My Decision Quotes

#1. I wanted to leave my decision-making behind, along with my responsibility for all future ones.

Hugh Howey

#2. That is not your decision to make," he says.
"Since I'm in love with her, it is my decision.

Katie McGarry

#3. It was my decision, it always has been. I decide my own destiny. I can be guided towards it but in the end the decision is mine alone.

S.E. Fearon

#4. I saw something I wanted to do and I decided to do it. The feeling of freedom it gave me- I can't even describe it. It was my decision. I chose it.

Catherine Gilbert Murdock

#5. Now I was more certain than ever of my decision. I could not love a man who did not love Jane Austen.

Deanna Raybourn

#6. One of the big parts of my decision-making process is knowing that when you're signing up for something, you're signing up for multiple seasons, should it be successful, and in theory, you want it to be successful, but you also want to be doing something that you're enjoying.

Tom Ellis

#7. The price for flight. I'd never thought of it that, of my decision having any sort of value. But of course it did. Every choice meant giving something up to gain something else.

Karen White

#8. Which will give you enough time to understand the implications of your decision to the fullest," Dad said.
I whirled on him. "Okay,first of all, no one talks like that. Secondly, I do understand the implications of my decision. Removing my powers will keep me from potentially killing someone.

Rachel Hawkins

#9. I'm sorry, but I stand by my decision. I am now a member of the elite club of people that have fought a professional team mascot. You sir, are not in that club.

Tucker Max

#10. My decision to leave 'Ween', however interpreted, was absolutely not made in haste.

Gene Ween

#11. 'Garbage Time' was the name I came up with. Midnight was my decision. Were they the right decisions? I dunno.

Katie Nolan

#12. Having spent all of my decision-making years as a Pagan of one stripe or another, I have long found it condescending at best to assume one cannot worship the old gods or believe in magick without breaking out the leather bracers, wings, or Ye Broken Olde English.

Thomm Quackenbush

#13. You can see my decision as either a distinctive factor or as a limitation. I don't feel it is a limitation.

Ennio Morricone

#14. Despite all the other factors that had contributed to my fate, in the end it was my decision that destroyed my life. And all the hurt I was enduring now was my doing. The blame rested solely with me.

Brodi Ashton

#15. My decision to begin research in radio astronomy was influenced both by my wartime experience with electronics and antennas and by one of my teachers, Jack Ratcliffe, who had given an excellent course on electromagnetic theory during my final undergraduate year.

Antony Hewish

#16. Any decision that's made about my career is ultimately my decision, and it's helped me not to plan too much. I've never been the guy thinking, 'I want to do a play this year, I want to do this kind of movie or this kind of character.' I don't have that sort of control.

Craig Bierko

#17. It is never a perfect time or a right time to step aside. But for me, this is the time. I want to share with you my decision that I will not be a candidate for any office in November of 2014.

Tom Latham

#18. I prefer to suffer than repent because I stand by my decision and capable enough top pay for it Or reap the beauty later.

Ravindra Shukla

#19. When my decision for Christ was made ... I knelt in prayer. I opened my heart and knew for the first time the sweetness and joy of God, of truly being born again ... I knew in my heart that I was somehow different and changed. That night absolutely changed the direction of my life.

Billy Graham

#20. My decision to return to the MLS is one that I have made with thoughtful consideration.

Landon Donovan

#21. People say California is the leading state on these type of issues. I've called my sister today and I said - I have a 3-year-old nephew - "Do you spank?"And she says, "If it's necessary I will. But that's my decision. I'm the mother. Not you."

Sean Hannity

#22. I looked at Adrian's eyes, beautiful, mesmerizing. Not human. I didn't feel
lonely at all. "You'll take me places?" I asked. His answer was important, even
though my decision was already made.
"You can't imagine where we'll go." He said, sincerely.

Amy Lane

#23. My heart has been heavy and I have deliberated within my own conscience, knowing that my decision should not come out of my initial emotion of anger toward the President for such reckless behavior, but should be based on the facts.

Blanche Lincoln

#24. Being able to draw Batman was 100% of my decision to sign with DC.

David Finch

#25. Before I proposed to my now-wife, I was understandably nervous. My father suggested that I take stock of all of my experiences and relationships with women, from my earliest memories to present day, and see if I had learned anything that might inform my decision.

