Top 100 Solving A Problem Quotes
#1. Life is full of signs. The trick is to know how to read them. Ghosh called this heuristics, a method for solving a problem for which no formula exists.
Abraham Verghese
#2. All writing is ultimately a question of solving a problem.
William Zinsser
#3. I've got a passion for solving a problem that I think I can solve in a new way. And that maybe it helps that nobody has done it before as well.
Pierre Omidyar
#4. All human behavior has a reason. All behavior is solving a problem.
Michael Crichton
#5. Investigation may be likened to the long months of pregnancy, and solving a problem to the day of birth. To investigate a problem is, indeed, to solve it.
Mao Zedong
#6. You confuse two things: solving a problem and stating a problem correctly. It is only the second that is obligatory for an artist.
Anton Chekhov
#7. Solving a problem created by debt ... by creating more debt is a fool's errand.
Olivier Sarkozy
#8. There are horrible people who, instead of solving a problem, tangle it up and make it harder to solve for anyone who wants to deal with it. Whoever does not know how to hit the nail on the head should be asked not to hit it at all.
Friedrich Nietzsche
#9. I'm for eliminating deductions and taking some of the money to buy down rates and put it on the debt. That's not raising taxes. That's solving a problem.
Lindsey Graham
#10. I think the next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it.
Frank A. Clark
#11. Running a farm is about solving a problem, and that's always interesting to me. But it's a constant process.
Chris Blackwell
#12. in tactical situations, both in a real game and when solving a problem, look at both side's checks, captures, and threats, usually in that order!
Dan Heisman
#13. Time spent on solving a problem with the same level of thinking that created it is time well wasted
Sekoni Sullivan
#14. A lot of people in the technology space love the idea of a solving a problem.
Anthony Foxx
#15. In solving a problem of this sort, the grand thing is to be able to reason backwards. That is a very useful accomplishment, and a very easy one, but people do not practice it much.
Arthur Conan Doyle
#16. Solving a problem is intelligence. Preventing a problem is wisdom.
Matshona Dhliwayo
#17. Every Bass Communion track is based on a single sound source. Increasingly I find that I'm really interested in taking a particular sound and it's almost like solving a problem. If I have a sound, the problem is how can I create a piece of music from this one sound source?
Steven Wilson
#18. When an idea for solving a problem suddenly presents itself, ask yourself if all circumstances related to the problem were properly analyzed.
Eraldo Banovac
#19. Solving a problem is hard enough; it gets that much harder if you've decided beforehand it can't be done.
Steven D. Levitt
#20. One is always a long way from solving a problem until one actually has the answer.
Stephen Hawking
#21. ho'oponopono (Hawaiian):
Solving a problem by talking it out. After an invocation of the gods, the aggrieved parties sit down and discuss the issue until it is set right (pono means righteousness).
Howard Rheingold
#22. I was a keen observer and listener. I picked up on clues. I figured things out logically, and I enjoyed puzzles. I loved the clear, focused feeling that came when I concentrated on solving a problem and everything else faded out.
Sonia Sotomayor
#23. There are terrible people who, instead of solving a problem, bungle it and make it more difficult for all who come after. Whoever can't hit the nail on the head should, please, not hit at all.
Friedrich Nietzsche
#24. Solving a problem simply means representing it so as to make the solution transparent.
Herbert Simon
#25. The first step in solving a problem is to recognize that it does exist.
Zig Ziglar
#26. Take the situation of a scientist solving a problem, where he has certain data, which call for certain responses. Some of this set of data call for his applying such and such a law, while others call for another law.
George Herbert Mead
#27. The steps to solving a problem, from elementary math to breaking out of a police station, remained the same.
V.E Schwab
#28. Just as a man is fulfilled through working out the intricate details of solving a problem, a woman is fulfilled through talking about the details of her problems.
John N. Gray
#29. Solving a problem in a hundred years is, practically speaking, the same as not solving it at all.
Steven Pinker
#30. Often, the greatest challenge facing an organization is recognizing and acting on opportunity rather than solving a problem.
Peter Ginter
#31. Tis a barbaric fancy," said Roxholm thoughtfully as he turned the stem of his glass, keeping his eyes fixed on it as though solving a problem for himself. "A barbaric fancy that a woman needs a master. She who is strong enough is her own conqueror
as a man should be master of himself.
Frances Hodgson Burnett
#32. Genius is the act of solving a problem in a way no one has solved it before.
