That is the nature of free will. We have the full ability to make a selection; we can press any button we please. However, when we press a button we have to take responsibility for what happens. The reaction is predestined, but is activated by our choice.
He gave himself up to God and pressed the button.
Once I have refused to press that button because of Heinz, I can never press it.
In The Bob Hope Golf Classic (LWT) the participation of President Gerald Ford was more than enough to remind you that the nuclear button was at one stage at the disposal of a man who might have either pressed it by mistake or else pressed it deliberately in order to obtain room service.
I think we have different value systems." —Arthur
"Well mine's better." —Ford
Ford Prefect suppressed a little giggle of evil satisfaction, realized that he had no reason to suppress it, and laughed out loud, a wicked laugh.
what would you call this haircut?"
arthur.
One of the things Ford Prefect had always found hardest to understand about humans was their habit of continually stating and repeating the very very obvious.
I like pressing that emergency button on bus doors to escape.
Arthur Miller wouldn't have married me if I had been nothing but a dumb blonde.