Decided Quotes · Page 11

“Your life becomes the thing you have decided it shall be.”

— Raymond Charles Barker

Once I decided to write, to be published, I knew it would happen.

— Augusten Burroughs

When I was 16, I really decided that music was something I wanted to do.

— Frankie Cosmos

I'd maybe done about 12 movies when I decided that this was what I was going to do.

— Jeff Bridges

Everything was perfect, until you decided I wasn't.

— Anonymous

Our real debt ceiling isn't decided by Washington; it's decided by Beijing.

— David Burge

“Snarl must love Christmas as much as me, I decided.”

— Rachel Cohn, David Levithan

I decided that the only way there would be a future was to start to cut back.

— Benjamin Cohen

What I really like about law is that it's not an endless discourse like history or philosophy. In law, there comes a…

— Bernhard Schlink

When the war broke out I decided I would be very patriotic. Standing my full height. I presented myself to the Wacs…

— Julia Child

I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to be involved actively.

— Angela Davis

I can remember the day I decided I would retire from competitive athletics as vividly as if it were yesterday.

— Sebastian Coe

The rain probably dampened the spirits of those that decided not to come. But the people who were here didn't know it…

— Chris Messina

...one day I was speculating on how I would like to look back on life and I decided I wanted to feel…

— David Hurn

When the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame decided to open up the voting beyond their inner circle, to the actual fans,…

— John Oates

I did a handful of photo shoots and I never made any money for it just because I was trying to build…

— Steve Grand

In recent years, you've probably read the articles about major recording artists who have decided to practically give their music away, for…

— Taylor Swift

You get a lawyer whether you're in a military tribunal or whether you're in a federal court, number one. The attorney general…

— Joe Biden

Then I got together with my brother and a friend and we decided to play dates. The more we played, the more…

— Ray Davies

Ive been chastised for going into mixed martial arts and backing out. But the reason I backed out was the terms -…

— Kurt Angle

I have no control over people's perceptions of me at all and that's one of the things I decided very early on…

— Macaulay Culkin

My dad never decided what he wanted to do; at times he fought in the army, was a teacher, a boxer, a…

— Anthony Browne

When I got to college I simply decided that I could speak French, because I just could not spend any more time…

— Lev Grossman

When we started after Osama bin Laden, we really decided to go after the Taliban. And we seemed to be content to…

— Wesley Clark

There was one woman who had a giant sign and on it, it just said, 'America Is Better Than Abortion.' I think…

— Eugene Mirman

I was much more afraid in Montgomery when I had a gun in my house. When I decided that I couldn’t keep…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The major credit I think Jim and I deserve ... is for selecting the right problem and sticking to it. It's true…

— Francis Crick

I did it [photojournalism] as something that was really rewarding to do, given the opportunity to express myself about something I cared…

— Curtis Hanson

Coming out of graduation, I didn't immediately know what direction I wanted to do so I decided to just stay as an…

— Kelly Carlin-McCall

Complaints are everywhere heard from our most considerate and virtuous citizens, equally the friends of public and private faith, and of public…

— James Madison

The less you offer, the more readers are forced to bring the world to life with their own visual imaginings. I personally…

— Jonathan Lethem

I got into architecture because I was searching for a way to produce in the world. I went to art school and…

— David Adjaye

“Now you found a reason and I decided go with it.”

— Deyth Banger

Because my love for you is beyond words, I decided to shut up.

— Nizar Qabbani

I decided at 10 I wanted to be in a band; everyone else wanted to play football.

— Jeff Mangum

I must have decided wrongly, because I am not at peace.

— Iyanla Vanzant

Ultimately, I decided to go pro because that is what makes the most amount of sense for me.

— Mary Cain

Heather and I decided we were going to be pretty low-key at the convention.

— Mary Cheney

“I’d decided to believe him, but I’d never trusted him again.”

— Alessandra Torre

When I was 13, I decided I was British and was going to stay that way.

— Art Malik