I had no choice in the decision to make myself available. I was not always doing things I wanted to do.
~By Namie Amuro ~
You cannot make easy decisions unless you first commit yourself to hard solutions.
~By Harri Holkeri ~
Peace is not the product of a victory or a command. It has no finishing line, no final deadline, no fixed definition of achievement. Peace is a never-ending process, the work of many decisions.
~By Oscar Hammerstein II ~
If members of the security apparatus could, with impunity, keep from those elected by the people that which they're entitled to know - or worse, feed false information - those who could control the classified data could be the real decision makers.
~By Harold H. Greene ~
My decision to register women confirms what is already obvious throughout our society-that women are now providing all types of skills in every profession. The military should be no exception.
~By Jimmy Carter ~
In the beginning, when I first found out I had a disease that was incurable, emotionally I had to get used to the idea of being sick before I could think about making any other major decisions in my life.
~By Karen Duffy ~
As the leaders and decision-makers of this great state, it is our responsibility to strive for perfection.
~By Roy Barnes ~
I was very clear that I wanted to keep 'Thor' out of the rest of the Marvel universe for no less than the first six issues. And the success of the book, I think, speaks well to that decision.
~By J. Michael Straczynski ~
My desire to exit the game is greater than my desire to remain in it. I have searched my heart through and through and feel comfortable with this decision.
~By Barry Sanders ~
You can see my decision as either a distinctive factor or as a limitation. I don't feel it is a limitation.
~By Ennio Morricone ~
I think people in Montreal smoke a lot, and I used to smoke when I was 17-18, and just picked it up when I was playing juniors. But I think I stopped when I was 22, which was a big decision in my life.
~By Mario Lemieux ~
The decision to go to war is the most important decision that I can make as a representative in Congress. As a veteran, I see any potential military action first through the eyes of the young men and women who volunteered to wear the uniform and would carry out such a mission.
~By Mark Kirk ~
When your values are clear to you, making decisions becomes easier.
~By Roy E. Disney ~
The decision violates both the letter and spirit of the law.
~By Philip E. Berger ~
Think 100 times before you take a decision, But once that decision is taken, stand by it as one man.
~By Muhammad Ali Jinnah ~
Aggression is the most common behavior used by many organizations, a nearly invisible medium that influences all decisions and actions.
~By Margaret J. Wheatley ~
The prime minister found something hopeful in the man's eyes and manner. The 30 or so people who run this world analyze one another that way and then make decisions of life and death for us. Scary, but true.
~By Hugh Sidey ~
I defy anyone to get a decision that quickly these days.
~By Denis Norden ~
We don't believe in planners and deciders making the decisions on behalf of Americans.
~By George W. Bush ~
I believe firmly that in making ethical decisions, man has the prerogative of true freedom of choice.
~By Corliss Lamont ~
Most of us see Justice O'Connor as something of an icon, although we do not agree with all of her decisions.
~By Patricia Ireland ~
I've already felt that I want to direct. Being an executive producer is like the best job in the world because you make all these executive decisions and then you leave the money to other people. You don't have to be on set and counting beans.
~By Robbie Coltrane ~
Certainly, it's very easy to fall in love with cash. If you're going to make all your decisions based on cash, you're going to have a pretty naffy career.
~By Mark Ruffalo ~
Each heartfelt prayer, each Church meeting attended, each worthy friend, each righteous decision, each act of service perfomed all precede that goal of eternal life.
~By Thomas S. Monson ~
We Finns represent a very transparent and open-minded way of reaching political decisions.
~By Harri Holkeri ~
Always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter. Walt Disney Every decision you make is a mistake.
~By Edward Dahlberg ~
It's everything and I always make decisions about the cast.
~By Ridley Scott ~
The decision of such judges as Claudius and his Senate is worth very little in the question of a man's innocence or guilt; but the sentence was that Seneca should be banished to the island of Corsica.
~By Frederic William Farrar ~
I think on some level, that's a fear that exists in everybody, that if we're tested, we won't make the courageous choice. We won't make the decision that would make us heroic. We make the decision that would reveal us to be all too human.
~By Bruce Greenwood ~
Too many problem-solving sessions become battlegrounds where decisions are made based on power rather than intelligence.
~By Margaret J. Wheatley ~
It is imperative that we make consumers more aware of the long-term effects of their financial decisions, particularly in managing their credit card debt, so that they can avoid financial pitfalls that may lead to bankruptcy.
~By Daniel Akaka ~
I was ready to accept the philosophy that the Party is right and that in the coming struggle you could not permit yourself any doubts after the party had made a decision.
