Takeshi Kitano Quotes

I've never regretted saying no to anything, or finishing something. When I'm in the middle of doing something I love, I can have a better idea, and I'll go, "Oh God, I can't finish this." Maybe I've got some sort of disorder.

Truly, I am a woman of the last minute. When I was pregnant, I organised three different hospitals because I couldn't decide where I wanted to have my baby: London, Rome or Paris. In the end, I decided to go to Rome, arrived on the Monday and gave birth on the Saturday.

I am not a good decision maker; that's one of the things I don't like about myself.

I have hesitation making any kind of decision, really in my life. I'm really slow at it.

The woman that deliberates is lost.

Being stubborn can be a good thing. Being stubborn can be a bad thing. It just depends on how you use it.

I'm pathologically incapable of making decisions. Just ask my wife how long it took me to propose - on second thought, best not to bring it up.

Fear of decision-making is one thing I personally resist, and I'm trying to encourage others to resist as well.

If you play scared, your decision making slows down and that's when you run into more trouble.

He to whom many objects of pursuit arise at the same time, will frequently hesitate between different desires till a rival has precluded him, or change his course as new attractions prevail, and harass himself without advancing.

Perhaps I really regard myself as an intelligent man only because throughout my entire life I've never been able to start or finish anything.

I'm the most indecisive person in the world. I'll do three versions of a song, then think, "Is the demo better?"

Malander had an idea and was trying to work it out, but it would take him time. Sometimes people never saw things clearly until it was too late and they no longer had the strength to start again. Or else they forgot their idea along the way and didn't even realise that they forgotten.

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

I never make my mind up about anything at all, until it's over and done with.

When the mind is in a state of uncertainty the smallest impulse directs it to either side.

When I'm tired and therefore indecisive, it can take half an hour to choose the book I am going to have with me while I brush my teeth.

But I still feel I waste a lot of time leaning on my elbow and thinking to myself, 'alright sucker, now what?'

A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance.

If you don't make up your mind, your unmade mind will unmake you.

If you hesitate to map out your future, to make a big plan or to set a goal, you've just gone ahead and mapped your future anyway.

The man of decision cannot be stopped! The man of indecision cannot be started! Take your own choice.

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