Deciding Quotes

351 quotes by 306 authors

Total commitment," I said. "You know, the idea of discovering something that, for all intents and purposes, goes against your abilities, and yet still deciding… — Sarah Dessen
How can a novelist achieve atonement when, with her absolute power of deciding outcomes, she is also God? There is no one, no entity or… — Ian Mcewan
...not deciding to act would be identical with deciding not to act. — Marilynne Robinson
They keep coming up new all the time - things to perplex you, you know. You settle one question and there's another right after. There… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
Power consists to a large extent in deciding what stories will be told. — Carolyn Heilbrun
But there was more to it than that. As the Amazing Maurice said, it was just a story about people and rats. And the difficult… — Terry Pratchett
Mogi: Greg Parker left the hideout a while ago and bought a large amount of food. He's heading back to the hideout now. And I've… — Tsugumi Ohba
But time has a way of stealthily deciding a personâ€™s mind without her conscious knowledge, and as she studied and procrastinated, Poison found one day… — Chris Wooding
I had never wanted to be one of those girls in love with boys who would not have me. Unrequited love - plain desperate aboveboard… — Elizabeth McCracken
Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake. — Maya Angelou
The problem is not making up the steps but deciding which ones to keep. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
Men have physical needs, and they have emotions. While physical needs are unsatisfied, they take first place; but when they are satisfied, emotions unconnected with… — Bertrand Russell
Learning to stop sweating the small stuff involves deciding what things to engage in and what things to ignore. From a certain perspective, life can… — Richard Carlson
Pain, loss and separation are inevitable on the path of love, and the only way of avoiding them is by deciding not to take that… — Paulo Coelho
...Men do not sufficiently realize that their future is in their own hands. Theirs is the task of determining first of all whether they want… — Henri Bergson
Cash is always the deciding factor in such matters of moral politics; nothing ever gets done unless motivated by commerce or greed. — Jasper Fforde
Faith is a choice like any other. If you're picking a career or a husband - or deciding whether to have a baby - there… — Mary Karr
We rise to a challenge and set a course. We take a decision. You put your mind to something. Just deciding to do it gets… — Tim Winton
If there is a war to be fought, we donâ€™t consider cost one of the factors in deciding whether or not to fight. — Philip Pullman
The most important thing you do everyday you live is deciding not to kill yourself. — Albert Camus

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