Maybe I’m naive, but I subscribe to the idea that nobody is actually making strategic decisions about their career. Trying to do that would be like playing three-card monte on Canal Street. – Benjamin Walker
Doctrines don’t govern policy. They provide a conceptual framework by which policymakers approach their decisions. But there is no such thing as a doctrine that controls policy in every way. – Barton Gellman
Going around not fully believing that you’re going to die is really problematic because it affects how you think about the future of the planet, about the future of your own life, about the decisions you’re making. – Caitlin Doughty
I had individuals in my life to help me make the right decisions because it wasn’t about them accepting handouts. It was about them making the right decisions for me. – Alonzo Mourning
The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions. – Abraham Lincoln
The dominance of short-term perspectives has led to routine decisions in the markets that sacrifice the long-term buildup of genuine value in pursuit of artificial, short-term gains. – Al Gore
Census data influences decisions made from Main Street to Wall Street, in Congress and with the Federal Reserve. Not to mention, the American people who look to, and trust, the data the government releases on our nation’s unemployment, state of our economy, and health insurance coverage. – Blake Farenthold
Obviously, if the commander makes certain decisions that the reporter thinks is inhibiting his right to report a legitimate story, he has to appeal to the commander’s boss to get that changed. – Bob Schieffer
My personal taste doesn’t enter into it a lot when I make my decisions as to what to parody. – Al Yankovic
Mitt Romney would move the Court even further right, putting landmark decisions like Roe v. Wade at risk. Some say Romney would repeat the past. I disagree – he’d be worse. – Chuck Schumer
I need to be allowed to make my own decisions and mistakes, take leaps – and fall – without receiving too much help, because it’s what I’ll be doing for the rest of my life. – Adora Svitak
You have no idea how promising the world begins to look once you have decided to have it all for yourself. And how much healthier your decisions are once they become entirely selfish. – Anita Brookner
Socialism is when government’s taking care of you, you send all your money to the government, the government decides how to spend it instead of letting the people spend it and make all those decisions. – Bob Latta
The basis of computer work is predicated on the idea that only the brain makes decisions and only the index finger does the work. – Brian Eno
I bought a laptop in 1999, and it was quite liberating, because I could make a lot of my own decisions. – Bjork
I did not direct my life. I didn’t design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That’s what life is. – B. F. Skinner
Focus on the long term, and always do what’s right to grow the company and not make short-term decisions. And outlast everyone one. – Adam D’Angelo
Medical care is one of the only sectors in which Americans are asked to make significant, long-term decisions without knowing the exact price of those decisions up front. Americans deserve to make informed decisions about their medical options. – Bill Flores
We are the greatest computers in this world, but now we’ve created the smart phone which is smarter than us now, but we’re still making dumb decisions. We have given our creations more power than we have, and that to me is dumb. – Bootsy Collins
Washington politicians think that government can make better decisions than you and me. But we know better. We know it’s smaller, less intrusive government that will lead to real economic prosperity. We know it’s business-friendly policies, not more red tape, that will create real growth. – Brad Wenstrup
I always save a few special outfits for the final rounds of a tournament, because they put me in a more positive mindset and I then make better decisions. – Camilo Villegas
Foreign policy is all about a universe of bad decisions, imperfect decisions; every situation is different. The dynamics, the atmospherics, the people, the pressures, the geopolitical realities shift. – Chuck Hagel
Try to remember that decisions are made by individual, fallible personalities, not gods. It’s hard. I know. – Andrea Seigel
I decided to make ‘Captain America’ because I realized I wasn’t doing the film because it terrified me. You can’t make decisions based on fear. – Chris Evans
Every employee in a company depends on the C.E.O. to make fast, high-quality decisions. – Ben Horowitz
Once you make decisions, you can’t go back, but in photography, that process can continue. With film, you have to eliminate all the possibilities and make the one possibility work the best for you, so you have to become very creative with the direction you’ve chosen. – Anton Corbijn
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. – Anne Heche
