If either player abandon the game by quitting the table in anger, or in an otherwise offensive manner; or by momentarily resigning the game; or refuses to abide by the decision of the Umpire, the game must be scored against him. – Howard Staunton
The atom bomb was no ‘great decision.’ It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness. – Harry S Truman
The South Africans decided that they would like to prove to the world they did not have any nuclear weapons and their decision was not doubted because it was the end of the Cold War, it was also the end of apartheid. – Hans Blix
I don’t want to express my opinion about actual politics, because if I do, I have to be responsible for my decision. – Haruki Murakami
There is a time when we must firmly choose the course which we will follow or the endless drift of events will make the decision for us. – Herbert V. Prochnow
Prayer is not a substitute for work. First we have to do all we can ourselves to understand a situation. Then when we ask for help, sometimes it is very evident, sometimes it isn’t. Sometimes we may well be helped by not getting a decision. – George W. Romney
The decision to use the atom bomb on Japanese cities, and the consequent buildup of enormous nuclear arsenals, was made by governments, on the basis of political and military perceptions. – Joseph Rotblat
You get a lawyer whether you’re in a military tribunal or whether you’re in a federal court, number one. The attorney general decided that the court with the biggest – with the greatest venue, with the best jurisdiction was the New York court. That was the right decision to make. – Joe Biden
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s publicist told USA Today that the actor has not ruled out running for governor of California, saying that he will make a decision soon. Reportedly Arnold needs that time to learn how to pronounce ‘gubernatorial.’ – Jimmy Fallon
I feel really good right now. It will really be a tough decision. It’s so hard to give up what you love doing. Hanging up the boots will not be an easy thing to do. – Hulk Hogan
No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be. – Isaac Asimov
My nomadic childhood dramatically fed my eventual decision to be an actor, but not in the way you might think. – Josh Lucas
The best decision I ever made was to become a priest and I think the second best was to resign. – John O’Donohue
A difference must be made between a decision against the constitutionality of a law of Congress and of a State. The former acts as a restriction on the powers of this government, but the latter as an enlargement. – John C. Calhoun
You write your life story by the choices you make. You never know if they have been a mistake. Those moments of decision are so difficult. – Helen Mirren
Bouncing a sitting president requires conscious action, a national decision to redirect the country’s course. This cuts against the grain, and that’s why incumbents have a natural advantage. – John Podhoretz
I don’t do something necessarily to make a big profit or because it’s a logical business decision. – James Dyson
Declaring independence was the most traumatic decision I had to live up to. Because I didn’t want to do it. – Ian Smith
I feel that there is a decision people make to either engage in a legitimately ridiculous process to get your kid into school, or choose not to engage in that so much, and end up finding a nice local school that fits. – John Hodgman
First of all, when I was making the decision, I never thought that Pittsburgh fans would want me back. Every time I played there, they were booing me every time I touched the puck. I didn’t think it would be such a big deal that I didn’t sign with Pittsburgh. – Jaromir Jagr
Ric Flair, The Freebirds, and The Rockers were great influences in my decision to become a wrestler. – Jeff Hardy
I respect every guy that has walked away. I think every single guy in this league makes his own decision, and that’s perfectly fine. The reason I respect that and the reason I think every guy has his own way of dealing with things is because, in my personal opinion, I know what I’m getting into. – J. J. Watt
Bullying wasn’t okay in elementary school and it isn’t okay now, especially when it comes in the form of a U.S. Supreme Court decision. – John Doolittle
Any decision made by my father was the result of a process that had involved many voices and which sometimes had taken weeks or months. – Justin Trudeau
I think it was wrong to take the decision to slow F1 down. It was much better in my day, when it was already a lot safer than it had been in the ’70s and ’80s, but you could still drive crazy fast. – Jacques Villeneuve
One would expect that private property taken by eminent domain would become land available for public use such as parks and roads. Unfortunately, this decision creates a loophole for government to manipulate the definition of public use simply to generate greater tax revenue. – Jim Ryun
As prime minister, I will never make a decision that will be an injustice to Serbia and its citizens. – Ivica Dacic
Decide while you’re young to keep the commandments of God, and you won’t have to think fast, because before temptation even steps up to the bat, you’ll have made your decision. You were smart enough to think first. – John Bytheway
