Elias Canetti Quotes

No choice is the wrong choice as long as you make a choice. The only wrong choice is choosing not to make one.

As contemporary history reminds us we are human to the extent that we are able to chose between alternatives.

You are the sum total of the choices you make every day.

In the end, human history is made up of all our decisions.

I'm fascinated by human agency - by the process of decision, both in the individual and the mass.

I think there is choice possible to us at any moment, as long as we live. But there is no sacrifice. There is a choice, and the rest falls away. Second choice does not exist. Beware of those who talk about sacrifice.

Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape the necessity of choice.

You decide the things that ultimately you do. You have choices in this world, and that's how I live.

We are exactly where we have chosen to be.

We are all, right now, living the life we choose.

We do not choose the day of our birth nor may we choose the day of our death, yet choice is the sovereign faculty of the mind.

Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice.

Who do you want to be: the radical man who can make a choice in one second, or the man who never takes decisions? That's the question: who's the best? Actually, there is no best.

You are responsible for the choices you make in this life period, end of story.

Choices are a very important part of our lives.

We can choose, you know, we ain't no amoeba.

We cannot lead a choiceless life. Every day, every moment, every second, there is a choice. If it were not so, we would not be individuals.

When you grow up your mother says, 'Wear rubbers or you'll catch cold.' When you become an adult you discover that you have the right not to wear rubbers and to see if you catch cold or not. It's something like that.

I am very comfortable with the idea that we can override biology with free will.

It is only in our decisions that we are important.

The biggest privilege I've had in my life is being able to make a choice. If you make a choice, it can't be a wrong choice because it seemed like a good idea at the time.

It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.

The key to your universe is that you can choose.

I don't feel guilt. Whatever I wish to do, I do.

If I decide to be indecisive, that's my decision.