John Hickenlooper Quotes

You have to really think about things before you do them.

When in doubt, take more time.

Sometimes you have to marinate instead of making a quick decision. I appreciate my instincts, but my instincts can be dead wrong. Circumspection can give you time.

I will confess that in general decisiveness worries me; it is often an excuse for being impatient with the details or insufficiently sensitive to other people's concerns.

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

Don't be in a hurry to change one evil for another.

Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences.

All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.

Don’t hurry to legislate.

Whenever a question is of some importance, it should not be decided on the day when it is submitted to you. Whenever it is not an urgent one, I make it a rule not to let any question be forced upon my immediate decision; … And even when in my mind I am disposed to accede, still I always keep the papers with me some little time before I return them.

I am always wary of decisions made hastily. I am always wary of the first decision, that is, the first thing that comes to my mind .... This is usually the wrong thing. I have to wait and assess, … taking the necessary time.

Generally, I have lot of patience, and I won't take a decision immediately on anything. I will think twice, thrice; then only I take a decision.

Take time for deliberation. Haste spoils everything.

Ponder and deliberate before you make a move.

Consider once before you give, twice before you receive, and a thousand times before you ask.

Clarity and decisiveness come from the willingness to slow down, to listen to and look at what’s happening.

I was always the kid at school who thought it was a good idea to set off the fire alarm. And much as I'm aware that that's a trait which also propels other things which are good, I wish I could just pause and go, 'Is this really what you want to do?'

My original opinion still stands. I don't think he should have put it out.

What do we tell our children? Haste makes waste. Look before you leap. Stop and think. Don't judge a book by its cover. We believe that we are always better off gathering as much information as possible and spending as much time as possible in deliberation.

An impatient person plays differently than a more patient person.

Every decision you make in life, not just on the sporting field - a lot of time and energy goes into it. You think things through before you make decisions and you always think the decision you make at the time is going to be the right one.

The rest is a mere matter of detail, to be settled with judgment, discretion, and caution.

I try to make good decisions as decisions come up.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

What is really a stretch to me is to make quick decisions.