— R.
Be willing to make decisions. That’s the most important quality in a good leader. Don’t fall victim to what I call the “ready-aim-aim-aim-aim syndrome.” You must be willing to fire.
— T. Boone Pickens
Decision is a sharp knife that cuts clean and straight; indecision, a dull one that hacks and tears and leaves ragged edges behind it.
— Gordon Graham
At the last moment there is always a reason not existing before — namely, the impossibility of further vacillation.
— George Eliot
The man who see both sides of the question is a man who sees absolutely nothing.
— Oscar Wilde
We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.
— Aneurin Bevan
The man who knows when not to act is wise. To my mind, bravery is forethought.
— Euripides
Equivocation is halfway to lying, and lying the whole way to hell.
— William Penn
If someone tells you he is going to make a “realistic decision,” you immediately understand that he has resolved to do something bad.
— Mary McCarthy
He would come in and say he changed his mind — which was a gilded figure of speech, because he didn’t have any.
— Mark Twain
A decision is the action an executive must take when he has information so incomplete that the answer does not suggest itself.
— Arthur W. Radford
We’ll jump off that bridge when we come to it.
— Lester B. Pearson
When you do say Yes, say it quickly. But always take a half hour to say No, so you can understand the other fellow’s side.
— Francis Cardinal Spellman
When a person tells you “I’ll let you know” — you know.
— Olin Miller
Sir Stafford has a brilliant mind until it is made up.
— Margot Asquith (attrib.), regarding Sir
“Sayings”
His indecision is final.
He who hesitates is lost.
He who hesitates buys the stock two points higher.
“Joke”
Wendy found that her difficulty making even the simplest decisions was causing her problems on the job. Finally she decided to seek professional help.
“Tell me, Wendy,” the psychiatrist began gently, “I understand you have trouble making decisions. Is that so?”
Wendy’s brow furrowed. “Well, “ she finally answered, “yes...and no.”
