“Government by the people for the people becomes meaningless unless it includes major economic decision-making by the people for the people. This is not simply an economic matter. In essence it is an ethical and moral question, for whoever takes the important economic decisions in society ipso facto determines the social priorities of that society.” PeopleImportantMatterGovernmentSocialDecisionMoralEconomicMajorsEssenceDeterminePrioritiesDecision MakingEthicalMeaningless Author:Jimmy Reid
“The essence of the phenomenon of gambling is decision making. The act of making a decision consists of selecting one course of action, or strategy, from among the set of admissible strategies.” ActionCoursesDecisionEssenceStrategyDecision MakingGamblingPhenomenon Author:Richard Arnold Epstein
“The impulse to perfection cannot exist where the definition of perfection is the arbitrary decision of authority. That which is born in loneliness and from the heart cannot be defended against the judgment of a committee of sycophants. The volatile essences which make literature cannot survive the clichés of a long series of story conferences.” HeartLongStoriesLiteratureBornDecisionLonelinessAuthorityJudgmentPerfectionEssenceSeriesDefinitionsImpulseCommitteesConferencesArbitrarySycophants Book:Raymond Chandler Speaking Source: Raymond Chandler Speaking
“I am firmly of the opinion that the Macintosh is Catholic and that DOS is Protestant. Indeed, the Macintosh is counterreformist and has been influenced by the methodical path of the Jesuits.... It is catechistic: the essence of revelation is dealt with via simple formulae and sumptuous icons. Everyone has a right to salvation. DOS is Protestant, or even Calvinistic. It allows free interpretation of scripture, demands difficult personal decisions, imposes a subtle hermeneutics upon the user, and takes for granted the idea that all can reach salvation.” Has BeensIdeasDifficultSimpleDecisionOpinionPathDemandEssenceCatholicSalvationScriptureGrantedRevelationsSubtleInterpretationUsersIconsProtestantsJesuitMethodicalHermeneuticsMacintoshSumptuousPersonal Decisions Author:Umberto Eco
“Business is not a spiritual matter, and my business decisions are not based on spiritual considerations. When I founded the Essence of Life, a project aimed at teaching tolerance and respectful dialogue, the person appointed to head it was Irit Atzmon, a former colonel in the army. Can anything be more down-to-earth than that?” PersonsMatterEarthSpiritualDecisionTeachingProjectsEssenceArmyToleranceDialogueFormerConsiderationRespectfulDown To EarthColonelsEssence Of LifeBusiness Decisions Author:Shari Arison
“Sometimes, if a song is written, in essence, to be that stripped down, it's very touchy when you start adding things, because even the smallest thing can have a huge impact. Somebody has to make the decision that there's a better song in there if there's less.” IfsSometimesSongDecisionWrittenHugeEssenceImpactSmallestTouchy Author:Chris Cornell
“When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making.” PoliticalLiteraturePresidentDecisionPolicyEssenceDecision MakingPresidency Author:Bob Woodward
“This idea of imposing an order is very interesting to me. Photography is in essence an analytic medium. … In photography, you start with the whole world and every decision you make imposes an order on it. The question is to what extent it’s an idealized order I’m imposing or is it an order that grows out of what the world looks like.” WorldLooksIdeasWholeOrderGrowsDecisionInterestingPhotographyEssenceWhole WorldMediumsVery InterestingImposingAnalyticsDecisions You Make Author:Stephen Shore
“The essence of liberalism is negotiation, a cautious half measure, in the hope that the definitive dispute, the decisive bloody battle, can be transformed into a parliamentary debate and permit the decision to be suspended forever in an everlasting discussion.” DecisionHalfForeverBattleEssenceDebateDiscussionLiberalismPermitTransformedBloodyNegotiationEverlastingDisputesCautiousSuspendedParliamentaryHalf Measures Book:Political Theology: Four Chapters on the Concept of Sovereignty Source: Political Theology: Four Chapters on the Concept of Sovereignty