“I learned the tricks... If you want to do academic things, you can do them. It is not difficult. Yet it is from this difficulty - the mistakes and dead ends - that artists develop, not through the quick solutions and not from something you learn and apply.” IfsWantEndsArtistDifficultCan DoMistakeSolutionsDifficultyTricksAcademicDead Ends Author:Isamu Noguchi
“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
“People innately have lots of solutions. It sounds like an obvious thing, but everyone thinks that they can be prime minister; everyone thinks that they can do a better job.” PeopleThinkingJobsSoundCan DoSolutionsObviousMinistersPrimePrime MinisterBetter JobsObvious Things Author:Mark Thomas
“I don't know when the idea of suicide first occurred to me. In some ways, it had been in the back of my mind for years. Yet, oddly, I would never have thought of it as an option. It was the perceived lack of options-the final, unacceptable solution to a grave and insoluble dilemma. I had always thought of it in the same way: If all else fails, if I have nowhere else to turn, I can do this.” IfsKnowsWayYearsMindFirstsI CanIdeasTurnsChoicesCan DoFailingSolutionsSuicideFinalsGravesSuicidalDilemmaOf My MindI Can Do This Book:The Beast: A Journey Through Depression Source: The Beast: A Journey Through Depression
“I am not a man who looks for solutions in God or politics. If somebody else wants to do the dirty work and create a better world for us and he can do it, I will accept it.” IfsMenWorldWantLooksCan DoAcceptingSolutionsDirtyDirty Work Author:Charles Bukowski
“When people think the issue can be solved, it becomes a moral imperative to be part of the solution. We can do a lot more within our school districts to recruit aggressively, select people according to high standards, invest in their training and development, and foster and reward their leadership. Once we invest more in attracting, developing and retaining teachers, potential recruits will begin to see it as a profession worth considering.” PeopleThinkingSchoolCan DoMoralIssuesTeacherDevelopmentSolutionsTrainingStandardsRewardsProfessionDevelopingConsideringImperativesSelectHigh StandardsRecruitRetainingSchool Districts Author:Wendy Kopp