Decisive Quotes

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There's something dreadfully decisive about a beheading. — Agnes Smedley
The essence of morality is a questioning about morality; and the decisive move of human life is to use ceaselessly all light to look for… — Georges Bataille
The truth is that the general genius of a government is all that can be substantially relied upon for permanent effects. Particular provisions, though not… — Alexander Hamilton
Energy is the basis of everything. Every Jew, no matter how insignificant, is engaged in some decisive and immediate pursuit of a goal... It is… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
In a perfect world what poor countries at the lowest rungs of economic development need is not a multi-party democracy, but in fact a decisive… — Dambisa Moyo
I fail to see the issue that will shock the people of this great country of ours into some decisive action. — Graham Nash
I have come to see more and more that one of the most decisive steps that the Negro can take is that little walk to… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
There is nothing in this world that does not have a decisive moment. — Henri Cartier-Bresson
Cartier-Bresson has said that photography seizes a 'decisive moment', that's true except that it shouldn't be taken too narrowly...does my picture of a cobweb in… — Paul Strand
And now the moment. Such a moment has a peculiar character. It is brief and temporal indeed, like every moment; it is transient as all… — Zadie Smith
Occasionally, the whole class struggle may be summed up in the struggle for one word against another word. Certain words struggle amongst themselves as enemies.… — Louis Althusser
The development of our human resources is an area in which we need to do well as it is decisive in determining the success of… — Hassanal Bolkiah
Mostly the problems when I was down were caused by myself. There were times when I was not responsible enough or decisive enough. — Novak Djokovic
America is now the only global superpower, and Eurasia is the globe's central arena. Hence, what happens to the distribution of power on the Eurasian… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
In the endgame, an error can be decisive, and we are rarely presented with a second chance. — Paul Keres
Who said that justice is what you imagine? Can you be sure that you know it when you see it, that you will live long… — Mark Helprin
It [the Euro] is a decisive step towards ever closer political and institutional union in Europe. Above all, it is political. — Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
Laypeople are a kind of nuclear energy in the Church on a spiritual level. A layperson caught up with the gospel and living next to… — Raniero Cantalamessa
She's decisive, she's aggressive, she's proven she's capable with high-performance jets. We look for people with the capability to think on their feet and to… — David Leestma
Often when works at a hard question, nothing good is accomplished at the first attack. Then one takes a rest, long or short, and sits… — Henri Poincare

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