“General McChrystal had to go. Whatever his virtues as a strategist and commander, the 'Rolling Stone' interview fatally compromised his ability to represent the United States in dealing with allies and to act within the circle of people who must make decisions in Afghanistan.” PeopleStatesAbilityDecisionUnitedUnited StatesVirtueStonesCirclesInterviewsAlliesAfghanistanRollingCommandersRolling StonesStrategist Author:Jim Talent
“Sometimes people back themselves into corners where they think they have to make kind of an engraved-in-stone decision.” PeopleThinkingKindSometimesDecisionStonesCornersEngraved Author:Emily Yoffe
“Every Olympic athlete prepares differently. For me, I am 100 percent into the sport. And if I decide to really make a crucial career decision to say, 'This is something I want to do,' I want to leave no stone unturned in my preparation.” IfsWantSportsDecisionCareersPercentStonesAthletePreparationCrucialOlympic Athlete Author:Apolo Ohno
“We suddenly feel fearful and apprehensive, naked in our perishable flesh, and for just a moment we wish we could go back to being stone—crumbling in death rather than rotting, trapped inside an immobile prison of stone rather than reduced to immaterial souls like those that now rattled within our skulls. The moment passes. There is no point in regretting irreversible decisions—one has to live with them, and we try.” FeelsTryingSoulMomentsWishDecisionRegretStonesPrisonFleshNakedFearfulTrappedNo PointSkullsRottingCrumblingIrreversible Author:Ekaterina Sedia
“I do not view suicide as wicked, just terribly sad. There is only one death, but it is like a stone cast into a pond - the ripples stretch far. Such an act must leave a burden of sorrow, guilt, shame and confusion on an entire family. A natural death, such as my father suffered, is hard enough to deal with. A decision to end one's life must be still more devastating for those left behind. I cannot imagine the degree of hopelessness someone must feel to contemplate such an act.” FeelsStillsEndsHardEnoughFatherLeftNaturalDecisionViewsDealsBehindsImagineSorrowDegreesStonesShameSuicideGuiltCastsBurdenConfusionWickedContemplatingHopelessnessLeft BehindPondsRippleNatural Death Author:Juliet Marillier
“Character is both formed and revealed by how one deals with everyday situations as well as extraordinary pressures and temptations. Like a well-made tower, character is built stone by stone, decision by decision.” WellsMadeCharacterDecisionDealsSituationBuiltStonesPressureExtraordinaryEverydayTemptationTowers Author:Michael Josephson