Anthony Kennedy Quotes

Ambiguity in directors is a hard thing to deal with.

Indecision may or may not be my problem.

As a director, I never feel that I have the answers.

I don't really know why I went to law school.

I am not yet ready to be Tsar. I know nothing of the business of ruling.

As a first-time CEO, I wasn't sure if I would scale to run IronPort long-term. But I wanted a legitimate shot at it.

I was disappointed a little in Stevenson because I did think he couldn't make up his mind. It's the feeling I always had. Perhaps all of us have self-doubt, and we should have, and most of us do, but it doesn't show. It doesn't show as much as it did in Adlai; he seemed to do it in public.

I don't feel qualified to be President either, but I've got the job.

When there are three leaders to look up to, who exactly should I follow?

Be decisive even when confused – especially when confused.

I am overwhelmed by confusion and trepidation…. I have no talent for making laws

I hope to God that I know what I am doing.

A leader with no doubts leads badly.

I want what's best for our country. I'm not sure I can figure that out.

You don't know how many times I was in the huddle, asking my teammates to help me call a play.

I'm not good with decisions.

Sometimes, I'm not sure why I wind up doing some of the things I do.

Why did I choose to be a goalkeeper? I don't know - it is good question. I have asked myself many times when things have not being going well.

A leader who is confused or confusing causes too much anxiety, and a leader who is too controlling is revealing more insecurity and a lack of leadership.

Some are young people who don't know who they are, what they can be or even want to be. They are afraid, but they don't know of what. They are angry, but they don't know at whom. They are rejected and they don't know why. All they want is to be somebody.

After so many years it's embarrassing to admit that I don't honestly know how much I want to be directed.

Pooh looked at his two paws. He knew that one of them was the right, and he knew that when you had decided which one of them was the right, then the other one was the left, but he never could remember how to begin.

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

I know one thing for certain; it is much harder to tell whether you are lost than whether you were lost, for, on many occasions, where you are going is exactly where you are. On the other hand, if you often find that where you've been is not at all where you should have gone, and, since it's much more difficult to find your way back from someplace you've never left, I suggest you go there immediately and then decide.

I mean maybe I was holding all the aces, but what was the game?