H. L. Mencken Quotes

Firmness in decision is often merely a form of stupidity. It indicates an inability to think the same thing out twice.

H. L. Mencken

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• If a decision-making process is flawed and dysfunctional, decisions will go awry.

  

  Carly Fiorina
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• Europe, the U.S., and their allies can defeat the terrorists of Islamic State, or ISIS. The first step is making the decision to fight back. The next step is understanding that drones and standoff missiles will not be enough. Ground troops will be needed.

  

  Naftali Bennett
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• Migration - whether emigration or return - at the micro level is an individual choice, and government both at the Centre and the states have role only to facilitate the decision of the individuals.

  

  Vayalar Ravi
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• The chef can be very innovative, but the decision is made by the customer.

  

  Barry Lam
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• Capitalism works better from every perspective when the economic decision makers are forced to share power with those who will be affected by those decisions.

  

  Barney Frank
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• Towards the end of February 1928, I took the decision of using brilliant monochromatic illumination obtained by the aid of the commercially available mercury arcs sealed in quartz tubes.

  

  C. V. Raman
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  • End
  • February

• If you're going to write thrillers, you have to make a decision if you are going to be realistic or go off and over.

  

  Karin Slaughter
  • You
  • Decision
  • Over

• I'm a Libra. That means that I can make a decision, but only after much thought.

  

  P. J. Harvey
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  • Thought
  • I Can

• Voting to go on strike is not a decision working people take lightly and is always accompanied by a strong sense of injustice at work. The impact of losing a day's pay is significant, not least for those in the lowest paid jobs who are already on the tightest budgets.

  

  Frances O'Grady
  • People
  • Work
  • Strong

• I'm sure that was the right step, even though, formally speaking, it may seem disadvantageous for a president to resign. But, looking into what is happening today and what is going to happen in the future, I think history will show I made the right decision.

  

  Eduard Shevardnadze
  • May
  • History
  • Future

• I made the decision to come back to New York, quit my job and move to Paris.

  

  Ed Bradley
  • Job
  • Decision
  • New York

• When team members openly and passionately share their opinions about a decision, they don't wonder whether anyone is holding back. Then, when the leader has to step in and make a decision because there is no easy consensus, team members will accept that decision because they know that their ideas were heard and considered.

  

  Patrick Lencioni
  • Team
  • Decision
  • Wonder

• It's fairness to say those who work hard, get up in the morning, cut their cloth - in other words 'we can only afford to have one or two children because we don't earn enough'. They pay their taxes and they want to know that the same kind of decision-making is taking place for those on benefits.

  

  Iain Duncan Smith
  • Up
  • Work
  • Children

• I am pro-choice, but I don't consider that inconsistent at all with pro-life - there's no way that having an abortion, ever, is an easy decision, and it more often errs on the side of absolutely wrenching, not to mention physically debilitating.

  

  Rachel Sklar
  • Life
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• I'm never certain of a performance - my own or the other actors' - or the script or anything... But to me it seems there's only one place in the world the camera can be, and the decision usually comes immediately.

  

  Orson Welles
  • World
  • Decision
  • Performance

• I was very clear that I wanted to keep 'Thor' out of the rest of the Marvel universe for no less than the first six issues. And the success of the book, I think, speaks well to that decision.

  

  J. Michael Straczynski
  • Book
  • Success
  • Universe

• The Constitution's pretty clear. The Federalist papers are pretty clear... They very specifically delegated the power to declare war to Congress. They wanted this to be a congressional decision; they did not want war to be engaged in by the executive without approval of Congress.

  

  Rand Paul
  • Power
  • War
  • Pretty

• The first time I saw my look on a real person was in Paris, and I felt a little shock, a little thrill that went through my body. And that thrill never goes away - never.

  

  Prabal Gurung
  • Time
  • Real
  • Paris

• It is often wise to reveal that which cannot be concealed for long.

  

  Friedrich Schiller
  • Long
  • Wise

• Any film, or to me any creative endeavour, no matter who you're working with, is, in many cases, a wonderful experience.

  

  Martin Scorsese
  • Experience

• Drinking is the soldier’s pleasure;Rich the treasure;Sweet the pleasure;Sweet is pleasure after pain.

  

  John Dryden
  • Pain
  • Sweet
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• Let's fill our minds with thoughts of peace, courage, health, and hope, for "our life is what our thoughts make it."

  

  Dale Carnegie
  • Life
  • Hope
  • Peace

• Firmness in decision is often merely a form of stupidity. It indicates an inability to think the same thing out twice.

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • Decision