Seth Godin
#33. The precondition for solving a problem is having a clear idea on how to
solve it.
Eraldo Banovac
#35. Some people feel threatened by the concept that abuse is a solvable problem, because if it is, there's no excuse for not solving it.
Lundy Bancroft
#36. Americans have a tendency to believe that when there's a problem there must be a solution.
Henry Kissinger
#37. The four-step strategy that the Laptop Millionaire taught me was very simple: 1. Find a niche market with a problem that needs solving, research some great solutions, and create a Word document with that information in it. This can be a simple 30-page Word document, with one really good idea in it!
Mark Anastasi
#38. We believe that in times like these we should turn to each other, not on each other. We believe that government has a role to play, not in solving every problem in everybody's life but in helping people help themselves to the American dream. That's what Democrats believe.
Deval Patrick
#39. Human ordeals thrive on ignorance. To understand a problem with clarity is already half way towards solving it.
Amartya Sen
#40. Identifying a problem is the real theorem and fixing it is only a corollary.
Balan Gothandaraman
#41. Problem-solving becomes a very important part of our makeup as we grow into maturity or move up the corporate ladder.
Zig Ziglar
#42. Our best problem-solving resource is peace. Solutions arise easily and naturally out of a peaceful state.
Melody Beattie
#43. Innovation requires a novel approach to scientific problem solving, higher level of resource commitments over much longer time durations.
Dilip Shanghvi
#44. You are not broken. You are not a problem to be solved. Solving your "problem", whatever you perceive your problem or problems to be, is not the key to happiness.
Golda Poretsky
#45. Decision making and problem solving are not the same. To solve a problem, one needs to find a solution. To make a decision, one needs to make a choice.
Michael J. Marx
#46. We put a President up there, and then we set fire to him because he's not solving all our problems.
John Lennon
#47. Money is merely a reward for solving problems.
Mike Murdock
#49. Success is a collection of problems solved.
I.M. Pei
#50. Vocabulary words are the building blocks of the internal learning structure. Vocabulary is also the tool to better define a problem, seek more accurate solutions, etc.
Ruby K. Payne
#51. If the application of problem solving methodologies does not guarantee the problem being solved, we have a problem to solve.
Ivan Fantin
#52. A C.E.O.'s job is leadership, problem solving, and team building. I've done that my whole career.
Bruce Rauner
#53. Twenty-eight years in business and you understand the importance of problem solving and the importance of efficiency, because if you don't become efficient, you don't run a business well, and you are out of business. And I think some of those principles could be applied to leadership in Washington.
Steve Daines
#54. I considered going into business or becoming a lawyer - not for the money, but for the thrill of problem-solving.
Lisa Randall
#55. Do you want to resolve a conflict successfully? Don't wait, start a conversation.
Eraldo Banovac
#56. If you're in government, the right thing to do is be focused on solving real problems and asking what's the best solution to a particular problem.
Julius Genachowski
#57. Complaining solves nothing but creative problem solving amongst people with a common focus will produce solutions.
Auliq Ice
#59. Rather than wandering around in problem-solving mode all day, thinking mainly of what you want to fix about yourself or your life, you can pause for a few moments throughout the day to marvel at what's not broken. You
Kristin Neff
#60. in the evolution of a society, continued investment in complexity as a problem-solving strategy yields a declining marginal return.
Joseph A. Tainter
#61. What is a demanding pleasure that demands the use of ones mind! Not in the sense of problem solving, but in the sense of exercising discrimination, judgment, awareness.
Ayn Rand
#62. Business is all about solving people's problems - at a profit.
Paul Marsden
#63. The idea of being vulnerable leaves a lot of room for choice. There is always room to be less foldable, more evil.
Sherry Turkle
#64. As a producer, you've got to be involved in helping out with solving problems.
Russell Brand
#65. Although Math can't teach us how to add love or minus hate, it teaches us that every problem has a solution
Anonymous
#66. Writing is not magic. It's a craft, a process, a set of steps. As with any process, things sometimes break down. Even in a good story, the writer runs into problems. So the act of writing always includes problem solving.
Roy Peter Clark
#67. Philosophy is problem-solving. There's a philosophical problem, and then you try to solve it by approaching it from different angles and seeing what way works. That's what comedy is: you have a topic and you try to just hit it as many different ways as you can.
Kumail Nanjiani
#68. You want your brain to become used to the idea that just knowing how to use a particular problem-solving technique isn't enough - you also need to know when to use it.
