I do not decide that skirts shall be short or long. The shape of the dress itself often dictates the length.
When a judge assumes the power to decide which distinctions made in a statute are legitimate and which are not, he assumes the power to disapprove of any and all legislation, because all legislation makes distinctions.
A judge sworn to decide impartially can offer no forecasts, no hints, for that would show not only disregard for the specifics of the particular case, it would display disdain for the entire judicial process.
We are here simply to decide whether Congress should take the taxpayer dollars of millions of pro-life Americans and use them to fund the destruction of human embryos for research.
When the president and the prime minister decide to implement reforms, they have all the measures they need to pass them and enforce them.
People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.
The world is fixated on defining and redefining what is feminine. That is for every individual to decide for herself.
Foreign aid should not be automatic. Countries should have to make their case every year, and American officials should openly decide what, if anything, to fund.
I didn't know why dessert was invented or what function it was meant to perform. Raising livestock and the harvesting of grains are ancient activities, but when did humankind decide it also needed creme brulee?
My intention is to ask the courts and people of Hong Kong to decide my fate.
Historical hypocrites have themselves carried out the very human rights abuses that they suddenly decide warrant intervention elsewhere.
If I decide to be indecisive, that's my decision.
I guess I'm fairly insistent and maybe consistent. If I decide I'll do something, I generally will.
I've always been intrigued by the way history works, the way we decide what is mentioned.
I remember the early days when every month I had to decide whether I should continue to lease a typewriter or if I could finally afford to buy it. Yes, that $12 a month really made a difference in our budget.
Presidents have to decide what their popularity is for. Lyndon Johnson probably understood best that political popularity is a wasting asset. You had to use it when you had it.
It's hard to decide if TV makes morons out of everyone, or if it mirrors Americans who really are morons to begin with.
In Parliament we debate on and we decide the laws that are going to govern the country.
I'm really a scientist. I follow recipes exactly - until I decide not to. And then I'll follow something else exactly. I may decide I could turn this peach tart into a plum tart, but if I'm following a recipe, I follow it exactly.
The Book of Mormon is concrete and solid, they can hold it, and they can visualize that they have to pray to decide if this physical thing is true. There is no room for interpretation.
