Decide Quotes

It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.

We have to make a determination of what the minimum standards are for police, fire and emergency services in all of America's major cities. Once we determine that, then we can decide what the funding is.

I would like a UK fully engaged in Europe, but I can't decide in place of the British. I see that for the moment they want to be more in retreat.

The reality is that no one can be forced to join a union against their will, and a union cannot take action against those who decide not to join their union.

Political reporters no longer get to decide what's news. The days when a minister gave briefings to a dozen lobby correspondents, and thereby dictated the next day's headlines, are over. Now, a thousand bloggers decide for themselves what is interesting. If enough of them are tickled then, bingo, you're news.

I believe I can do anything. If I decide I want to be a doctor tomorrow, I'm going to be a doctor.

It is the nature, and the advantage, of strong people that they can bring out the crucial questions and form a clear opinion about them. The weak always have to decide between alternatives that are not their own.

Film-makers must decide what story to tell and how to tell it.

You should not decide until you have heard what both have to say.

I did decide that you have to put your name about a bit, and so, although I would have preferred to have never done publicity or an interview or a fashion shoot for a magazine or a chat show.

Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.

The poet must decide not to impose his feelings in order to write without sentimentality.

I've always been able to decide what was more important at different points in my life, but I never gave up personal things to work, never.

Understand that sexuality is as wide as the sea. Understand that your morality is not law. Understand that we are you. Understand that if we decide to have sex whether safe, safer, or unsafe, it is our decision and you have no rights in our lovemaking.

Anybody can decide a question if only a single principle is in controversy.

It's hard to decide how to match words to music. It's not like it's twice the work. It's always difficult for me to explain to the composer what I'm looking for. I'm not a professional; I lack even basic knowledge about writing music.

We think a modern cloud lets you decide when you want to upgrade. We don't decide for you.

In life, the first thing you must do is decide what you really want. Weigh the costs and the results. Are the results worthy of the costs? Then make up your mind completely and go after your goal with all your might.

The British political system and the whole clapped out Westminster architecture, and the language that we use about politics, it's completely unsustainable. You either decide to be part of that transition to do something different. Or you cling to old certainties.

It's so hard to decide what to leave out.

You freeze with the number of opportunities given to you and just decide to do nothing at all.

The most basic question is not what is best, but who shall decide what is best.

As for how criticism of Keats' poetry relates to criticism of my own work, I'll leave that for others to decide.

Don't underestimate the people. Let them decide.

The question that will decide our destiny is not whether we shall expand into space. It is: shall we be one species or a million? A million species will not exhaust the ecological niches that are awaiting the arrival of intelligence.

I go out and look for a good story to tell and if I like it enough and I decide to direct it, I become dangerously involved in becoming a part of that story.

I need to decide whether to apply for college or delay it for a couple of years while I pursue some more acting projects. Right now I'm trying to sort things out, so I can make the right choices.

I feel that the majority of people should decide for themselves what kind of government they want.

I don't want other people to decide who I am. I want to decide that for myself.

Sometimes all it takes to change a life is to decide which beliefs do not serve you and to literally change your mind about those beliefs.