Barbara Oakley
#69. Music is a lot more like solving an intricate puzzle with moments of pure, random creative bliss ... whereas painting is much more purely random creative bliss with moments of problem solving.
Brandon Boyd
#71. Making a movie is a lot of problem solving.
Gia Coppola
#72. Solving new problems is what keeps us moving forward as individuals and as a society, so don't back down.
Garry Kasparov
#73. Satisfaction involves an active pursuit- it is the emotional reward we get after adapting to a new situation or solving a novel problem.
Mark Andrews
#74. Problem-solving with some people is like wiping your butt with a Hula-Hoop.
Carol A. Elliott
#75. We do not have to have the correct answers to listen well. In fact, often the correct answers are a hindrance to listening well, for we become more anxious to give the correct answer than to hear.
Richard J. Foster
#76. A key to healthy problem solving is good communication.
Asa Don Brown
#77. The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one.
Albert Einstein
#78. An idea is an amazing creation of the human mind, which comes either as
a result of one's continuous endeavors for solving a certain problem or just
as a spark that lights up the considered problem.
Eraldo Banovac
#79. When all you know is how to use a hammer, you think hitting should solve every problem.
Nana Awere Damoah
#80. When you're trying to solve a problem on a new product type, you become completely focused on problems that seem a number of steps removed from the main product. That problem solving can appear a little abstract, and it is easy to lose sight of the product.
Jonathan Ive
#81. So next time you come to me with any problem, just first inquire inside whether you would like it to be solved, because be aware: I can give a solution. Are you really interested in solving it or just talking about it? You feel good talking about it. Go
Osho
#82. a rigid adherence to traditional methods is a huge hindrance to innovative problem solving.
Gary Shapiro
#83. Everybody is fighting a hard battle that you know nothing about, never give up with yours.
Auliq Ice
#84. You cannot solve a problem until you acknowledge that you have one and accept responsibility for solving it.
Zig Ziglar
#85. Being receptive, being able to listen openly and well, is a crucial skill for creative problem-solving.
Paul A. Kaufman
#86. A sum can be put right: but only by going back till you find the error and working it afresh from that point, never by simply going on.
C.S. Lewis
#87. There was a rumor that Project 9 engineers had figured out a way to replace the random jumble of our nighttime dreaming with organized thinking and real-life problem solving.
Dave Eggers
#88. With life problems, just remember that you're a man who solves his own problems and you will be able to handle it, whenever.
Auliq Ice
#89. I've learned over decades of building that a deadline is a potent tool for problem-solving.
Adam Savage
#90. To fundamentally solve a problem, we must understand it's cause. In that I mean the chain of actions or circumstances that led to the problem
rather than only the immediate cause, which serves only to place blame.
Charlie Herrick
#91. By teaching tools and problem solving instead of memorization and by hiring only teachers with master's degrees, Finland created a higher educational platform that gave its kids an advantage. That's how its school system shot to number one.*
Shane Snow
#92. Having a system for thinking deeper can provide greater insight into solving everyday problem. Such a system is shared in my book, Medical Investigation 101.
Dr. Russ Hill
#93. What takes place in the Security Council more closely resembles a mugging than either a political debate or an effort at problem-solving.
Jeane Kirkpatrick
#94. If design is a problem-solving discipline, then great design must start with a thorough understanding of the problem to be solved - which is best found in a great design brief.
Peter L. Phillips
#95. Technology isn't fulfilling its promise of unlimited progress and solving every problem through technology. With the Enlightenment and its aftermath, there already was a general loss of confidence in the Western religions.
Thomas Keating
#96. The trouble with most problem-solving books for parents is that they start with the idea that the child has a problem. Then they try to tell us how to fix the child, or else, after blaming the parent, they suggest how we can fix ourselves.
Polly Berrien Berends
#97. Problem-insight precedes solution insight. Someone has to recognise a problem before they start to solve the problem ...
Max McKeown
#98. Miracles have a higher percentage of being permanent than magical solutions.
Nike Thaddeus
#99. To be in a band, at least according to the rules of rock in the 1970s, one must know how to play an instrument. But rather than waste time solving that problem, No Wavers ignored it. The point was simply to make music, not to learn how first.
Lydia Lunch
#100. 4. Real men are men who have devoted their lives to solving the problem of others and giving a helping hand to those they meet in their journey through life. These are the kind of men that history can never forget.
Bien Sufficient
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