The real process of making decisions, of gathering support, of developing opinions, happens before the meeting or after.

Jesus will brush aside your inabilities.

Economics is the science which studies human behaviour as a relationship between ends and scarce means which have alternative uses.

The process could be likened to relaxing on a riverbank and watching a fish leap out of the water, sparkle for a moment in the sunlight, then dive back in a graceful arc. There is no need to engage in a mental dialogue about the merits and demerits of the fish, emotionally react to the fish, or jump into the water to try to catch the fish. Once the fish is out of sight, it should also be out of mind.

Vote in a national election.

I'm not convinced that the world is in any worse shape than it ever was. It's just that in this age of almost instantaneous communication, we bear the weight of problems our forefathers only read about after they were solved.

He suffered from paralysis by analysis.