Patrick Marber Quotes

Look. I brought you here to give you a choice-" "You didn't bring us here," said Nick. "You're here," said Bod. "I wanted you here. I came here. You followed me. Same thing.

I don't really have control over my path - only the Lord does - but I do have control over my decisions.

Behaviors are a choice. Feelings are sometimes out of our control. Behavior has to do with choices.

To be offended is a choice we make; it is not a condition inflicted or imposed upon us by someone or something else.

Everything is something you decide to do, and there is nothing you have to do.

I think it is important to remind people of the extent of our free will.

Every man must decide for himself whether he shall master his world or be mastered by it.

When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man.

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

I'm in control of the positions that I allow myself to be in.

You are where you are today because you have chosen to be there.

If I ever stop acting, I'd like to be the author of that decision.

Between stimulus and response, there is a space where we choose our response.

Everyone has to make their own decisions. I still believe in that. You just have to be able to accept the consequences without complaining.

Man is fully responsible for his nature and his choices.

For my life, I need to make my own choices.

We can't determine our emotions, but we can choose our attitudes and actions.

I don't like this terminology that you have no choice. You always have a choice.

If we become aware of what's happening before we act, behaviour becomes a function of choice rather than a result of an impulse or trigger. You begin to control your world more as opposed to the outside world controlling you.

Where I play is not for me to decide.

I don't believe in luck. I don't believe in destiny. Instead, I believe that our lives are powered by countless microdecisions.

Fundamentally, we are a product of choice, not nature (genes) or nurture (upbringing, environment).

But the Hebrew word, the word timshel—‘Thou mayest’— that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That says the way is open. That throws it right back on a man. For if ‘Thou mayest’—it is also true that ‘Thou mayest not.

We are not forced into unpleasant activities. We either allow them to come about or we encourage them to come about.

Strictly speaking, we do not make decisions. Decisions make us.