“There is no larger collective-action problem than the environment. The three biggest lies of the environmental movement is that every little bit helps, you can do your part, and together we can do it.” LittlesHelpingProblemActionTogetherLyingThreeBitsCan DoEnvironmentMovementLittle BitEnvironmentalCollectivesTogether We CanCollective Action Author:Clay Shirky
“How can you possibly overcome your fears, doubts, worries and other problems? You can't. You simply don't have the capacity. Fortunately, the infinite can do all of these things for you. How? Because it is lacking in nothing.” InspirationalProblemCan DoWorryDoubtBuddhismCapacityOvercomingInfiniteLacking Author:Frederick Lenz
“Animals can adapt to problems and make inventions, but often no faster than natural selection can do its work - the world acts as its own simulator in the case of natural selection.” WorldProblemCan DoNaturalAnimalCasesInventionFasterSelectionNatural Selection Author:Vernor Vinge
“Well, English is no problem for me because I am actually English. My whole family are English; I was brought up listening to various forms of the English accent. Obviously there are more specific ones that get a little bit tricky. Same with American stuff. But because in Australia we're so inundated with American culture, television, this that and the other, everyone in Australia can do an American accent. It's just second nature.” WellsLittlesWholeProblemFormCultureStuffBitsCan DoTelevisionListeningLittle BitVariousAustraliaAccentsNo ProblemAmerican CultureTrickyWhole Family Author:Guy Pearce
“The mind, properly controlled, can do just about everything. You can think your way through adversity, you can think your way through problems. It is a superpowerful instrument which so few use to maximum. And if the mind thinks with a believing attitude one can do amazing things.” IfsThinkingWayMindBelieveUseProblemCan DoAttitudeAdversityInstrumentsControlledMaximumAmazing Things Book:The Power of Positive Living Source: The Power of Positive Living
“Behavior is a symptom. If you look at it like a problem, you're just going to make a judgment. If you look at like a symptom, you can do something about it.” IfsLooksProblemWomenCan DoBehaviorJudgmentSymptomsCan Do Something Author:Laura Schlessinger
“My voice likes rock music. My problem is, I can do a lot of things, but I have to find my own voice.” I CanProblemVoiceCan DoMy OwnRocksLikesRock Music Author:Lucy Lawless
“Legal immigration is good for America, if it's controlled and structured via the legal process, of course. But the problem is the system we have in place right now is broken. For example, it is completely family based which means that it's based not on what you can do or what talent you have or what merit you bring or what job you could fill, but rather on whether you know someone who already lives here.” IfsKnowsMeanProblemJobsAmericaCoursesProcessCan DoTalentExampleBrokenRight NowImmigrationMeritControlledIllegal ImmigrationLegal Immigration Author:Marco Rubio
“Making an art out of your technological life is the way to solve the problem of technology...Art is anything that you can do well. Anything that you can do with Quality.” WayWellsArtProblemLife IsCan DoQualityCreativityTechnologyArt IsSolveTechnological Author:Robert M. Pirsig
“I will work on myself, since the work on myself is going to be the highest thing I can do for it all, since I understand that as man up-levels his own consciousness, he sees more creative solutions to the problems that he's confronting.” MenI CanProblemCan DoWorkLevelsConsciousnessCreativityCreativeHighestSolutionsConfrontingCreative Solutions Author:Ram Dass
“Anyone who has ever accomplished anything of any consequence, didn't know how to get what they want, they only knew that they were going to get it. You don't know how to do something, until after you've done it. Our problem is, we set goals to do what we think we can do or what we've already done. There's no inspiration in that.” ThinkingKnowsWantDoneProblemInspirationGoalCan DoKnow HowConsequenceAccomplishedSetting Goals Author:Bob Proctor