~By Klaus Fuchs ~
I think a benefit is that we try to put it up in a short time. From the decision to do this mission until we fly, it's six months and one week or so, so it's a very short time.
~By Claude Nicollier ~
Test ideas in the marketplace. You learn from hearing a range of perspectives. Consultation helps engender the support decisions need to be successfully implemented.
~By Donald Rumsfeld ~
Politics is the art of postponing decisions until they are no longer relevant.
~By Henri Queuille ~
I don't imagine Heads of Government would ever be able to say I'm not an economist therefore I can't take decisions on matters of the economy; I'm not a soldier I can't take decisions on matters of defence; I'm not an educationist so I can't take decisions about education.
~By Thabo Mbeki ~
Another factor is the decision, made in 1976, to sharply divide the FBI and the foreign intelligence agencies. The FBI would collect within the United States; the foreign intelligence agencies would collect overseas.
~By Bobby R. Inman ~
But the rule seems to be that the bigger and more life-changing the decision, the less it will seem like a decision at all.
~By Hugh Mackay ~
Difficult times require difficult decisions. But supporting this bill shouldn't be a difficult decision.
~By Jim Bunning ~
I made a decision back in 1978 that, in a trade off for money when I directed Halloween, I would have my name above the title in order to basically brand these movies my own.
~By John Carpenter ~
When business executives are making the artistic decisions and don't understand animation, things can go awry.
~By Don Bluth ~
I have to say that I have no regrets about my decision to become a priest or about the major directions my ministry has taken me... I have been and am happy as a priest, and I have never been lonely... I could have used a bit more solitude.
~By Andrew Greeley ~
Ten years ago in Nairobi we said that the participation of women in the decision-making and appraisal processes of the United Nations was essential if the organization was to effectively serve women's interests.
~By Jenny Shipley ~
During the Fifties, political and military activities in Vietnam were heavily influenced by the French, who as recent colonial masters, made all-important decisions.
~By Nguyen Cao Ky ~
It is intellectually dishonest to look backwards with all the facts and judge the decisions that were made with almost none of the facts, or the facts that existed hidden in the normal cloud of endless speculation of what might happen.
~By Norm Coleman ~
Arresting and detaining these dangerous people can make sense, at least until a final decision is reached on their deportation. However, such detention must always be subject to time limits and court review.
~By Otto Schily ~
Networks decide who will have a chance to do shows, but it is the viewers who make the final decision of who stays and who goes. I am very fortunate, in that the television viewers of our country have decided that Bob Barker can stay.
~By Bob Barker ~
I think you always hope you can play forever, but you always realize that time will come... I was fortunate I was able to make a decision, move on and do it comfortably.
~By Ron Francis ~
On the plains of hesitation bleach the bones of countless millions who, at the dawn of decision, sat down to wait, and waiting died.
~By Sam Ewing ~
In all my years of play, I never saw an ump deliberately make an unfair decision. They really called them as they saw 'em.
~By Honus Wagner ~
Working together during the past three years, we have confounded the skeptics and the cynics. We've shown that here in Virginia, Democrats and Republicans can come together, put politics aside, and make tough decisions when times demand it.
~By Mark Warner ~
When I left Barcelona, staying in Spain was an important factor in my decision to join Madrid. I did not have to change country or learn a new language, adopt a different sort of lifestyle, and so on.
~By Luis Figo ~
Discussion is just a tool. You have to aim; the final goal must be a decision.
~By Harri Holkeri ~
Anytime there is a struggle between doing what is actually right and doing what seems right, then your ego is interfering with your decision.
~By Darren L. Johnson ~
The decisions and problems of Uruguay will be resolved by Uruguayans.
~By Tabare Vazquez ~
Decisions should be based on facts, objectively considered.
~By Marvin Bower ~
The decisions of law courts should never be printed: in the long run, they form a counter authority to the law.
~By Denis Diderot ~
If you make a decision to fight for future of your own country you have to consider all the consequences.
~By Garry Kasparov ~
In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.
~By Theodore Roosevelt ~
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.
~By Christie Hefner ~
The decisions that Ellen made on her show were between her and her producers. I supported her decisions. I was there to hug her when she got home.
~By Anne Heche ~
She made the decision that her existence had lost its meaning. And you cannot judge that.
~By Jack Kevorkian ~
When you get to that level, it's not a matter of talent anymore - because all the players are so talented - it's about preparation, about playing smart and making good decisions.
~By Hakeem Olajuwon ~
I made a decision that whether or not I was going to make under the national poverty level wasn't going to play a part in whether or not I was an actor. That's what I do.