Justin Halpern

#26. My view of Christianity is that the hallmark of being a Christian is to reach out to people who have been left behind. So I think there was a religious aspect to my decision to support civil unions.

Howard Dean

#27. It was my decision to get clean, I did it for me
Admittedly I probably did it subliminally for you

Eminem

#28. My dad was a very funny man - he's the one who taught me life would be awfully hard without humor! I'm sure his Irish wit in some way influenced my decision to become an actress.

Joan Cusack

#29. Some of those STINKIN' press people just had to make fun of my decision in joining the show. They also made fun of other choices in my life that I was proud of then and still am now!!!

Ruth Buzzi

#30. My decision to become a lawyer was irrevocably sealed when I realized my father hated the legal profession.

John Grisham

#31. People miss those who they love. It brings tears to my eyes to see the longing for me. But it's my decision to do fewer films and more protagonist-based roles. For me to take up something, it has to make a lot of sense to me.

Rani Mukerji

#32. I do not wish to offend you, believe me. I have told you my decision. Nothing can change it. I must leave, I must travel, I must be free. Let me thank you cordially once again, and let us bid each other a friendly farewell.

Hermann Hesse

#33. If I decide to be indecisive, that's my decision.

Roger McGough

#34. I am not asking you to understand, Papa. I'm asking for you to accept."
"Accept what?"
Me. Accept me, Papa. "My decision to live my own life as I see fit."
It is so quiet that I suddenly wish I could take it back. Sorry, it was only a terrible joke. I should like a new dress, please.

Libba Bray

#35. I won't go back on my decision. I'm not afraid of prison, but there are even worse dangers.

Bidzina Ivanishvili

#36. I knew it would be all of those things and so much more to me, but it was his heart I was yanking from his chest with my decision, and that's what mattered to me. I was giving up a piece of my own as well, but it was a choice.
His was just collateral.

Rachael Wade

#37. My decision to register women confirms what is already obvious throughout our society-that women are now providing all types of skills in every profession. The military should be no exception.

Jimmy Carter

#38. If it were my decision, I'd knock the Superdome down. If I couldn't knock it down, I'd just open the roof and gut the whole inside - totally modernize it. If you just dust it off and paint a little bit but don't reimage it, the legacy will be horrible.

Ray Nagin

#39. My decision (for Christ) was not so important. I was the object rather than the subject in this affair. I was decided upon.

C.S. Lewis

#40. I have to make half of my decision based on what I think my fans will appreciate, and the other half has to be for my personal reasons.

Joe Lando

#41. My decision to be a scientist was a bit of a drift really, more or less by default.

Richard Dawkins

#42. The fact that I have always been deeply invested in politics, and African politics in particular, inevitably played a role in my first novel and, of course, in my decision to write about a handful of particular conflicts in Africa as a journalist.

Dinaw Mengestu

#43. Well, I wouldn't say that this experience had any influence on my decision to do this film about Andy, because Andy was apolitical. Andy was never political.

Milos Forman

#44. Having a Christian worldview shapes my decision-making with respect to all aspects of my life. I always respect people in public life who are principled, and those principles have to be connected to something. And my faith is what serves as the anchor and directs my actions.

John Thune

#45. The size of budgets does not alter my decision if I should do it. If there's a movie with a budget of only $1 million that I find interesting, then I'll sign up, but it has to be in the hands of a director who can do something with it. Ultimately, it's a director's medium.

Andy Garcia

#46. Sometimes I do wonder what college would have been like. But I made my decision.

Kobe Bryant

#47. I had been writing for the 'Late Show' for about four years when I started writing short stories. I had a blast writing the stories because I was writing in a voice more my own, as opposed to a man's. HBO ended up buying four of them. I think that had a direct impact on my decision to write a book.

Jill Davis

#48. I didn't just want your light, your power, your strength. I wanted all of you. I asked for it. I fought for it. But you kept it from me and you did it willingly knowing I needed it. I'm sorry, Sam, I've made my decision. I thought I could do it but I was wrong. It's all or nothing.

Kristen Ashley

#49. There once was an umpire whose vision Was cause for abuse and derision He remarked in surprise, 'Why pick on my eyes? It's my heart that dictates my decision.'

Ogden Nash

#50. I learned a lot about working with children, and about myself, and it reinforced my decision to pursue a career in teaching.

