Problem Quotes - Page 59

Dualism makes the problem insoluble; materialism denies the existence of any phenomenon to study, and hence of any problem.

Our nation's continued prosperity hinges on our ability to solve environmental problems and sustain the natural resources on which we all depend.

It is a commonplace of modern technology that problems have solutions before there is knowledge of how they are to be solved.

There are plenty of people to whom the crucial problem of their lives never get presented in terms that they can understand.

Problems are not my problem. It's not what happens to me but what happens in me that matters.

We fail, not because of big problems, but because of small purposes.

A game is a problem-solving activity, approached with a playful attitude

I have never had a problem dealing in areas of ambiguity. I can make a decision and not have it all lined up just right.

Well, I really don't like heights. I don't get on the top deck of a double-decker because that's a bit high for me. I always feel that I'm going to hurl myself off, so heights are a problem.

It's always me, isn't it? I'm not really a very nice person, but for some reason it's always me that they come to with their problems.

Problems are just businesses waiting for the right entrepreneur to unlock the value.

I am getting old and the sign of old age is that I begin to philosophize and ponder over problems which should not be my concern at all.

Are deviations from full employment a social problem? Obviously.

There is not one thing we can do to fix the problem, it has to be an ambush!

The classes of problems which are respectively known and not known to have good algorithms are of great theoretical interest. [...] I conjecture that there is no good algorithm for the traveling salesman problem. My reasons are the same as for any mathematical conjecture: (1) It is a legitimate mathematical possibility, and (2) I do not know.

Thinking is the problem. Thinking is hazardous to your progress in life. Don't think - feel.

I consider racism to be a medical problem. Racists need serious medical and psychiatric help, because they are killing themselves and making others suffer along with them.

At the present time there exist problems beyond our ability to solve, not because of theoretical difficulties, but because of insufficient means of mechanical computation.

You have to get away from them. You have to get as far away as you can otherwise they'll kill you with their lives. They don't know what they do. They are careless with themselves and they take too much for granted. They make their shortcomings your problem. The only way to keep your head above it and heal your wounds is to crawl away.

The ... irrational fear of communism is being deliberately used in many quarters to blind us to our real problems.

Many of our problems with anger occur when we choose between having a relationship and having a self.

It is not stress that kills us. It is effective adaptation to stress that allows us to live.

I've spent a lot of time in the United States and I'm not under any illusions that it's a crime-free nirvana. I'm well aware it has plenty of problems, though they seem to be associated with particular areas.

Piracy is almost always a service problem.

The problem with drugs is that most of the people that use the drugs, use it as a license to be an asshole.