Don't ever make decisions when you're on morphine.
You said, "If it's meant to be, fate will bring us together again." For a second I thought, are you really that naive? Do you really believe that fate works like this? It's like she's in heaven watching us. It's like she has five fingers and all she cares about is moving us around like chess pieces. As if it's not a choice that we make ourselves. Who taught you that? Tell me, who convinced you that our heart and mind are worthless? That our actions do not determine what will happen to us? I want to shout at you and exclaim: "We are the fools. Only we ourselves are able to bring us together." But instead I sit quietly. I smile silently, even though my lips are trembling. Isn't it tragic that I see everything so clearly and he doesn't?
La vibration de mon mollet gauche est Un grand signe chez moi
Don't promise when you're happy, don't reply when you're angry, and don't decide when you're sad.
It’s nice to be alone. You’re free to decide what to eat, what to buy, what movie to see.
— There was a nuclear war. A few years from now... all this, this whole place, everything... it's gone. Just gone. There were survivors. Here, there. Nobody even knew who started it. It was the machines, Sarah.
— I don't understand.
— Defense network computers. New, powerful... hooked into everything, trusted to run it all. They say it got smart... a new order of intelligence. Then it saw all people as a threat. Not just the ones on the other side. It decided our fate in a microsecond. Extermination.
One consequence of buying a bad-fitting pair of jeans when there is only one kind to buy is that when you are dissatisfied and you ask why, who's responsible, the answer is clear: the world is responsible. What could you do? When there are hundreds of different styles of jeans available and you buy one that is disappointing and you ask why, who's responsible, it is equally clear that the answer to the question is "you." You could have done better. With a hundred different kinds of jeans on display, there is no excuse for failure. And so when people make decisions, and even though the results of the decisions are good, they feel disappointed about them; they blame themselves.
Explanation:
TEDGlobal 2005: The paradox of choice
There is a moment when you have to choose whether to be silent or to stand up.
— After careful consideration, I've decided not to endorse your park.
— So have I.
Marty, we all have to make decisions... that affect the course of our lives.