Carolyn Murphy

#51. How strange that something so simple could have been instrumental in my decision to ruin one of my most relationships and friendships, and damage another.

Veronica Roth

#52. Because I wake up late, my day is often short. I'm much more active in the evenings, during which I alternately read, write, needle-point, smoke, email, and despair over my decision last June to put my television and DVD player out on the street because I wasn't getting enough work done.

Cate Marvin

#53. My parents will be sad for a while, and they may even blame themselves, the way they do now. Eventually they'll come to peace with my decision. I hope they'll realize I'm finally at peace.

Julie Anne Peters

#54. How often has Hitler said to me: 'I know that my decision or action is correct. I cannot explain at the moment why, but I feel that it is right and the future will prove it so'.

Rudolf Hess

#55. I regret ... " Tobias tilts his head, and sighs. "I regret my choice."
"What Choice?"
"Dauntless," he says. "I was born Abnegation. I was planning on leaving Dauntless, and becoming factionless. But I met her, and ... I felt like maybe I could make something more of my decision."
Her.

Veronica Roth

#56. Of course, if this season turns out to be terrible for me - if I get injured again and this prevents me from reaching a satisfying level, then I could change my decision again. But at this moment, it absolutely feels like the right thing for me to continue through 2003.

Laurent Jalabert

#57. My decision on this matter is as certain and final as death and the staggering New Deal taxes.

Thomas Dewey

#58. I shot it back and closed my eyes, considering a trip to the liquor store. But there wasn't enough whiskey in the universe to help me make my decision.

Jamie McGuire

#59. Initially, my decision to stop eating meat was motivated by fear of spiritual consequences, but right away I found that not eating meat made me feel good about myself. It increased my self-esteem, which I found so rewarding, I wanted to do more.

Steve-O

#60. At 11 years old I made a very definitive decision. And my decision was that I wanted to be happy.

Goldie Hawn

#61. As bothered as I am by having to defend my decision, I'm more incensed that people think they have the right to ask.

Danielle Henderson

#62. I usually accept bribes from both sides so that tainted money can never influence my decision.

Francis Bacon

#63. I don't want to express my opinion about actual politics, because if I do, I have to be responsible for my decision.

Haruki Murakami

#64. The recognition definitely helps and goes a long way for helping me to reaffirm my decision to purse art fulltime. Getting awards and nominations encourages me to keep trying even harder.

Julie Dillon

#65. No one could say it was my choice to kill the twins, any more than it was my decision to bring them into the world.

John Burnside

#66. By now everyone knows that I picked Kentucky, and I am definitely happy with my decision and that it's all finally over.

Nerlens Noel

#67. My decision to come to Bell Telephone Laboratories immediately after obtaining my Ph.D. in 1936 was strongly influenced by the fact that my supervisor would be C. J. Davisson.

William Shockley

#68. I think I've been mildly obsessed with my hair. I don't think I have a hugely adversarial relationship with it. One my essay is about my decision to keep coloring my hair once it started to go gray, but once I wrote the essay - once the book was in production - I decided to go gray.

Elizabeth Benedict

#69. And why do you ask what can't be answered? What's the use of such foolish questions? How could it depend on my decision? Who has made me the judge to decide who ought to live and out ought not to live?

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#70. One road was simple acceptance of life, the other road offered sweet peace. When I made my decision, my vision became my release.

Dan Fogelberg

#71. Some people are going to be happy with my decision, some people aren't ... But I must live my life.

Thomas Hearns

#72. I have to say that I have no regrets about my decision to become a priest or about the major directions my ministry has taken me ... I have been and am happy as a priest, and I have never been lonely ... I could have used a bit more solitude.

Andrew Greeley

#73. I want to be a starter again, I would really enjoy playing for the Phillies again, but my first consideration in making my decision is finding a circumstance that is right for me. I want to play for the Phillies again, but I also wouldn't mind joining a team I've never played with before.

Chan Ho Park

#74. I left 'The Bob Newhart Show,' which was my decision. CBS wanted it to go on. But I could see television changing; I could see the tastes were changing.

Bob Newhart

#75. In many ways, my decision to come out changed the course not only of my personal life but of my professional one as well.

George Takei

#76. Others can make the rules, but it's my decision whether to follow them." Captain Hank Bracker

Hank Bracker

#77. I am the only one who can decide what will happen to me," Kaitlyn went on very quietly. "No one else. Me. And I've already made my decision. I'm going back to that place and I'm going to try to stop them any way I can. Whether you give me the shard or not is your decision, but I'm going back anyway.

