Famous quotes containing the word decided:
“when her husband came,
complaining about the tobacco spit on him,
they decided to run North
for a free evening.”
—Carole Gregory Clemmons (b. 1945)
“I must beg you to indulge me in the matter of hyphens.... You will find that I have marked out a great many in the proofs. We are in danger of Germanizing our printing by using them so much, and I have a very decided preference in the matter.”
—Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)
“By school age, many boys experience pressure to reveal inner feelings as humiliating. They think their mothers are saying to them, “You must be hiding something shameful.” And shucking clams is a snap compared to prying secrets out of a boy who’s decided to “clam up.””
—Ron Taffel (20th century)