There are some choices you can only make once. You can't go back to where you made a choice and then take the other one.

The nature of judging is special from other decision making, ... They have to suppress their gut instincts and rule from precedents, the rule of law.

If someone tells you he is going to make "a realistic decision", you immediately understand that he is going to do something bad.

It's the most difficult [decision] I've made in my entire life, except the one I made in 1978 when I decided to get a bikini wax.

Seize what's been handed you. Make smart decisions. Make decisions because life is a temporary situation.

He made that decision based on a lot of personal things going on in his life, so I certainly don't fault him for deciding not to run, ... We will have many good candidates and our party's going to have to decide who we want, who the best candidate is to take on Blagojevich.