#decisions

But when others suggested that the poor should not simply be the objects of these programs but also the subjects - that they should be actively involved in shaping the programs, making decisions about how to spend the money etc. - some of the previous supporters reconsidered. ↗

— Barney Frank

#actively #also #decisions #etc #how

Hitler's economic revolution in Germany had reduced financial considerations to a point where they played no role in economic or political decisions. ↗

— Carroll Quigley

#decisions #economic #financial #germany #had

'Referring the matter to a committee' can be a device for diluting authority, diffusing responsibility and delaying decisions. ↗

— Antony Jay

#committee #decisions #device #matter #referring

When people are afraid, they make emotional decisions. ↗

— John Mellencamp

#decisions #emotional #make #people

Some decisions in life naturally lead to an unhappy ending, leaving you sinking by degrees in a lake of quicksand.  And, unless someone reaches to pull you out, chances are you will drown in the consequences. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#choices #conclusion #consequences #decisions #effect

Most of life's actions are within our reach, but decisions take willpower. ↗

— Robert McKee

#capability #decisions #determination #life #willpower

I know when something is too important to be decided by logic. ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#logic #love #romance #love

Don’t think about it. Don’t think about what could have been. It’s too unbearable. ↗

— Sophie Kinsella

#humor #life #humor

I must have a prodigious amount of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up! ↗

— Mark Twain

#humor #mind #humor

I paused for a moment, debating whether to turn and look what was happening. My senses told me Obo’s presence was still at my side, and turning my face into the barrel of a gun seemed like an ill-advised way to cap off this day of monumentally stupid decisions. ↗

— M.A. George

#paranormal-romance #sarcastic-humor #stupid-decisions #humor