The problem with the Peter Principle is that it assumes somebody somewhere is competent in the first place.
Esso has been the main one in America spreading the disinformation that there is no global warming problem.
The invisible dilemma is that men face the very real problem that they don't feel comfortable bringing these issues up and they tend not to be acknowledged at work.
Most government officials are rushing headlong to solve the problems of 50 years ago, with their ears assailed by the sound of snails whizzing by.
When students leave college, they are like children who know nothing about the problems of life, and don't have a political stance.
In the Peace Corps, the volunteer must be a fully developed, mature person. He must not join to run abroad or escape problems.
We believe that, by the time that we leave office, it will be institutionalized, and these programs will be addressing the needs and curing the problem that we set out to do.
One thing I've really never had a problem with was memorizing lines. Most of the time I don't memorize the lines until we're on the set shooting the scene.
The writer operates at a peculiar crossroads where time and place and eternity somehow meet. His problem is to find that location.
Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.
The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another.
Congress seems drugged and inert most of the time... its idea of meeting a problem is to hold hearings or, in extreme cases, to appoint a commission.
The problem with wanting the tax code to be 'simpler, fairer,' and 'pro-growth' is that it's impossible to achieve all three at the same time.
The issue with international institutions is that there is a crisis of legitimacy. Trust in these institutions is a serious problem.
In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.
Reg: What Jesus fails to appreciate is that it's the meek who are the problem.
Young Masbath: Is he dead? Ichabod Crane: That's the problem. He was dead to begin with.
Kid Twist: Dukey, if this thing blows up, the Feds will be the least of our problems.
But the Americans have no extra money. They have their own problems. They can provide financial assistance for two, three, four, or six months at most.
Part of the problem I find with money books is that there's this whole set of money books that make you feel almost guilty to spend a dollar.
In a world where wealth is growing, you can get away with printing money. Doubling the debt over the next 20 years is not a problem.
