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Choice Quotes

On decisions that carry real weight.

These choice quotes explore decision-making at very different scales — personal control through encryption, an artist's preference for theatre because of its immediate audience reaction, and game design built entirely around choice and consequence. One line looks back critically at how public support for the Iraq war leaned on fear linking 9/11 to unproven weapons claims, a sober historical reflection. See Choose quotes for a closely related angle.

To handle the economy and services in a country like Iraq requires delegation of authority and the choice of competent people.

Quotes by Ahmed Chalabi

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

Quotes by Aeschylus

My sister plays for PSG. My brother played, too, but not professionally. So I had no choice!

Quotes by Ada Hegerberg

I have to be able to rap. I don't have the look. I don't have the typical slim-dude, fancy-clothes look. That's not me. I have to be able to rap - there is no other choice, or else I get...

Quotes by Action Bronson

Choices Quotes

You don't have a choice about fashion or aesthetics - you're in it, whether you like it or not.

Quotes by A. A. Gill

The war of choice in Iraq could never have gained the congressional support it got without the psychological linkage between the shock of 9/11 and the postulated existence of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.

Quotes by Zbigniew Brzezinski

When you're an actor, wealth is about choice.

Quotes by Zawe Ashton

Responsible statesmen have only one choice - to do everything possible to prevent a nuclear catastrophe. Any other position is short-sighted; more so, it is suicidal.

Quotes by Yuri Andropov

We have a choice - we can both think and feel, using our heads and our hearts.

Quotes by Yakov Smirnoff

Choose Quotes

Is a decision made in advance really any kind of choice.

Quotes by Wislawa Szymborska

Ninety-nine percent of the world's lovers are not with their first choice. That's what makes the jukebox play.

Quotes by Willie Nelson

Here is no choice but either do or die.

Quotes by William Wallace

We hold our hate too choice a thing, for light and careless lavishing.

Quotes by William Watson

When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself a choice.

Quotes by William James

Chooses Quotes

It is almost impossible for anyone, even the most ineffective among us, to continue to choose misery after becoming aware that it is a choice.

Quotes by William Glasser

When a nationwide injunction constrains a significant executive policy, the Justice Department has little choice but to seek emergency relief.

Quotes by William Barr

I thought cryptography was a technique that did not require your trusting other people-that if you encrypted your files, you would have the control to make the choice as to whether you would surrender your files.

Quotes by Whitfield Diffie

I love theatre because that is my foundation. So, if I had to make a choice in terms of where I get the most fulfillments, it would be theatre. The reaction is so immediate, unlike with TV and film.

Quotes by Wendy Raquel Robinson

The heart of the gameplay is still about choice and consequence, which is what I've been doing since the '80s.

Quotes by Warren Spector

Choosing Quotes

At the beginning of all experimental work stands the choice of the appropriate technique of investigation.

Quotes by Walter Rudolf Hess

Frequently Asked Questions

What does the cryptography quote say about choice?
It ties encryption to personal control: "I thought cryptography was a technique that did not require your trusting other people" — the idea being that encrypting your own files gives you the choice of what to share, without depending on someone else's discretion.
Is there a quote about choosing a career in theatre?
Yes: "I love theatre because that is my foundation." and the speaker adds, "if I had to make a choice in terms of where I get the most fulfillments, it would be theatre." noting that "The reaction is so immediate, unlike with TV and film."
What does "the heart of the gameplay is still about choice and consequence" mean?
It's a game designer summarizing a decades-long philosophy: "The heart of the gameplay is still about choice and consequence, which is what I've been doing since the '80s" — consequence-driven decision-making as a throughline across their career.
Is there a quote here with a critical opinion about the Iraq War?
Yes — one is a pointed, controversial claim linking the Iraq War's congressional support to public fear after 9/11: "The war of choice in Iraq could never have gained the congressional support it got without the psychological linkage between the shock of 9/11" and what the quote describes as the assumed presence of unconventional Iraqi weapons. This is presented strictly as that speaker's own critical opinion about how the war was justified, not as a fact this page takes a side on.
Where can I find more quotes about making decisions?
Decision quotes and Choosing quotes cover the broader theme of decision-making found throughout this page.

Together these lines treat choice as something with real weight, not just a simple preference. Browse Choices or Chooses quotes for more on decisions and their consequences.