There's an old rule in neuroscience that does not alter with age: use it or lose it. It is a very hopeful principle when applied to critical thought in the reading brain because it implies choice.
Economics is a choice between alternatives all the time. Those are the trade-offs.
We must re-ignite that American spirit in order to create good jobs, to keep America safe from terror, to replace Obamacare with consumer choice solutions, and to secure our borders.
And so it is, that both the Devil and the angelic Spirit present us with objects of desire to awaken our power of choice.
We are not animals. We are not a product of what has happened to us in our past. We have the power of choice.
Being funny wasn't a career choice growing up, it was my way out of situations; a way to survive another day.
I would've liked to have been Poussin, if I'd had a choice, in another time.
I want to avoid locking people into solutions that work only with Postfix. People should have a choice in what software they want to use with Postfix, be it anti-virus or otherwise.
It is a false choice to tell Israel that it has to choose between peace on the one hand and security on the other. The United Nations would not ask any other country to make that choice, and it should not ask it of Israel.
Most of us have hoped and prayed for something to happen a certain way, but it didn't. And when this happened, we had a choice to make: to react with offense toward God or to trust Him anyway.
Artists, musicians, scientists - if you have any kind of visionary aptitude, it's often something that you don't have a choice in. You have to do it.
Emotion is the surest arbiter of a poetic choice, and it is the priest of all supreme unions in the mind.
Men have the choice to arrange their schedules so they can pick up the kids from school twice a week. And they have the choice not to, and then to feel guilty about this choice.
With the Rhythm Kings, I can involve myself in arranging and producing the music as well as the choice of songs.
It would be unthinkable to have a top-ten list of multiple narrative novels that doesn't include David Mitchell. 'Cloud Atlas' is the most obvious choice, but I have opted for Mitchell's slightly lesser known debut, 'Ghostwritten.'
You almost have no choice but to continue to innovate because if you don't, you are likely to atrophy rather than expand.
I believe that women have the right to wear any attire that suits their comfort. And above all, every individual has the right to wear an attire of their choice, and no one can deny that.
We choose what attitudes we have right now. And it's a continuing choice.
Work ethic is important because, unlike intelligence, athleticism, charisma, or any other natural attribute, it's a choice.
My injuries are more due to attrition than accidents. I have a couple of herniated discs in my neck, and that more than anything else - I had a flare-up last December, and I had actually made the decision to retire before that, but that just cemented the choice. I was flat on my back.
