Decisive Quotes

281 quotes by 248 authors

Greece is at a crucial crossroads. The choices that are made and the policies that are enforced will have a decisive impact on the wellbeing… — Lucas Papademos
Dictatorship played a decisive role in the North's successful effort to maintain the Union by force of arms...one man was the government of the United… — Clinton Rossiter
Chess will always be in the doldrums as a spectator sport while a draw is given equal mathematical value as a decisive result. — Michael Basman
A player can sometimes afford the luxury of an inaccurate move, or even a definite error, in the opening or middlegame without necessarily obtaining a… — Paul Keres
In positions of strategic manoeuvring (where time is not of decisive importance) seek the worst-placed piece. Activating that piece is often the most reliable way… — Mark Dvoretsky
...the initial position is decisive Zugzwang. — Jon Speelman
Both in the lower and the middle classes the wiseacres urge young men 'to think it over' before taking the decisive step. Thus they foster… — Denis de Rougemont
The male clerk with his quill pen and copper-plate handwriting had gone for good. The female short-hand typist took his place. It was a decisive… — A J P Taylor
If a chess statistician were to try and satisfy his curiousity over which stage of the game proved decisive in the majority of cases, he… — Alexander Kotov
It is a common failing-and one that I have myself suffered from-to fall in love with a hypothesis and to be unwilling to take no… — Peter Medawar
We are the decisive factor in the affairs of the universe. — Derek Prince
We are entering a new phase of European politics. What is decisive is not only do we have a single currency area, but also that… — Oskar Lafontaine
The opportunities and threats existing in any situation always exceed the resources needed to exploit the opportunities or avoid the threats. Thus, strategy is essentially… — William Cohen
Without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive. — George Washington
The last decisive energy of a rational courage which confides in the Supreme Power is very sublime. It makes a man who intrepidly dares every… — Randolph Sinks Foster
Though it were proved that there was never an Aryan race in the past, yet we desire that in the future there may be one.… — Houston Stewart Chamberlain
We don't want to impose our solutions by force, we want to create a democratic space. We don't see armed struggle in the classic sense… — Subcomandante Marcos
But the cure for most obstacles is, Be decisive. — George Weinberg
Clint Eastwood. Here's a guy who's been involved in so many movies, lots of them masterpieces, and now he's a director. I just like everything… — Bobby Farrelly
A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder. Fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory… — Joseph Campbell

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