Deciding Quotes
351 quotes by 306 authors
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One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. Most people…
— Tony Robbins
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We have that illusion that we are 'deciding' what to make a character do, in order to 'convey our message' or something like that. But,…
— George Saunders
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I want to be able to say what's on my mind and in my heart and what I think is helpful and useful without somebody…
— Laura Schlessinger
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I find it interesting that 16-year-olds are having plastic surgery. People in their 40s used to think, 'I'm aging, I have to do something about…
— Jane Seymour
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For the novice runner, I'd say to give yourself at least 2 months of consistently running several times a week at a conversational pace before…
— Frank Shorter
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If you wake up deciding what you want to give versus what you're going to get, you become a more successful person. In other words,…
— Russell Simmons
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It is with unwelcome frequency that I find myself the deciding vote.
— Arlen Specter
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Majorities and minorities cannot rightfully be taken at all into account in deciding questions of justice.
— Lysander Spooner
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Now, modern economies have a very effective mechanism for deciding if salaries are really too high: it's called the free market. That's how most people's…
— James Surowiecki
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When I'm in management meetings when we're deciding my future, those decisions are left up to me. I'm the one who has to go out…
— Taylor Swift
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Women have a better sense of smell than men do, and it's even sharper in the middle of their menstrual cycle, when estrogen levels peak…
— Helen Fisher
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If a witch needs something, another witch will give it to her. If there is war to be fought, we don't consider cost one of…
— Philip Pullman
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If you're 50 years old or younger, give every book about 50 pages before you decide to commit yourself to reading it, or give it…
— Nancy Pearl
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How can a novelist achieve atonement when with her absolute power of deciding outcomes, she is also god?
— Ian Mcewan
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My most persistent memory of stand - up is of my mouth being in the present and my mind being in the future: the mouth…
— Steve Martin
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It was like swimming against a current that swept you backwards however hard you struggled, and then suddenly deciding to turn round and go with…
— George Orwell
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They turned to Angel. "We will call you Little One," the leader said, obviously deciding to dispense with the whole confusing name thing. "Okay," said…
— James Patterson
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A week after my drugs ran out, I left my bed to perform at the college, deciding at the last minute to skip both the…
— David Sedaris
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That said, deciding to avoid other people does not necessarily equate with having no desire whatsoever for company; it may simply reflect a dissatisfaction with…
— Alain de Botton
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We're not obsessed by anything, you see," insisted Ford. "..." "And that's the deciding factor. We can't win against obsession. They care, we don't. They…
— Douglas Adams
Who Wrote These Deciding Quotes
306 authors contributed a total of 351 Deciding Quotes, led by these top contributors: