Pros And Cons Quotes

Throughout chess history, great debates have raged about the pros and cons of hanging pawns. The debates are nonsense; the answer is cut and dried. If the pawns can be attacked and forced to move forward, they are weak. If they can be defended and remain where they are, they are strong.

You may think I’m doing this without taking the time to really think it through, and you’re absolutely right. It would take me the rest of my life to think this thing through. But it’s while you’re thinking, while you’re weighing the pros and cons, that life goes on. It passes by you while you’re doing nothing. – Arthur

I think being a woman in any business that’s dominated by men, you have your garden variety pros and cons, where you learn how to focus and harness your various powers and weaknesses for better or for good.

When confronted with two courses of action I jot down on a piece of paper all the arguments in favor of each one, then on the opposite side I write the arguments against each one. Then by weighing the arguments pro and con and cancelling them out, one against the other, I take the course indicated by what remains.

I guided my heap into the heart of Capitol Hill wondering for the first time in fourteen years what I could do to get money besides drive cabs or rob banks. Both occupations had their pros and cons. For instance, bank robbery isn’t quite as dangerous as cab driving, but it pays better.

I approve designs not because I think I am more gifted or somebody who can see ahead three or four years from now, but just to make sure that the design is a logical, rational decision, taken after analyzing pros and cons.

The one benefit of having done all kinds of movies as an actor is, you learn the pros and cons of being tempted to do a really big movie because it costs a lot of money.

Every job has its pros and cons. The NFL just has more of both.

I grew up understanding the pros and cons of what you’re getting into and knowing what comes with your job. I like to keep my private life private, and then work is work. I feel so far I’ve had a really good balance with that.

You never get bored … when you have the probabilities of your next meal to speculate on, pro and con.

The best thing is not to think about [separatism]. [People in Alberta] don’t even want to engage in talking pros and cons and why people feel this way.

I get the most gratification in life by feeling like I’m doing something purposeful and meaningful and makes a difference to other people, and that comes with its pros and cons. I’ve accepted this is the kind of person that I am, and this is the path I’ve chosen in life – and I’m stickin’ with it.

Whatever may be the pros and cons of going to the public theatre, it is a patent fact that it has undermined the morals and ruined the character of many a youth in his country.

My parents are always supportive of anything their kids do. They point out the pros and cons, but they let you make your own decisions, and when it’s bad they stick by you.

Ronald Reagan, whatever his pros and cons were, was a public servant in the end.

There’s obviously something that feels very good about being with a new filmmaker who’s very excited, but I also think there’s something very comforting in a director who’s been around a few times. Both have their pros and cons.

Lincoln had no such person that he could talk with. Often, as a result, he debated with himself, and he would draw up a kind of list of the pros and cons of an argument, and carefully figure them out, and he might test them in public.