Problem Quotes

Because we are the handiwork of God, it follows that all our problems and their solutions are theological.

Life is a series of problems to figure out how to solve gracefully and with dignity. That is what life is and I can't see it any other way.

I knew we were having problems when you put those piranhas in my bathtub again.

A simple problem of arithmetic: there are far more ambitions than there are grand destinies available.

If you're not failing 90% of the time, then you're probably not working on sufficiently challenging problems.

Andy Carroll will cause anyone problems and I don't see a problem in that

In America, everybody thinks they're an entrepreneur. That's the problem. It's not a title that anybody should call oneself.

You can't solve problems with the same thinking that caused them.

My success wasn't so much due to intelligence, but the fact that I stuck with problems longer.

Life is a Mystery, not a problem waiting to be solved.

Solutions to tough problems should be made as simple as possible - and no simpler.

Actually, I was lucky enough; I was a heavyweight, so making weight for me was never that much of a problem in high school. Now, it would just be near impossible, because I'm a little heavier.

Undefined Christianity is not a problem in our generation. It is defined Christianity that brings the rub.

We all know that housing prices are going up, but what most people don't realize is that this has become a family problem. Housing prices are rising twice as fast for families with kids.

...Mama used to say that when you don't know what to do, do nothing. She meant you can try too hard to solve a problem. If you give it a little time, the answer might just come to you plain as day.

We are smart enough to realise that we are stupid, and stupid enough to make the problem of becoming smarter hard.

The basic problem is that our civilization, which is a civilization of machines, can teach man everything except how to be a man.

Sometimes, when you can't fix the problem on your own, you need to make some compromises and find the partners who can get the job done for you.

I felt I should have been taught about the landmine problem. It made me suddenly realize certain things about the world and how much I had to learn, like the history of the people.

I don't hate being compared with female musicians. I don't mind that at all. I have no problem with seeing connections between women's work.

I had an occasional flash of understanding, but then got selfishly wrapped up again in my own problems and pleasures.

I also don't have organized religion on Pern. I figured - since there were four holy wars going on at the time of writing - that religion was one problem Pern didn't need.

The road is not a problem. It's not any more tempting. People don't come up with giant bags of drugs or gallons of alcohol and say, 'You've got to do this.' It happens to me more at home.

You are right in demanding that an artist should take an intelligent attitude to his work, but you confuse two things: solving a problem and stating a problem correctly.

Only a very gifted mind could cope singly with all the problems which present themselves in the perfecting of a home.

While my friends were discussing Pearl Harbor as the country's problem, I took it personally. It dawned on me that the Japanese attack could be my ticket out of high school.

My biggest problem is what to do about all the things I cant do anything about.

What should I do if my problems aren't all solved by the time I die?

Problems are evolutionary drivers.

The problem with common sense is, it isn't.

I always wanted to do a baseball book; I love baseball. The problem is that a very large part of my following is in non-baseball playing countries.

Brown versus the Board of Education is no longer the white person's problem.

The problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head. (to a Liverpool trainee)

My whole problem is that my lips move when I think.

My problem is that I don't paint ambitiously. It's all catch and release - just tiny fish that aren't really worth the trouble to clean and cook.

I quit drinking. That was a big problem for a lot of years. Then after that, I just started feeling grateful again.

I think Al Gore has done a great service in making global warming cool. He's basically taken it from a nerdy, almost ignored issue to making it what it is - namely, a problem.

But it's a stigmatized problem, and it's a silent problem. This has to end. Suicide is not just a personal tragedy, it's a key issue of public policy and facing up to it requires political will.

Not only don't diets work, they're actually designed to fail. It's not you or your lack of will power that's the problem. It's that diets by their very nature simply don't work.

When Friday Night Lights finished, I cried for a day. I have a problem.

I realized that I spent more time thinking about my problem clients than my great clients. I had to stop feeding the drama of the problem clients-and other problems in my life.

I'm, like, y'know, I didn't have a problem doing one scene in Dude, Where's My Car? I'm certainly not going to have a problem doing one scene in a [Martin] Scorsese movie!

There's plenty of room for finger-pointing for the debacle in Iraq. If it's a problem that the Iraqi military is broken at its core, then there's no point in sending more Humvees and Apaches.

Technical problems can be remediated. A dishonest corporate culture is much harder to fix.

There are no physical problems-only mental ones.

It'll take a smart person with passion over someone with years of experience any day. People with intelligence and passion will get the problem solved, no matter what.

We want Realism's wealth of experience and Symbolism's depth of feeling. All art is a problem of balance between two opposites.

Death is not the problem; waiting around for it is.

The problem is that relativism provides no sure foundation for a safe and orderly society.

I think the big problem is what I call "possessive monogamy." I think we should have a lot more freedom in our sexual lives. We should stop making monogamous commitments.