Decision quotes

“The thing about trains... it doesn't matter where they're going. What matters is deciding to get on.”
Tom Hanks - Conductor

“- Marty McFly: What about my future?
- Dr. Emmett Brown: I can't tell you. It might make things worse.
- Marty McFly: Wait a minute, Doc. What is wrong with my future?
- Dr. Emmett Brown: Marty, we all have to make decisions that affect the course of our lives. You've gotta do what you've gotta do. And I've gotta do what I've gotta do.”
Michael J. Fox - Marty McFly
Chris Lloyd - Dr. Emmett Brown

“Sir, I am prepared to wait for your answer till Hell freezes over, if that's your decision.”

Michael Fairman - Adlai Stevenson

“- Moocher: Mike, the time comes when we just all have to go our own ways, you know.
- Mike: You're a real adult, aren't ya. B-town boy grows up.”
Jackie Earle Haley - Moocher
Dennis Quaid - Mike

“General, the President is basing his decisions on some really bad information right now. And if you shut me out, your family, and my family, and twenty-five million other families will be dead in thirty minutes.”
Ben Affleck - Jack Ryan

“You want to go on an expedition? Take a trolley to the Potomac and jump in! Maybe the cold water will clear your head.”

David Ogden Stiers - Fenton Q. Harcourt

“Sandurz, Sandurz. You got to help me. I don't know what to do. I can't make decisions. I'm a president!”

Mel Brooks - President Skroob

“I immediately regret this decision.”

Will Ferrell - Ron Burgundy

“- Harry Dalton: Your volcano might just be waking up.
- Les: You're talking about the evacuation of 7,400 people. You don't think that's extreme?
- Harry Dalton: All I'm talking about…is you consider alerting the town to the possibility of an evacuation.”
Pierce Brosnan - Harry Dalton
Brian Reddy - Les Worrell

“Marty, the future isn't written. It can be changed. You know that. Anyone can make their future whatever they want it to be.”
Chris Lloyd - Dr. Emmett Brown

“I'll tell you a secret. The last act makes a film. Wow them in the end, and you got a hit. You can have flaws, problems, but wow them in the end, and you've got a hit. Find an ending, but don't cheat, and don't you dare bring in a deus ex machina. Your characters must change, and the change must come from them.”
Brian Cox - Robert McKee

“- Joe Black: While you were shaving this morning, you weren't just shaving, you weren't just shaving.
- William Parrish: What do you mean?
- Joe Black: You were hatching ideas, making plans, arriving at decisions, right?”
Brad Pitt - Joe Black
Philip Anthony Hopkins - William Parrish

“I'll be the one who's gonna decide who my husband should marry!”
Demi Moore - Marina Lemke

“Since you men haven't reached a decision, the only proper thing for me to do is to put both my husbands in the guest room!”

Jean Arthur - Vicky Lowndes

“Why can't you be in a good mood? How hard is it to decide to be in a good mood and be in a good mood once in a while?”
John Cusack - Lloyd Dobler

“What's going to become of you? It's up to you to decide. If you stay in this town, you are lost.”

Alphonse Ethier - Cragg

“While you're in the maze, you go through willy nilly, turning where you think you have to turn; banging into the dead ends. One thing after another. But you get some distance on it, and all those twists and turns, why, they're the shape of your life. It's hard to explain. But seeing it whole gives you some peace.”
Billy Bob Thornton - Ed Crane

“We are all faced throughout our lives with agonizing decisions. Moral choices.”
Martin Bergmann - Professor Levy

“My brother, your father, he and I. Opposites. But I never doubted his love. He would do anything for me. But his temper. Clouded his judgement. I don't want to see the same thing happen to you.”

Al Pacino - Michael Corleone

“- Peggy Schuyler: Roger, you go to court tomorrow, we're through.
- Roger Cobb: If I don't, your father will have my balls.
- Peggy Schuyler: Then it's either me or your balls. You can't have both.”
Madolyn Smith Osborne - Peggy Schuyler
Steve Martin - Roger Cobb

“When she was young, foolish, I made decisions for her, always the right decisions. One would think a child would wish to repay her mother's love and kindness.”

Gladys Cooper - Mrs. Henry Vale

“- Adam Gibson: Who gets to decide who lives or dies? You?
- Michael Drucker: You've got a better idea?”
Arnold Schwarzenegger - Adam Gibson
Tony Goldwyn - Michael Drucker

“- Kira Watanabe: You cannot go through with this. It's obvious, you don't really love Chas or Chuckie.
- Coco LaBouche: Which is which, again?”

Julia Kato - Kira Watanabe
Susan Sarandon - Coco LaBouche

“- Tony: We've put our heads together, and we've decided we're gonna rip off the Arab, on the road, during the car race.
- Don Don Canneloni: Oh, you put your heads together, huh? It must've sounded like a bowling alley.”
Alex Rocco - Tony
Charles Nelson Reilly - Don Don Canneloni

I know you think restoring this cabin is a crazy idea, but what if it's not? What if I'm learning about myself as I go, realizing that if I can do this, I can do anything? So I take a step, I think "Is this crazy? Should I stop?". Then I think "Not yet, there's always time to turn back if I want so", I take another step... and another... and... (continue)(continue reading)
Jeff Bridges - Barney Cousins