Problem Solving Quotes - Page 12

• ... he was juggling issues and solving problems, which was why his brain had no space left for memories.

  Candace Bushnell

  Memories, Issues, Space

  Candace Bushnell (2003). “Trading Up: A Novel”, Hyperion

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• Metaphor is one of a group of problem-solving medicines known as figures of speech which are normally used to treat literal thinking and other diseases.

  Grant Morrison

  Thinking, Medicine, Groups

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• I used to look at composing music as problem solving. But as I get older, it's not about problem solving anymore. There are no solutions, because there are no problems. You just turn the tap and it flows out.

  John Zorn

  Looks, Flow, Problem

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• When a piece gets difficult, make faces.

  Artur Schnabel

  Pieces, Faces, Funny Music

  Quoted in Oscar LevantTheUnimportance of BeingOscar (1968).

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• The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement.

  George Will

  Work, Character, Perfection

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• No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Creativity, Questions And Answers, Finding Your Path

  "Questions That Work: How to Ask Questions That Will Help You Succeed in Any Business Situation". Book by Andrew Finlayson, p. 239, 2001.

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• The hidden harmony is better than the obvious.

  Pablo Picasso

  Inspirational, Art, Creativity

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• I think growing up in a big family taught me a lot of problem solving and how to share and compromise, and that's been helpful in my marriage.

  Sarah Jessica Parker

  Growing Up, Thinking, Big Families

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• People are still thinking of solving problems by violence and war, and that has to stop.

  Yoko Ono

  War, Thinking, People

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• I now know that I learn by solving problems as they arise. Rarely do we learn significant lessons, or significantly improve, any other way.

  Bob Parsons

  Past, Lessons, Way

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• I think life on Earth must be about more than just solving problems... It's got to be something inspiring, even if it is vicarious.

  Elon Musk

  Inspirational, Thinking, Earth

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Give your subconscious a chance to work by turning your brain off from time to time. Don't focus on work or solving problems constantly.

  Harvey Mackay

  Giving, Focus, Brain

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• I believe that no matter what you do in life, if you learn the basics through theater, it will help you in everything else - problem solving, communication, discipline, all of that stuff.

  Laura Linney

  Communication, Believe, Discipline

  Interview With Matthew Broderick, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 22, 2010.

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• Every cinematographer I worked with had his own way of solving problems.

  Conrad Hall

  Way, Problem, Cinematographers

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• Creating something is all about problem-solving.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Creating, Creating Something, Problem

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, film.avclub.com. September 15, 2010.

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• We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don't really get solved. They come together and they fall apart.

  Pema Chodron

  Fall, Thinking, Together

  Pema Chodron (2000). “When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times”, p.11, Shambhala Publications

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• One never goes so far as when one doesn't know where one is going.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Life, Creativity, Open Minded

  Letter to Carl Friedrich Zelter, December 03, 1812.

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• You can't lay back and wait for somebody else to do it. And I think if the president's made a mistake here, it's this laid-back kind of approach where he's waiting for someone else to solve the problem.

  Chris Christie

  Mistake, Thinking, People

  "Huntsman yet to live up to hype - Michele Bachmann ties Romney in first big Iowa poll - Officially announces her candidacy tomorrow - Maureen Dowd labels Obama 'Bi,' for being on all sides" by Mike Allen, www.politico.com. June 26, 2011.

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• Seek simplicity, and distrust it.

  Alfred North Whitehead

  Creativity, Science, Simplicity

  The Concept of Nature ch. 7 (1920)

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• Problem solving, and I don't mean algebra, seems to be my life's work. Maybe it's everyone's life's work.

  Beverly Cleary

  Mean, Problem, Algebra

  Beverly Cleary, Paul O. Zelinsky (1995). “Strider”

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• One foot in front of the other, wasn't that the grownup way of solving problems? Surely he ought to be a grownup at his age.

  Lois McMaster Bujold

  Feet, Age, Way

  Lois McMaster Bujold (2010). “Cryoburn”, p.5, gfdg hfdhdg

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• The distance between the actual developmental level as determined by independent problem solving and the level of potential development as determined through problem solving under adult guidance or in collaboration with more capable peers

  Lev S. Vygotsky

  Distance, Independent, Adults

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• Our society values alert, problem-solving consciousness, and it devalues all other states of consciousness. Any kind of consciousness that is not related to the production or consumption of material goods is stigmatized in our society today. Of course we accept drunkenness. We allow people some brief respite from the material grind. A society that subscribes to that model is a society that is going to condemn the states of consciousness that have nothing to do with the alert problem-solving mentality.

  Graham Hancock

  People, Our Society, Society Today

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• So much in writing depends on the superficiality of one's days. One may be preoccupied with shopping and income tax returns and chance conversations, but the stream of the unconscious continues to flow undisturbed, solving problems, planning ahead: one sits down sterile and dispirited at the desk, and suddenly the words come as though from the air: the situations that seemed blocked in a hopeless impasse move forward: the work has been done while one slept or shopped or talked with friends.

  Graham Greene

  Moving Forward, Writing, Shopping

  Graham Greene (1974). “The end of the affair”, Vintage

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• As the week wore on, Ivan contemplated the merits of inertia as a problem-solving technique with growing favor

  Lois McMaster Bujold

  Technique, Growing, Favors

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