Inspirational Quotes
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Decision Making Quotes
AuthenticityCareer IntegrityCreativityDecision MakingPassion I am completely open to doing a romantic comedy, but I will never do something just for the sake of doing a specific genre or because it's the time or place to do a different type of movie. I think that would be a huge mistake.
CautionDecision MakingSelf-awarenessSilenceWisdom Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.
ArtistryCreativityDecision MakingLeadershipResponsibility I have to say that whatever decisions I make, I really do think that movie making is a director's medium. They are the people that ultimately shape the film, and a director can take great material and turn it into garbage if they are not capable of making a good movie.
AcceptanceAnger ManagementControlDecision MakingSelf Reflection There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
AssertivenessBoundariesCommunicationDecision MakingTime Management When people ask for time, it's always for time to say no. Yes has one more letter in it, but it doesn't take half as long to say.
Decision MakingDialogueGovernmentOpinionsWisdom In the frank expression of conflicting opinions lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action.
ConsensusDecision MakingDemocracyEfficiencyGovernance When everyone agrees to a single solution and a single plan, there's nothing more efficient in the world than an efficient democracy.
Decision MakingDilemmaMoralityRighteousness It's so hard to know what to do when one wishes earnestly to do right.
ChangeConfusionDecision MakingGrowthRomance I'd done a bachelor's degree, which I'd enjoyed, but I didn't know what to do with my life at the time. I was conflicted, and, being a hopeless romantic, I followed my girlfriend at the time to Vanderbilt, where, obviously, we broke up a couple of months later.
CautionComplexityDecision MakingIndividualitySkepticism I am fearful, or suspicious, of generalizations... They cannot guide me reliably in making decisions about particular individuals.
CourageDecision MakingGrowthMistakesRisk Taking People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.
Decision MakingFearIntrospectionRiskUncertainty I just felt that if I went into Speed 2, I just... wouldn't have come up out of the water.
ActionAmbitionDecision MakingPerseverance Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.
Decision MakingMindfulnessPatienceReflectionSelf-Control Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.
Decision MakingInformed ChoiceVoting As I have done in every election since I started voting so many years ago, I always like to take my time and examine the two candidates, see not only the two candidates but the policies they will bring in, the people they will bring in, who they might appoint to the Supreme Court, and look at the whole range of issues before making a decision.
Avoidance of RegretDecision MakingForethoughtMindful ActionProactivity It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.
AutonomyCreativityDecision MakingFrustration My priority is having the ability to be creative and to come up with the right decisions and not be fettered. If there are a lot of people involved in decision making, it can become frustrating.
Color PerceptionCreativityDecision MakingExpressionIdentity If I decide to make a coat red in the show, it's not just red, I think: is it communist red? Is it cherry cordial? Is it ruby red? Or is it apple red? Or the big red balloon red?
ControversyDecision MakingLeadershipPoliticsPublic Perception Sarah Palin, who with 17 months remaining in her single term as Alaska's governor quit the only serious office she has ever held, is obsessively discussed as a possible candidate in 2012. Why? She is not going to be president and will not be the Republican nominee unless the party wants to lose at least 44 states.
ActionDecision MakingGrowthSelf-Improvement The way to develop decisiveness is to start right where you are, with the very next question you face.
Decision MakingGender InequalityRepresentationWomen S Rights Too often the great decisions are originated and given form in bodies made up wholly of men, or so completely dominated by them that whatever of special value women have to offer is shunted aside without expression.
Decision MakingEmpowermentEqualityGender EqualityWomen S Rights I said on the equality side of it, that it is essential to a woman's equality with man that she be the decision-maker, that her choice be controlling.
ChangeCourageDecision MakingDeterminationProgress It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You cannot make progress without making decisions.
Advice and GuidanceAutonomyDecision MakingHuman BehaviorSelf-interest Most people who ask for advice from others have already resolved to act as it pleases them.
AmbitionCollaborationCreativityDecision MakingMusic Production Me and Thugger could make nine songs in a day and then choose which songs we like the most and think is gonna do something. With other people, it's like, we pick one song, and we hope it's the one.
ArtistryCreativityDecision MakingInterpretationLeadership I guess, as a director, you sort of take the script, and you find ways to interpret it.
Comprehensive AnalysisDecision MakingEvaluationJudgmentPreparation I always like to take my time and examine the two candidates, see not only the two candidates but the policies they will bring in, the people they will bring in, who they might appoint to the Supreme Court, and look at the whole range of issues before making a decision.