoiceDecisionTalkingIndependentFactorsToneRetiringNo PointThought ProcessTalking To Him Author:Ian Chappell
“I'm always a little leery about doing shows where I'm not the headliner because when I first started playing in 1982 I opened for Missing Persons and got pelted for 45 minutes. After that, I made the decision to headline no matter what, even if I was playing to seven people. I wanted people to be there to see me.” PeopleIfsFirstsLittlesPersonsMadeMatterShowsWantedDecisionMinutesMissingNo Matter WhatSevenHeadlinesMissing A Person Author:Al Yankovic
“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.” MadeMatterReasonWantedDecisionLevelsDadSucceedConcernedLet MeNo Matter WhatMy DadManagersTake MeLet Me GoBeing A Dad Author:Tanya Tucker
“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 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
“great artists can be uncertain. Of course they are while strugggling to find solutions. Tolstoi's scripts are almost indecipherable. Emily Dickinson provided four or more alternates for every word; Beethoven wrestled with endings to the point of exhaustion; in our day Jerome Robbins and his lack of decision are a byword in the dance profession. But all of these knew very well what they did not want, and what they did not want was the current coin, the well-worn usage. What they wanted was something newly experienced, and therefore unknown and hard to attain.” WantWellsHardWantedArtistCoursesDecisionFourSolutionsScriptsCurrentsProfessionSomething NewWornUncertainCoinsGreat ArtGreat ArtistExhaustionEmilyUsage Author:Agnes de Mille
“I had made a vow to never stay in my home state to play, I wanted to go as far East Coast as possible, more or less to get away from my family life. I ended up staying in my home state and fell in love with it. I ended up having a beautiful relationship with my family over time and it was the best decision I've ever made.” MadeStatesPlayHomeWantedBeautifulDecisionMy FamilyEastStayingGet AwayCoastFamily LifeVowEast CoastHome State Author:Hope Solo
“Let us not forget, the financial crisis had its roots in the decision by Congress to embark on a course of social justice to get everyone that wanted a home into one, regardless of whether or not they could afford it.” HomeWantedCoursesSocialJusticeDecisionForgetRootsCrisisSocial JusticeFinancialCongressFinancial Crisis Author:Ed Royce
“I wanted people who wouldn't become too worried about casualties. One always should be concerned about casualties, but the risk of incurring casualties can't be allowed to affect decisions, unless it's evident casualties will be prohibitively heavy. There may be no safe way to write this.” PeopleWayShouldWritingMayWantedDecisionRiskSafeConcernedHeavyWorriedEvidentCasualtiesIncurring Author:Christopher Vokes
“That was my decision, so I have to be responsible for that. It was one of the biggest mistakes of my life and I don't have a good reason for why I wanted to come back, I don't have a good reason for doing it all.” ReasonWantedDecisionMistakeResponsibleBeing ResponsibleBiggest Mistake Author:Lance Armstrong
“I never wanted to give up my power. I wanted to be able to make my own decisions, so that's why I became involved in management, bottom line.” GivingAbleWantedLinesMy OwnDecisionInvolvedGiving UpManagementBottomBottom Line Author:Queen Latifah
“It's weird to make a decision where everyone in your life disapproves, pretty vocally and directly. They said, "You've got one year left. Just do it." I had a full scholarship so I didn't have to pay for it. They asked, "Why don't you just get the degree so you can have it?" And I said, "You don't understand. I was trying to figure out what I wanted to do and now I know. I have the answer and it's dumb to waste any more time."” KnowsTryingYearsSaidWantedLeftDecisionAnswersPayFiguresDegreesWasteDumbMore TimeThey SaidScholarshipJust Do It Author:Demetri Martin
“In Paris, you couldn't really turn around without seeing the result of lovers' bad decisions. An artist given to sexual excess was almost a cliché, but no one seemed to mind. As long as you were making something good or interesting or sensational, you could have as many lovers as you wanted and ruin them all.” MindLongWantedArtistTurnsGivenDecisionInterestingResultsSeeingLoversRuinsParisExcessSensationalBad Decision Book:The Paris Wife: A Novel Source: The Paris Wife: A Novel
