People feel they are not participating in the decision-making process. Decisions are exclusive to those at the very top. You have grown up with crony capitalism and it creates ever more resentment. – Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Loopy as the Motion Picture Association of America’s ratings system is, it’s better than what you’d probably get by putting such decisions in the federal government hands. – Timothy Noah
I definitely think it’s important for a CEO of any large corporation to understand how policy impacts their business and be aware of the decisions being made in Congress. – Suzan DelBene
We try to make earth-friendly decisions whenever we can, as it’s part of our brand DNA. – Stella McCartney
When I make decisions, it’s not based on what the Republican Party does. I’m elected by the 9th congressional district. – Tom Graves
I wanted to have more time to play and reflect, but I find retirement more stressful than having a nice, steady job because I have to make decisions about where I want to be. – Walter Cronkite
If I’m practicing making up what the characters will do, it’s never good. In fact, when I catch myself doing that, I try to get rid of that section, and try and let them start making the decisions. – William Gibson
Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do. – Wendell Berry
I’ve learned a lot about stage-managing for illustration. Sometimes you have to delete characters from a scene just to keep from overcrowding the image. I’ve also learned to making big-scale design decisions early. – Scott Westerfeld
I do not believe in populism. I am not a supporter of radical decisions. Practice has shown that usually these are harmful. – Valentina Matviyenko
Whether we or our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do. – Wendell Berry
The thorniest business problems will surface at the board meetings, and the different, sharp opinions help to better explore the poles of the arguments to make better decisions. – Scott Weiss
You have to make decisions – you know what you think. That doesn’t mean the audience are aware of your decisions or what you think – the lines you’re saying may have ambiguity. – Tom Goodman-Hill
I cannot understand for the life of me why DOE is going forward with this licensing procedure when we do not know whether or not the scientific documentation upon which you are basing your decisions is, in fact, flawed. – Shelley Berkley
When confronting most crises, whether historic or contemporary, aid agencies generally muddle along on a case-by-case basis. They weigh insufficient information, extrapolate somewhat blindly about long-term pros and cons, and reluctantly arrive at decisions meant to do the most good and the least harm. – Samantha Power
The point is that these decisions they’ve made are partly for your convenience and partly for theirs and partly out of stereotypes that they carry with them from the conventions of the computer field. – Ted Nelson
Athletes, coaches and parents today are increasingly aware of the danger of concussion, and this awareness influences decisions about buying new and reconditioned football helmets. – Tom Udall
For years, we have been asking the E.U. to create something similar to the Russia-NATO council. Not in order to simply exchange opinions and work out recommendations, but to make decisions. – Sergei Lavrov
I have a good brain on me, but I’ve never really used it when it came to making decisions about love, which has been a blessing and a curse. – Sienna Miller
No officer wants to be involved in a justified use of force proven unnecessary after the fact, any more than soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan wanted to make what proved to be the wrong decision in a shoot-don’t-shoot situation. Those decisions, even if justified, live with you forever, believe me. – Tom Cotton
I love producing shows. And so when you’re on a show where other people are making decisions you don’t necessarily agree with it, after a while you start to feel like a passenger. – Simon Cowell
Point-of-view is a matter that readers rarely pay attention to, yet it’s one of the most important story decisions an author makes. – Therese Fowler
Saying ‘yes’ to one thing means saying ‘no’ to another. That’s why decisions can be hard sometimes. – Sean Covey
Hollywood is run by people who sit up in their executive office, who are not connected to Mississippi, Alabama, Chicago, South Carolina. They know nothing about that, they don’t go to church, and they make their decisions about what they think is right. – Steve Harvey
Some people don’t understand that I – as an artist and a person – I want to make my own decisions and create the music that I personally like. – Yandel
Bret and I were friends, but we were young, and we made bad decisions. We couldn’t see outside the wrestling business. It was the end-all, be-all. You were in that box constantly, so that’s all you thought about. It affects your decision-making. – Shawn Michaels
I can be pretty reactive, and I’ve learned over time to be less reactive: to stop and think before I make decisions. – Sophia Amoruso
