Quotes by Decision People aren't often asked to make life or death decisions. There are no causes to die for. You can go through life never knowing which of your friends would really come through for you Bella Pollen knowingdecisionpeople When you're doing a film, people are always telling you exactly what to do. Literally, your own decisions are taken away from you. Ben Barnes takendecisionpeople It is not the responsibility of the Federal Bank - nor would it be appropriate - to protect lenders and investors from the consequences of their decisions Ben Bernanke economicsdecisionresponsibility It's emotional for every champion who decides to step down, it's a tough decision. It's probably easier for some, like me. But I'm just going to try to take it in stride. It's part of life. Ben Crenshaw emotionaldecisionlife What is necessary is never unwise. Ben Cross unwisedecision-makingdecision If you want to write, then write; if you don't want to write, then don't write. I fell into the former category, and I just made the decision that I'd keep on because I liked it and might someday do something decent. Ben Fountain decisionwantwriting Doctors and patients need as much data as possible to make an informed decision about what treatment is best. Ben Goldacre doctorsdatadecision In my experience as CEO, I found that the most important decisions tested my courage far more than my intelligence. Ben Horowitz importantdecisionfound In all the difficult decisions that I made through the course of running Loudcloud and Opsware, I never once felt brave. In fact, I often felt scared to death. I never lost those feelings, but after much practice, I learned to ignore them. That learning process might also be called the courage development process. Ben Horowitz decisionpracticerunning Early in my career as an engineer, I’d learned that all decisions were objective until the first line of code was written. After that, all decisions were emotional. Ben Horowitz emotionalcareersdecision Every time you make the hard, correct decision you become a bit more courageous, and every time you make the easy, wrong decision you become a bit more cowardly. If you are CEO, these choices will lead to a courageous or cowardly company. Ben Horowitz courageouschoicesdecision Generally the reason they fail in the job is, you made some mistake in the hiring process in that you didn't match... them to the needs of your company accurately enough. That's the #1 reason this fails. And that's generally a good place to start: Here's where we are and here's what I didn't recognize about us and about you when I made the decision, and now it is what it is. Ben Horowitz decisionmistakejobs In a company, hundreds of decisions get made, but objectives and goals are thin. Ben Horowitz decisiongoalmade In life, everybody faces choices between doing what's popular, easy, and wrong vs. doing what's lonely, difficult, and right. These decisions intensify when you run a company, because the consequences get magnified 1,000 fold. As in life, the excuses for CEOs making the wrong choice are always plentiful. Ben Horowitz lonelydecisionrunning When it comes to making decisions, I will come down on the side of Nebraska every time. If I have to choose between the White House and the farmhouse, I choose the farmhouse. Ben Nelson decisionwhitehouse Some decisions, like opening a fire hydrant to put out a fire, are easy to make. Other decisions, like deciding how to best distribute a drought-limited water supply among urban, rural and recreational uses, require careful deliberation. Ben Nelson decisionfirewater Of course I realize that photography is not the technical facility as much as it is the eye, and this decision that one makes for the moment at which you are going to snap, you know. Ben Shahn eyephotographydecision You can muscle your way to the top as long as you're part of the production, which I am. I'm knitted into the money, so it's very hard to extricate me from the decision-making dynamic. Ben Wheatley decisionlongway It's not enough to have good intentions. If you want to be a good person, you have to make good decisions all the time and live a life that's worth living and that you can be proud of, and that's what I wanted. Benjamin Booker good-intentionsprouddecision Justice is not to be taken by storm. She is to be wooed by slow advances. Substitute statute for decision, and you shift the center of authority, but add no quota of inspired wisdom. Benjamin Cardozo takendecisionjustice«1314151617181920212223»
