Decided Quotes

We decided that the environment was an integral part of our policies and the political thrust of our government. We gave it the priority and we sustained it with the money required to make it happen.

All I knew about shot putting was that my [older] brother could do 44 feet. I decided I wanted to beat him. . . . So I got a shot and went to work and made up my mind to do 45 feet.

As far as I know, we have never before decided to fight a war with borrowed money and ask generations that come after us to pay for it.

I've decided that it's possible to love someone for entirely selfless reasons, for all of their flaws and weaknesses, and still not succeed in having them love you back.

I decided that my existence would be one of books and silence.

I decided that it's either, you know, if I want to have children, have a family and - and live a long life, I've got to make some real, real serious changes.

I decided I wanted to do something that was worthwhile and thought I would try architecture. There was not an architect in my family.

What more can life hold, than to know that because of your story, somebody out there has decided to read again!

It's like you wake up one morning, and decided that how you've been in the past doesn't have to define who you are in the future. Simple as that.

You may have the worst timing since Napoleon decided the dead of winter was the right moment to invade Russia.

I think," Jace said, "that you don't want to tell your secrets, so you decided to break up with Alec because...

I decided it was well past time to take him home and place him in bosom of his family. If you had rather I put him in an orphanage, I fully understand.

So you decided to help us by killing the guy we were talking to?" Clary demanded "Because you thought he had a shady past? Who- who does that? It doesnt make any sense.

I'm not a political person. When I start to get into it, it just upsets me. I feel so powerless when it comes to politics. So I've just decided to be non-political and very, very pro-soldier.

I always tend to say "no" to everything, but now I've decided to say "yes" to everything. Now, I'm doing all sorts of things that I would've said "no" to before.

I sort of plunged into filmmaking. I decided I'd jump off the deep end, so I started thinking about what kind of a movie I should try to make.

It is a great evil, as well as a misfortune, to be unable to utter a prompt and decided 'no'.

I've decided to do it, for the pure and simple reason that I just think it's the right thing to do.

I studied acting at Boston University. I was in the theater department there. Somewhere in there I decided that wasn't what I was going to do and I went to the B.F.A. film program at N.Y.U.

Vomit and feces are two reason I have decided not to procreate.

It wasn't until my last year of college, 1976, that I decided well, maybe he's right. Delbert had been pushing me since high school to put 100% into my music.

I really like the melody "Red Wine Is Good For My Heart" and people respond to it. I decided to put it on the album.

The expensive ones are for Starz. No. We decided, as part of our Encore strategy, to broaden and strengthen and help focus the Encore plexus by adding original programming.

But our leaders of today have decided it's more important to be popular, to say and do what's easy, and say yes rather than to say no, when no is what is required.

Music has a way of filling in the missing places. It is a gift from God above, who didn't have to provide it, but He did anyway and I half think He decided life just wouldn't be as good without it.

You aren't just voting for the president. So many issues that affect your everyday life are decided locally on that ballot as well. So go get that god damn sticker. Your country needs you.

At a really young age, I decided I was never going to feel helpless, I was never going to feel weak around a man, and I was never going to rely on anyone.

We have never pushed it far enough to know, but we decided 47 percent was the right percentage. You can quote us on that. It's very mathematical.

I decided that one day I had to make a film where the viewer couldn't possibly guess the end.

Little books are the things to write at my age, I've decided. Avoid the big ones, go for the little ones.

Yesterday in Egypt, archaeologists discovered the burial site for the 50 children of Ramses II...Fifty children! What I want to know is, who decided to name a condom after this guy?

The Chinese government launched China's first 24-hour news channel. And since the channel will only report stories that are favorable to the ruling party, they've decided to call it Fox News.

President Obama has decided that he wants his presidential library to be in Chicago, not Hawaii. Today Hawaii's governor said, 'Great, who's going to want to come to Hawaii now?'

Well, I decided earlier this year that I would run for president, and obviously I needed something to run on.

The country is in some trouble, because the media, which is supposed to provide a check and balance on government, has decided to stop doing that as a collective entity.

It took seven years from the day I decided I wanted to write fiction to actually getting a book published.

I decided to make news, not give it.

It's hard to find a play that's right for me to do. Rather than waiting around for the right script to come along, I decided to write one myself.

I've grown tired of resting on my laurels and have decided to start resting on my failures.

The circus goes from town to town, so why run away to join it? It should be, I've decided to wait for the circus to come.

After six years at Le Cirque, I decided to start my own business. I opened Daniel at 76th Street in May 93.

I decided that it might be interesting to have terrible things happen to orphans over and over again.

Now I worry. If people ended up liking me, did I do the job wrong? So I decided they didn't end up liking me - they ended up being able to deal with me.

Younger people are younger a little longer these days, so we know a lot of 32-year-olds who are still quite young, haven't quite gotten their life paths completely decided yet.

I played bass for a year, but I wasn't getting better at it, so I decided to stop so I could see my friends.

Instead of dumping all my money on an independent film that nobody would watch and most people would make fun of behind my back, I decided, 'I'm just going to buy a house.'

My early reviews were so bad that I decided I didn't want to read them again.

I was born in Mount Kisco, New York-although my family was living in the Bronx at the time. That's just where I decided to be born.

I learned to never say never and never say no, so I decided to go pro. I knew I'd have an opportunity to be a defensive player in the NFL.

I decided sitcoms weren't for me.