“I would choose life.”

“One can choose life, or choose death. Having chosen life, I must live it as it is.”

Sheldon Kopp (1929–1999) American psychotherapist

“Why would anyone (referring to the Tibetans) choose self-immolation to take their own life? That is weird. Why self-immolation? I do not get it.”

Ko Wen-je (1959) Taiwanese politician and physician

“I didn't choose the thug life, the thug life chose me.”

Tupac Shakur (1971–1996) rapper and actor

“Believe me, Being gay is not a choice. Noone would choose to make life harder than it has to be.”

Jodi Picoult book Sing You Home

“I have no religion, but if I were to choose one, it would be that of Shariati's.”

Jean Paul Sartre (1905–1980) French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and …

“My life - my personality, my habits, even my speech - is a combination of the books I choose to read, the people I choose to listen to, and the thoughts I choose to tolerate in my mind”

Andy Andrews (1959) author and corporate speaker

“All your life, you will be faced with a choice. You can choose love or hate…I choose love.”

Johnny Cash (1932–2003) American singer-songwriter

“I find the idea that you can introduce democracy by military force a very quaint idea. Moreover, if I wanted to choose a testing ground for doing it, Iraq would be the last nation I would choose.”

George Soros (1930) Hungarian-American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist

“If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes.”

Charles Lindbergh (1902–1974) American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist