Problem Solving Quotes - Page 13

• Facts and data, rather than opinion, are the two cornerstones of problem solving, and yet they are consistently withheld from the people by American media. We must have facts and data in order to recognize where there is a problem!

  Roseanne Barr

  Media, Order, Data

  "This Is Woman’s Time!" by Roseanne Barr, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 7, 2011.

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• Cities are never random. No matter how chaotic they might seem, everything about them grows out of a need to solve a problem. In fact, a city is nothing more than a solution to a problem, that in turn creates more problems that need more solutions, until towers rise, roads widen, bridges are built, and millions of people are caught up in a mad race to feed the problem-solving, problem-creating frenzy.

  Neal Shusterman

  Race, Bridges, Cities

  Neal Shusterman (2012). “Downsiders”, p.11, Simon and Schuster

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• Philanthropy is not about giving money but about solving problems. While well-meaning, the idea of writing a check and calling it 'philanthropy' is extremely short-sighted and, unfortunately, extremely pervasive.

  Naveen Jain

  Writing, Ideas, Giving Money

  "An Entrepreneurial Perspective on Philanthropy" by Naveen Jain, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 16, 2016.

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• The theory of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin is universally applicable. We should regard it not as a dogma, but as a guide to action. Studying it is not merely a matter of learning terms and phrases but of learning Marxism-Leninism as the science of revolution. It is not just a matter of understanding the general laws derived by Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin from their extensive study of real life and revolutionary experience, but of studying their standpoint and method in examining and solving problems.

  Mao Zedong

  Real, Law, Understanding

  Mao Zedong (2017). “Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (The Little Red Book) & Other Works”, p.155, Lulu.com

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• Man is not born to solve the problem of the universe, but to find out what he has to do; and to restrain himself within the limits of his comprehension.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Science, Men, Limits

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• A travel book is a book that puts you in the shoes of the traveler, and it's usually a book about having a very bad time, having a miserable time, even better. You don't want to read a book about someone having a great time in the South of France, eating and drinking and falling in love. What you want to read is a book about a guy going through the jungle, going through the arctic snow, having a terrible time trying to cross the Sahara, and solving problems as they go.

  Paul Theroux

  Falling In Love, Drinking, Book

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• It's all about one thing: creative problem-solving to get the story out.

  Robert Greenberg

  Design, Creative, Stories

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• Creating is no problem - problem solving is not creating.

  Robert Fritz

  Creating, Problem, No Problem

  Robert Fritz (2014). “The Path of Least Resistance: Learning to Become the Creative Force in Your Own Life”, p.31, Butterworth-Heinemann

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• If you did not face problems you would just drift through life. It is through solving problems in accordance with the highest light we have that inner growth is attained.

  Peace Pilgrim

  Light, Growth, Faces

  Peace Pilgrim (1992). “Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words”, p.10, Friends of Peace PIlgrim

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• The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was.

  Walter J. West

  Appreciation, Appreciate, Firsts

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• Desperate times breed desperate measures

  William Shakespeare

  Desperate Measures, Problem, Desperate Times

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• No problem is too big it can't be run away from

  Linus Torvalds

  Running, Problem, Bigs

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• People in good moods are better at inductive reasoning and creative problem solving.

  Peter Salovey

  Leadership, People, Creative

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• We’re taught to do things the right way. But if you want to discover something that other people haven’t, you need to do things the wrong way. Initiate a failure by doing something that’s very silly, unthinkable, naughty, dangerous. Watching why that fails can take you on a completely different path. It’s exciting, actually. To me, solving problems is a bit like a drug. You’re on it, and you can’t get off.

  James Dyson

  Silly, Naughty, People

  "Failure Doesn’t Suck". Interview with Chuck Salter, www.fastcompany.com. May 1, 2007.

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• Most research is a synthesis of problem solving and creativity.

  Joan Z. Borysenko

  Creativity, Synthesis, Research

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• There is no reason to believe that bureaucrats and politicians, no matter how well meaning, are better at solving problems than the people on the spot, who have the strongest incentive to get the solution right.

  Elinor Ostrom

  Believe, People, Incentives

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• Sometimes when you have an abundance of time and money, it's less conducive to the creative process. I like the urgency of the television schedule and the television price point. It's fluid. You figure it out on the day, and I love the challenge of problem-solving.

  Joseph McGinty Nichol

  Creative, Challenges, Schedules

  Source: collider.com

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• A C.E.O.'s job is leadership, problem solving, and team building. I've done that my whole career.

  Bruce Rauner

  Jobs, Team, Careers

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• Very few of us trust our immediate connection with nature, or the intuitive intelligence of our body. All too easily, we align ourselves with the logical world of Masculine intelligence. As a culture, we have become so Masculine that we are much more comfortable with analytical problem-solving than with ecstatic dancing!

  David Deida

  Dancing, Connections, Culture

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• It never occurred to them that God may have provided the world with a vast array of very brainy medical types for the very reason of solving problems such as theirs. However, there is one thing that the medical profession cannot do and that is save people from being idiots.

  Craig Ferguson

  People, World, May

  Craig Ferguson (2010). “Between the Bridge and the River: A Novel”, p.121, Chronicle Books

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• If we have optimism without empathy then it doesn't matter how much we master the secrets of science. We're not really solving problems, we're just working on puzzles.

  Bill Gates

  Optimism, Empathy, Secret

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• A lot of the people in history who I really admire lived before the hyperinformation age we're living in. Even if they were governing or solving problems in consequential periods, like the Civil War or the world wars or the Great Depression or the Cold War, they had a period of time and space to actually think, to be private and you read their biographies, and they had time to think about what was happening and how to respond. I don't think human nature has changed in the last 50-150 years, but the stresses, the demands on those of us in public life have just exploded.

  Hillary Clinton

  Stress, War, Thinking

  Interview With Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. April 6, 2016.

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• Woodworking requires a completely different kind of thinking and problem-solving ability than writing. With writing, you take a set of facts and ideas, and you reason your way forward to a story that pulls them together. With woodworking, you start with an end product in mind, and reason your way backward to the raw wood.

  Joshua Foer

  Writing, Thinking, Way Forward

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• I love solving problems. It makes me happy to juggle all the jobs I do-figuring out which team is supposed to win on Fox NFL Sunday; reacting off the cuff to Kelly [Ripa, on Live]; and now Good Morning America, trying to fit into that group. The great thing coming from sports is you understand the concept of a team. It leaves no room for being selfish.

  Michael Strahan

  Sports, Morning, Jobs

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• The profound political changes we need in order to heal our planet will not come about through fragmented problem solving or intellectual analyses that overlook the deepest yearnings and intuitions of the heart....As we begin to cultivate a rich inner life and experience our connection with all life, we realize how little of what society tells us we need is actually important for our well-being....Green politics must address the spiritual vacuum of industrial society.

  Petra Kelly

  Spiritual, Heart, Order

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