Paul Samuelson Quotes

I was disappointed a little in Stevenson because I did think he couldn't make up his mind. It's the feeling I always had. Perhaps all of us have self-doubt, and we should have, and most of us do, but it doesn't show. It doesn't show as much as it did in Adlai; he seemed to do it in public.

I am someone who takes a lot of time before making a decision and then has to be fully behind it.

I don't like politicians who vacillate.

I'm a driven person, but I'm also cautious, and I overthink things sometimes.

I'm the guy who spends 15 minutes staring out of the window wondering what to have for lunch.

[Referring to Jimmy Carter:] Jimmy's basic problem is that he's super cautious. He looks before and after he leaps.

A leader who doesn’t hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.

To delay action until there Is one hundred percent certainty Is always to postpone political action forever.

Weak vacillating and tardy

A weak point of mine was maybe little resolve in governing and making decisions.

I believe there are various aspects of me - sometimes I am very capricious and cannot make up my mind, so I'm unpredictable!

Once he makes up his mind, he's full of indecision. - On Dwight D. Eisenhower

Timorous minds are much more inclined to deliberate than to resolve.

People who deliberate fully before they take a step will spend their lives on one leg

I somehow got this reputation of diddling and dithering. I don't remember dithering at all.

Do nothing till thou hast well considered the end of it.

Pleas'd me, long choosing and beginning late.

Irresolute men are sometimes very persistent in their undertakings, because if they give up their designs they would have to make a second resolution.

Many a man wins glory for prudence by seeking advice, then seeking advice as to what advice would be best to take, and finally following appetite.

I very rarely made any move to direct anything. I didn't have any faith in myself.

Simple it's not, I'm afraid you will find, for a mind maker-upper to make up his mind

Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.

We have 51 golf courses in Palm Springs. He [President Ford] never decides which course he will play until after the first tee shot.

Impulsiveness can be charming but deliberation can have an appeal, as well.

Well, if you're waitin' for a woman to make up her mind, you may have a a long wait.