quotations about choice
I have given you the power of choice, and you only alternate
Between futile speculation and unconsidered action.
T. S. ELIOT
The Rock
Indecision just can't make up your mind
Is there a solution anyway
You say I'm not the only one who could take you there
Choices choices choices
BUZZCOCKS
"Choices", Modern
Choice is nothing in itself; everything depends on what one is able to choose.
HAROLD O. J. BROWN
"The Language of Life"
When you talk about choice
As if it's something we were born with
This choice is for some but not for everyone
THE BLOW MONKEYS
"Choice?"
The more you pick and choose, the more you stand to lose.
YIDDISH PROVERB
We are free up to the point of choice, and then the choice controls the chooser.
MARY CROWLEY
String of Pearls
What happens if your choice is misguided,
You must try to correct it
But what if it’s too late? What if you can’t?
Then you must find a way to live with it.
LIBBA BRAY
A Great and Terrible Beauty
We're not hurtling down a pre-determined path towards a foregone conclusion. We people, all of us, we make thousands of decisions a day, little ones, tiny ones... You take all those choices times all the people in the world...and you have to conclude the future's not set. It can't be. And that's the best part about being alive: it's always new, it's always surprising!
JOE DUBOIS
"Allison Rolen Got Married", Medium
Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, he holds the key to every situation.
JAMES ALLEN
As a Man Thinketh
Never choose your women or linen by candlelight.
FRENCH PROVERB
There are times when the only choices you have left are bad ones.
AGENT PHILLIP BROYLES
"Jacksonville", Fringe
There are no safe choices. Only other choices.
LIBBA BRAY
A Great and Terrible Beauty
Choice is the declaration by self that a certain ideal of self shall be realized.
JOHN DEWEY
Psychology
The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
DAVID RUSSELL
attributed, Quote Unquote
When you make a choice, you change the future.
DEEPAK CHOPRA
The Seven Spiritual Laws for Parents
The spirit of a man is constructed out of his choices.
IRVIN D. YALOM
When Nietzsche Wept
The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.
GEORGE ELIOT
Daniel Deronda
Did it ever occur to you that you're so caught up in trying to make the right choice that you've never stopped to consider the possibility that there may not be a right choice, or a wrong choice, just a bunch of choices?
JACK McPHEE
"A Winter's Tale", Dawson's Cree
I'm trying to free your mind ... but I can only show you the door. You're the one that has to walk through it.
MORPHEUS
The Matrix
Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
speech before the Virginia Democratic Association, Feb. 22, 1899