“The irony is that the best thing we can do is, well one option, is to quit job we don't like. You don't always have to quit, and quite frankly, option two is to try to help others solve the problem that you are struggling with.” TryingWellsTwoHelpingProblemJobsCan DoStruggleLike YouSolveQuittingHelping OthersBest ThingsIrony Author:Simon Sinek
“The worst thing we can do as a nation is taking the easy way out. If you start opening up offshore drilling, then you are buying time and you are not addressing the fundamental problem with fossil fuels.” IfsWayProblemNationsEasyCan DoWorstFundamentalsOpeningFuelBuyingWorst ThingsFossilsFossil FuelOpening UpEasy WayDrillingOffshore Author:Joe Biden
“You have a huge amount of confidence when you're younger, which slowly ebbs away for the rest of your life. You think: 'No problem. I can do that. Why shouldn't I do it?'” ThinkingI CanProblemCan DoHugeAmountNo ProblemRest Of Your Life Author:Ian Hislop
“I cant solve the poverty problem, but there are things you can do to mitigate its effects on kids.” ProblemKidsCan DoPovertyEffectsSolveCant Author:Sal Albanese
“If I am practicing spiritual poverty, which says that I own nothing, then the problems aren't mine and neither are the energy and compassion pouring through my heart to try to solve them. I am just a link in the process. If I don't take anything personally, then I can do great work without flagging. The Dalai Lama once said, 'Try with all your might - to work very, very hard - to make the world a better place, and if all your efforts are to no avail . . . no hard feelings!'” IfsWorldTryingHeartSaidI CanHardFeelingsProblemMightSpiritualEnergyProcessCan DoEffortCompassionPovertyMinesMy HeartSolveLinksBetter PlaceGreat WorkPouringLamaDalai Author:Bo Lozoff
“If your goal is to make the world a better place, one thing you can do is pick a specific challenge that you really care about. Then, learn as much as you can about it and try to volunteer your time to help an organization that is working in this area. While you're doing that, look for creative new ways to use technology to tackle parts of the problem that you come in contact with.” IfsWorldWayTryingLooksHelpingUseProblemCareGoalCan DoChallengesTechnologyCreativeOne ThingPicksAreasOrganizationContactNew WaysVolunteerBetter Place Author:Bill Gates
“All these problems [deciding cases] are easier for people who believe in God. Those of us who don't or can't have to do the best we can. That's what the law is, the best we can do. Human justice is imperfect, but it's the only justice we have.” PeopleBelieveHumansProblemLawCan DoJusticeCasesEasierBelieve In GodImperfectDo The Best Author:P. D. James
“Your only real problem is mortality! No religion can solve this problem, but science can do!” RealProblemScienceCan DoSolveMortalityReal Problems Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“The problem is, your ego sometimes tells you that you can do many things. But sometimes it's best to stay focused and be honest with yourself.” SometimesProblemCan DoHonestEgoFocusedBeing HonestStay FocusedHonest With YourselfBe Honest With Yourself Author:Sylvester Stallone
“We're going to face problems on a day to day basis and there's probably going to be that one obstacle that you think oh I'm not going to be able to get through it but just remember if you set your mind to achieve a goal, then you can do it.” IfsThinkingMindProblemAbleRememberFacesGoalCan DoAchieveBasesObstaclesDay To DayYou Can Do It Author:Patrick Henry Hughes
“The whole difficulty I think that that we're facing now is the question of who is going to ensure that corporations are accountable. The problem with leaving it to activists and non-governmental organizations-even with the tool of the Internet at their disposal-is that those organizations and those people don't have the legal right to compel corporations to disclose information, and that is something that governments can do.” PeopleThinkingWholeProblemGovernmentCan DoBusinessInformationInternetToolsOrganizationDifficultyLeavingCorporationsActivist Author:Joel Bakan
“Let's end the unworkable marijuana prohibition and put our money where our mouth is. Let's solve the problems like border crime. We can do it with pot legalization.” EndsProblemCan DoCrimeMouthsSolveBordersPotMarijuanaProhibitionMarijuana Prohibition Author:Gary Johnson