Will Oldham Quotes

He who hesitates is poor.

I myself was completely torn by the decision to start Teach For America. There was a voice in my head telling me not to do it - to take a more normal path. I did have one thing going for me, which was that I had been rejected from all the other jobs I'd applied to.

I've made lots of mistakes. Probably the worst one - I would say they tie. It's either when I didn't move fast enough on something, or I didn't take a big enough risk.

I don't know if I would do this if I had to start over again.

You know it's easy to say you shouldn't do something and then something happens and you say, 'Wow, I wish I would have done something.'

I've been in a situation where I was after the money.

The more you turn down things, the more difficult it becomes to feel that the next one will be right.

I am very indecisive. I'm always afraid of making the wrong decision.

I try not to and I don't think I ever have just jumped at any opportunity because a company wanted me. Just because there was money on the table doesn't mean that I took it.

I'm trying not to put myself into anything I'm not 100 percent confident about.

I just cannot have an offer on the table and just let it go.

I've never understood why you would turn down a great role.

The people would think I was a fool for not having taken twice as much.

Money is killing football: people are making their decisions based on money.

Money is not the driving force behind my decisions to accept or reject a project.

I want my life to move on. On the other hand, I can't say no to offers, not when I'm getting £50,000 a year to be Eddie the Eagle.

I've done shows where I was the lead, but maybe it wasn't quite right - I took them because I wanted to move my career on.

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

I've never stayed awake at night over a chance I took that failed, but I've stayed awake over chances I didn't take.

I find it hard to take chances that might mean making bad decisions.

Indecision is the greatest thief of opportunity.

Sometimes you take something because it's an offer and it's big and it's good money and you have to absolutely respect that process, because it's not easier.

If you have any question in your mind, don't do it. If you go in thinking it's going to fix something that's wrong, don't do it.

I've never been offered a job that I turned down and regretted. I didn't have Stanley Kubrick offer me something and me say no.

Deliberando saepe perit occasio [The opportunity often slips away while we deliberate on it].