Sergei Lavrov Quotes

You can use all the quantitative data you can get, but you still have to distrust it and use your own intelligence and judgment.

I do not feel certain until I have confronted my initial solution with other solutions - although in fact the first solution often proves to be the right one.

I don't always trust my own instincts. It would be nice if someone else would tell me what I should do with my life!

If one knows only what one is told, one does not know enough to be able to arrive at a well-balanced decision.

If a man knows where to get good advice, it is as though he could supply it himself.

I feel like there's a voice in my head, always, telling me every idea is brilliant, and another telling me every idea is the worst. And they argue in my head until somebody wins, until I solicit an audience to be, like, 'Will you help me figure this out? Is this the best or the worst idea?' And they tell me!

I think the most important thing that young people should be taught at school is how they can decide what they're being told is true.

I don't like accepting things at face value.

I think those who have followed my political life would have known that I don't believe in just blind loyalty.

You've accepted a lot of things without evidence. Find out what the evidence is for that. Find out what the evidence is for everything that you accept.

Being surrounded by diverse points of view pushes us beyond our comfort zones. And when people and teams bring multiple perspectives and experiences to the table, the discussions are deeper, the decision-making process is better, and the solutions are stronger.

I'm not a momentary decision maker. I like well-informed decisions.

There's a lot of new subject matter to learn. You start slowly peeling the onion and start figuring out how the policy and the politics intersect.

I have to make sure I'm making the right play at the right time.

I don't make a decision till I see fit. That's why I'm so effective. My mind isn't predetermined.

Some of the best preparation I had for coming to Congress is being a football referee. Because you've got to make a decision, and no matter what you do, someone's unhappy with you.

There's never nothing wrong with taking the right advice.

Every time the Trump people challenge me, I bring the receipts.

If you're not certain about something, it might mean you should reach out to a person you trust for advice.

I don't believe everything I read.

Don't get me wrong. There's always situations where when it gets bigger than me, it's time to go talk to mama and daddy and God.

If you're informed, you make an informed choice. You understand the quality of certain things and you understand the history of certain things.

I try to educate the public and let them make the decisions for themselves.

But why allow someone to make a bad choice when a little information might engender a better one? It's hard to wake up and see the sun if the blinds are pulled.

For now, decisions are upon us and we cannot afford delay. We cannot mistake absolutism for principle or substitute spectacle for politics, or treat name-calling as reasoned debate.