The other guys drink, but they don't drink anywhere near what I used to. And I think they're slightly respectful of the fact that I'm off it, so it's not a problem.
One of the many problems with the American left has been its image as something rather too solemn, mirthless, herbivorous, dull, monochrome, righteous, and boring.
Now this is a way to approach our healthcare problems: increase the number of tax collectors and decrease the number of doctors - brilliant!
Uncommon solutions can always overcome problems of the most common or uncommon kind if I am sufficiently committed to overcoming them.
The problem with big films is they snowball very rapidly and you can never pull back. It's a pipeline that needs to be fed.
The problem is that with blogging, the model is publish first, maybe fact-check later. In newspapers, the model is you fact check first and then publish. But those models are merging.
My mum's advice is never to whine to my friends, so they never see the other side of me. I save all my problems for my mother.
It must be able to assist in devising the method of solution of problems and not merely solve them.
If you can identify humor in problems then you will have less difficulties in solving them... Most importantly, "you should be able to laugh on yourself".
If one looks at the different problems of the integral calculus which arise naturally when one wishes to go deep into the different parts of physics, it is impossible not to be struck by the analogies existing.
When you have a big, ugly problem, there's never going to be a neat, elegant solution that is totally painless or without a cost.
I have always tried to live by the philosophy that when there is a big problem that needs fixing, you should run towards it, rather than away from it.
The most pressing and significant problems in the global economy are unsustainable structural issues with regard to the E.U. - fiscal deficits and the structure of the E.U. itself.
I'm meant to be an animation director. That world, and the culture of stop-motion, is where I want to live. It's more my problem than Hollywood's. I'm not attuned to Hollywood.
I doubt if there is any problem in the world today - social, political or economic - that would not find a happy solution if approached in the spirit of the sermon on the mount.
An international presence in Serbia's Kosovo province is not a problem. But only a civilian and unarmed mission under U.N. auspices, with Russia's participation, would be acceptable.
The problem with at-home IQ tests is that too many people wouldn't understand the results. Calling customer service is a bad sign.
In every problem there is a lesson to learn, an asset to acquire, a rest to restore, a bitterness to sweeten, a load to lighten or a price to pay.
Everything's always about being homogenized and following in a group. The people who stand out always have the most problems.
I don't have a problem being labeled a sex symbol, though I personally don't feel very sexy about myself.
If you give a man a hammer, he thinks he can solve all problems by pounding. Well, God gave men penises....