~By Don Johnson ~
Too often we think we can act without explaining and take decisions without justifying them.
~By Peter Mandelson ~
It took me a long time to reach the decision to retire, actually, from the Art Ensemble.
~By Joseph Jarman ~
I think that it's important if you run for President that you have to make those important decisions. And your father, if he can help, probably, he helps just by being your father without getting intimately involved.
~By Birch Bayh ~
We need to accept that we won't always make the right decisions, that we'll screw up royally sometimes - understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it's part of success.
~By Arianna Huffington ~
Creed was ended by egos and people wanting to do their own thing and poor decision-making.
~By Scott Stapp ~
I have made the tough decisions, always with an eye toward the bottom line. Perhaps it's time America was run like a business.
~By Donald Trump ~
We cannot put off the difficult decisions for another day, another generation.
~By Jodi Rell ~
Nobody wants you to stop, obviously because you're a moneymaking machine. But you have to make the decision and you have to move forward. So I took time off to have babies and do all that.
~By Donna Summer ~
The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions.
~By Abraham Lincoln ~
President Bush has a track record of making the right decisions when it comes to national security.
~By Randy Neugebauer ~
I think there needs to be a way to allow people to become educated if they've paid taxes, they've been here a long time. And I think, actually, we need to think about young people are not making the decision on whether to come here.
~By Zoe Lofgren ~
Minor league umpires are evaluated in their respective leagues each year and rated numerically. This enables umpires to know where they stand and helps them make prudent career decisions.
~By Jim Evans ~
We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do certain things, we can accomplish those goals.
~By Stephen Covey ~
Making a wrong decision is understandable. Refusing to search continually for learning is not.
~By Phil Crosby ~
It is the characteristic excellence of the strong man that he can bring momentous issues to the fore and make a decision about them. The weak are always forced to decide between alternatives they have not chosen themselves.
~By Dietrich Bonhoeffer ~
It's just a logical guess that they are very very wise to put someone from the old series in it, and if you had to choose, it would be a very difficult decision.
~By Andreas Katsulas ~
There is no shorter path for joining a neutral existential anthropology, according to philosophy, with the existential decision before God, according to the Bible.
~By Paul Ricoeur ~
The felonious five in their Supreme Court decision never said Gore did anything improperly in Florida.
~By Vincent Bugliosi ~
Exhaustion and exasperation are frequently the handmaidens of legislative decision.
~By Barber B. Conable, Jr. ~
There are definitely worse people to be compared with. I think Brad Pitt makes interesting decisions.
~By Charlie Hunnam ~
I don't think politicians should be allowed into power who are not familiar with their bodies, because that's where our bottom line is. And I know that they would make totally different decisions if they felt responsible simply for their own bodies.
~By Twyla Tharp ~
I made a conscious decision back then that I would rather be the best actress who ever lived than the most famous one.
~By Sally Kirkland ~
The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim.
~By Sun Tzu ~
I think the most important thing my wife Cynthia and I can do for Kristen is to teach her how to grow up to be a woman and make her own decisions. Meanwhile, we sometimes have to guide her.
~By Kent McCord ~
Clinton took very tough decisions on the economy.
~By Sidney Blumenthal ~
The Growing Smarter laws now in place compel every community to plan their future growth and allow every citizen the right to be heard when those decisions are made.
~By Jane D. Hull ~
The judge is forced for the most part to reach his audience through the medium of the press whose reporting of judicial decisions is all too often inaccurate and superficial.
~By Irving R. Kaufman ~
In rendering its decision in our case, the Supreme Court equated money with speech because these days it takes the first to make yourself heard.
~By James L. Buckley ~
Let's put aside the politics and trust the people. Let's embrace the unique opportunity we all have; take the heat and make the hard and difficult decisions, knowing that we're doing it to make things better for the people of Illinois.
~By Rod Blagojevich ~
The ruling class is and will continue to be the class of decision makers.
~By Jean-Francois Lyotard ~
Money coming in says I've made the right marketing decisions.
~By Adam Osborne ~
Every decision you make is a mistake.
~By Edward Dahlberg ~
Give your decisions, never your reasons; your decisions may be right, your reasons are sure to be wrong.
~By James Mansfield ~
Having decisions made not in midnight deals but in the light of objective evidence and after consulting those who will be affected should itself provide some reassurance that the EU is trying to reform itself.
~By John Hutton ~
Football's in my blood - and eventually I want to be the one making decisions.
~By Stuart Pearce ~
The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.
~By Otto von Bismarck ~
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