L.J.Smith

#78. My parents are very proud of my success but still worry, as I'm in a profession where there is no guarantee of work. They have always supported my decision to go into acting, but there have been tough times work-wise.

David Harewood

#79. My decision was sparked by affirmative action. There was a point in my life when affirmative action would have meant something to me - when my family was working-class, and we were struggling.

Richard Rodriguez

#80. Henry stirs into life. 'Do I retain you for what is easy? Do you think it is for your personal beauty? The charm of your presence? I keep you, Master Cromwell, because you are as cunning as a bag of serpents. But do not be a viper in my bosom. You know my decision. Execute it.'
pg. 585

Hilary Mantel

#81. My decision to view the world through novels, as it were, which is a typically European way of looking at things, became a heavy burden for me. But I took it on consciously, even though it was torture for me.

Orhan Pamuk

#82. If my decision is wrong, at least I will have learned something new. There is always next time.

Sylvan Clarke

#83. I've already made my decision. I have as much to lose as any of them." "She makes some good points," said Cinder. "Surprisingly," added Scarlet. Jacin

Marissa Meyer

#84. I hired you for your attitude, and so far I'm pretty happy with my decision. But I'm not sure I can work with you until I've fucked this attraction out of my system.

J.C. Reed

#85. Whatever I contributed to the unique morale of the Cardinals was part of this growth, and so, of course, was my decision to have it out in public with the owners of organized baseball.

Curt Flood

#86. My decision to destroy the authority of the blacks in Saint Domingue (Haiti) is not so much based on considerations of commerce and money, as on the need to block for ever the march of the blacks in the world.

Napoleon Bonaparte

#87. He wasn't looking at me, and I wasn't looking at him. "Sometimes I wonder if you make decisions just to piss me off."
I glared at the road. "Sometimes I wonder if you give yourself too much credit in my decision-making.

Catherine Doyle

#88. One thing I want you to understand is if I make a decision, it's my decision.

Mike Singletary

#89. What I feared most, though, about my decision to remain celibate was that I had thereby doomed myself to lifelong loneliness.

Wesley Hill

#90. The support this city and our fans have shown the Grizzlies made my decision to stay in Memphis an easy one. Memphis deserves a championship team, and I am committed to that.

Jerry West

#91. My decision leaving the Nuggets was based on the organization not saying they had the cap room to sign me.

Dikembe Mutombo

#92. My father always wanted to be 'Col-bear.' He lived in the same town as his father, and his father didn't like the idea of the name with the French pronunciation. So my father said to us, 'Do what you want. You're not going to offend anybody.' And he was dead long before I made my decision.

Stephen Colbert

#93. Whenever I've had to make a major decision as a doctor, cop or for a company I've worked for, I ask myself: What is the value proposition here? Will my decision bring added value to the population I have the privilege to serve?

Richard Carmona

#94. My decision to leave applied mathematics for economics was in part tied to the widely-held popular belief in the 1960s that macroeconomics had made fundamental inroads into controlling business cycles and stopping dysfunctional unemployment and inflation.

Robert C. Merton

#95. Everybody in the government with whom I emailed knew that I was using a personal email, and I have said it would have been a better choice to have had two separate email accounts. And I've also tried to not only take responsibility, because it was my decision, but to be as transparent as possible.

Hillary Clinton

#96. I remind myself that I'm no longer a damsel in distress. I can think this through. What I can't do? Base my decision on fear. Because, while I might be free to make my choice right now, I'll never be free from the consequences of that choice

Gena Showalter

#97. In the coming days, I know there will be some reflecting on my time as mayor. Many of you will search to find what's behind my decision. It's simple. I have always believed that every person, especially public officials, must understand when it is time to move on. For me, that time is now.

Richard M. Daley

#98. He imagines that when I see him indefatigable I'll regret my decision. Such is his miserable scheme. As though I were short of slaves!

Samuel Beckett

#99. My name on her lips twisted something up inside my chest. Looking back, I think that's the instant I made my decision. I wasn't going to give her up. Ever. I'd die first.

Joanna Wylde

#100. I must end it. There is no hope. I will be at peace. No one had anything to do with it. My decision totally.

Freddie Prinze