Action Quote by Pericles

...discussion is also a most excellent means to avoid -decision-

— Anonymous

It's important to discuss ideas but it's more important to surrender control and preconceptions.

— Judith Schaechter

Discussion is just a tool. You have to aim; the final goal must be a decision.

— Harri Holkeri

All silencing of discussion is an assumption of infallibility.

— John Stuart Mill

If we watch ourselves honestly we shall often find that we have begun to argue against a new idea even before it has been…

— Wilfred Trotter

...we confidently say that it's not worth trying to reach any conclusions merely because we decide to stop halfway along the path that would…

— Jose Saramago

What I always keep in mind is that we'll take action on things that need to be done, promptly and without hesitation.

— Yoshihide Suga

If we are all in agreement on the decision - then I propose we postpone further discussion of this matter until our next meeting…

— Alfred P. Sloan

Only an indirect method is effective. We do nothing if we have not first drawn back.

— Simone Weil

Much waste of words and of thought too would be avoided if disputants would always begin with a clear statement of the question, and…

— Sara Coleridge

Without a future well designed we take hesitant steps.

— Jim Rohn

The finding of arguments for a conclusion given in advance is not philosophy, but special pleading

— Bertrand Russell