“Lets all be reminded, 60 million Americans are on Social Security, 60 million. A third of those people depend on 90% of their income from Social Security. Nobody in this country is on Social Security because they made the decision when they were starting work at 14 that they wanted to trust some of their money with the government.” PeopleMadeCountryGovernmentWantedSocialDecisionMillionsSecurityDependsThirdsStartingIncomeSocial Security Author:Mike Huckabee
“My parents were my heroes and my role models. So I thought long and hard over decisions that I would make because I never wanted to disappoint them and break their hearts.” HeartLongHardWantedParentDecisionRolesBreakHeroModelsRole ModelsDisappointMy Hero Author:Dick Vitale
“I still love Marvel to death and I had a great experience, and it was a really tough decision to leave Marvel. It was a very easy decision to come to DC; it was very difficult to leave Marvel. And I really wanted to draw Batman, and really, that was entirely the discussion when it came to coming to DC.” StillsWantedEasyDifficultDecisionDrawsToughDiscussionGreat ExperiencesTough Decisions Author:David Finch
“I made a conscious decision to take my life and career in a different direction. I started working on a play, and also, by attending Burning Man for several years, I was incredibly stimulated by the art there. I increasingly wanted to be a part of it, and focused on what I wanted to say as an artist.” MenYearsArtMadeDifferentPlayWantedArtistDecisionCareersConsciousFocusedBurningAttendingDifferent DirectionsBurning Man Author:Scott Cohen
“There was no "decision" per se to re-position myself. I simply decided that I wanted to write a book that would help people influence others.” PeopleWritingBookHelpingWantedDecisionInfluencePositionDecided Author:Guy Kawasaki
“Any time you do something, you make decisions about time and space. I wanted those decisions to be out of my hands. I could be dragged, carried along by another person, I could be a receiver. I could be the agent of the overall scheme, but I didn't want to be the agent of the particular action. I could make the ultimate decision that my space is going to change now, but I don't know where it's going to go.” KnowsWantPersonsHandsActionWantedSpaceDecisionParticularUltimateAgentsSchemesTime And SpaceReceiverMy Space Author:Vito Acconci
“I wanted to come to Washington, D.C. and help be a transformative President. And I think history, when they look back, will say this is a fellow who knew how to make decisions, and made some tough ones, stood by them, wasn't driven by the latest opinion poll, but was driven by some core principles from which he would not deviate.” ThinkingLooksMadeHelpingWantedPresidentDecisionOpinionPrinciplesToughFellowsDrivenCorePollsDeviateOpinion Polls Author:George W. Bush
“We had made a - sort of a national decision that we wanted to be this intellectual property country, where we would have things manufactured in China, but we would do the design, we would do the creative stuff.And now what we have done is, we have forgotten that that's what we wanted, and we're making the intellectual stuff more and more free. And, so, we're sort of left with less and less.” MadeCountryDoneWantedLeftStuffDecisionCreativeDesignIntellectualPropertyForgottenChinaIntellectual Property Author:Esther Dyson
“I talked to my partners (about) the decision I wanted to do and we all wished each other good luck. My partners have been very successful in the companies that we've created. They're very happy about it and have the mindset to run them and do well with them.” WellsHas BeensRunningWantedDecisionCompanySuccessfulLuckMindsetPartnersVery HappyGood Luck Author:Drew Waters
“When I finally got my break in TV, as a staff writer, I always wanted to be at the top of that pyramid. I always wanted to make the decisions. I always wanted to be the one that was saying, "This is what the show is, and this is what the show is not. This is where we're going. It's going to be this kind of series." It was just something I always had my eye on, when I started in the business.” KindShowsEyeWantedDecisionBreakTvsSeriesStaffPyramids Author:Ronald D. Moore
“The reason to split a court is for administrative purposes, and in the past there has been much debate about the liberal decisions of the Ninth Circuit and so forth; and people have wanted to get out of the Ninth Circuit for that reason.” PeopleHas BeensReasonWantedPastPurposeDecisionCourtDebateSplitsCircuitsAdministrative Author:Michael K. Simpson