Shared Decision Quotes

That which two will, takes effect.

When I was about 12, I was studying Chinese and ballet with my brother, and one morning Jonathan said to me, 'I don't think I'm going to go to ballet class anymore,' and I looked at him and said, 'You know, I don't think I'm going to go to Chinese class anymore.'

Sometimes everyone is foreign minister.

There was never any question about it: we [with Yoko Ono] had to have a 50-50 relationship or there was no relationship, I was quick to learn.

Collaborate, don't dictate.

Solitary decisions, no matter how well-founded they may appear to individuals, must belong to the past - along with national, unilateralist action.

I have always believed in evolving a consensus before taking any major decision.

Senators, like everyone else, want to feel a part of this decision-making process. They want to feel included.

I advocate for a totally new view of the role of the patient: patient as engaged partner, not passive recipient.

There's not democracy in the workplace. I mean, through most of our daily lives, the idea of democracy is fairly nonexistent. And I think things work better when the people who have to work with whatever it is we're working with have a say in how it's working.

We've been married for 60 years. We don't buy anything anymore without being on the same page.

When I do something, I consult my family, so that when you get me, you get my whole family.

If I had taken a proprietary control of the Web, then it would never have taken off. People only committed their time to it because they knew it was open, shared: that they could help decide what would happen to it next.. and I wouldn't be raking off 10%!

It's not just the manager who makes the decision, it's the player who makes the decision. They both decide fifty-fifty to make a decision.

I would suggest respectfully to the president that he is not the sole decider. The decider is a shared and joint responsibility.

Did I choose you? Did you choose me? And what difference does it make? All that really matters, friend, is that we chose together.

You cannot have an integrated world and have your say all the time. America can lead the world towards that, but we cannot dominate and run the world in that direction. There is a big difference.

When two people compliment each other with the choice of anything, each of them generally gets that which he likes least.

A good expedition doesn't need a leader at all. You are deciding day by day, discussing it in a democratic way.

No decision about me, without me.

My dad in particular I tend to use - I call him 'The Brain.' If he's accessible, I'd rather put it through his brain. My wife, Melissa, maintains that the closer he is in proximity to me, the less I think for myself. And I think she's actually correct. So anything worth mulling over, I will mull over with my father, and that includes ratings.