Quotes of: Problem-solving Keyword

Light — i.e. space — is the structure of time, the essence of existence. The stuff of physics does not involve time. Orthodox contemporary physics sadly refers to this fact as “the problem of time.

Mythology & History

I have a rule for working out if the root problem of something is, in fact, sexism. And it is this: asking 'Are the boys doing it? Are the boys having to worry about this stuff? Are the boys the centre of a gigantic global debate on this subject?

Moranthology

I've done nothing for the past five years but try to be the hero who protects her. The problem? Heroines don't need protecting.

Maybe Someday

Do you know that one of the great problems of our age is that we are governed by people who care more about feelings than they do about thoughts and ideas.

Margaret Thatcher

It seems obvious now: the child who spends school days in a fog of semi-comprehension has no way to know her problem is not that she is slow-witted.

My Beloved World

Generally speaking, books don't cause much harm. Except when you read them, that is. Then they cause all kinds of problems.

The Name of This Book Is Secret

The sociopaths, that's the real problem. The whole street demeanor is about pretending to be a sociopath as well, so that the real ones can't find you.

Loving Day

If patience is how love reacts in order to minimize a negative circumstance, kidness is how love acts to maximize a positive circumstance. Patience avoids a problem; kidness creates a blessing.

The Love Dare

All that Anne Rice crap is true, I thought on my way out the door; New Orleans really does have a vampire problem. Besides me, of course.

Moon Bayou

The real problem with stories - if you keep them going long enough, they always end in death.

The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes

I don’t know the kind of person I’ll be tomorrow, but I’ll be able to look back on yesterday and ask “What was that guy’s problem?” The future is full of condescending jerks.

Some Inspiration for the Overenthusiastic

i am selfish but i still in LOVE because Love Is Always In My Fervor.

System dynamics: a practical approach for managerial problems

Sales is the art of canvasing a field, framing a problem, and painting a solution. But you can’t go Van Gogh on a deal. You’ve got to use both your ears.

Sleepwalking is restercise

She heard him speak, but did not recognise the problem in his voice – only later did she realise it was that thing he’d been concealing – known as guilt.

Sleeping with the Sun

But that was the problem with having the answers. It was only after you gave them that you realized they sometimes weren't what people wanted to hear.

The Truth About Forever

Maybe the problem was that we never struggled. We just coasted along. The thing about coasting is that it usually means you're going downhill.

And One Last Thing ...

Volatility in the up direction is not a problem-it's only downward volatility that offers discourse.

Practically Investing: Smart Investment Techniques Your Neighbour Doesn't Know

A problem is really just a solution in need of a reason to exist. If you think about it, life would be kind of boring if it were completely free of friction.

Perfect

Explanations exist; they have existed for all time; there is always a well-known solution to every human problem—neat, plausible, and wrong.

Prejudices: Second Series

Sometimes people let the same problem make them miserable for years when they could just say, That's one of my favorite things to say.

The Philosophy of Andy Warhol

A drug is not bad. A drug is a chemical compound. The problem comes in when people who take drugs treat them like a license to behave like an asshole.

The Real Frank Zappa Book