“Climate change and dependence on foreign oil are problems that won't go away on their own. Tabling plans to deal with them doesn't make it easier for companies to plan and invest; it makes it harder.” ProblemDealsCompanyPlansEasierHarderClimateClimate ChangeOilGoing AwayDependenceForeign Oil Author:Christina Romer
“I've mis-signed many a book Rollins or Clemens. My readers quickly become aware. Booksellers will often promote me under both names, and I do plug both at signings. Generally, the fantasy reader has no problem going into the suspense genre. It's harder for the typical suspense reader to go the other direction.” BookProblemNamesFantasyReaderHarderSuspenseGenreTypicalNo ProblemSigningPlugsBooksellers Author:James Rollins
“Truth is not always hard to find; it is often staring you in the face. The problem with truth is that it is hard to believe. It is even harder to get other people to believe.” PeopleBelieveHardProblemTruthFacesTruth IsHarderStaringHard To Believe Author:Walter Darby Bannard
“Technical problems can be remediated. A dishonest corporate culture is much harder to fix.” ProblemCultureHarderCorporateCorporate Culture Author:Bruce Schneier
“The good news is that the comics field is small enough and informal enough that once you have made a comic, you have achieved your dreams: you have broken into the comics industry. The problem with breaking in, though, is that staying in is harder.” MadeBookEnoughProblemDreamFieldsBrokenIndustryNewsHarderComicYour DreamsStayingComic BookGood NewsDreams You Have Author:Greg Pak
“If the terrorists have the sympathy of people, it's much harder to find them. So we need people on our side, and that leads us to be responsible leaders of the world, show some concern with the problems.” PeopleIfsWorldNeedsShowsProblemSidesLeaderEconomyConcernHarderResponsibleTerroristBeing Responsible Author:George Soros
“I think it's harder for people than it should be. But as more and more of us become carbon neutral and change the patterns in our lives to be part of the solution instead of part of the problem, we are now beginning to see the changes in policy that are needed.” PeopleThinkingShouldProblemOur LivesPolicyNeededSolutionsHarderPatternsCarbon Author:Al Gore
“The issue of snacking is complicated. In principle, "grazing" is probably a good idea. It would even out the insulin spikes and things like that from eating large meals. The problem is it makes it harder for people to control the amount they're eating.” PeopleIdeasProblemPrinciplesIssuesAmountEatingHarderComplicatedMealsGood IdeasGrazingInsulin Author:Michael Pollan
“It is technology. They all changed to a harder golf ball, so they gave up spinning on the greens. They all changed to longer drivers, bigger heads with hotter faces and lighter shafts. The problem is, the harder you hit it, the more control you lose.” ProblemFacesLosesTechnologyChangedBallsBiggerHarderGolfDriversSpinningGave UpLightersHotterGolf Ball Author:Tiger Woods
“Emotions are far harder things to understand than algebra and geometry, yet we spend hours in elucidating mathematics and expect such a problem as that of human relationships to solve itself.” HumansFeelingsProblemHoursEmotionHarderMathematicsSolveGeometryHuman RelationsHuman RelationshipsAlgebra Author:Frances G. Wickes
“All our environmental problems become easier to solve with fewer people and harder - and ultimately impossible to solve - with ever more people.” PeopleProblemImpossibleEasierHarderEnvironmentalPopulationSolveFewerEnvironmental Problems Author:David Attenborough
“Good ideas will always get funded, so that's not going to be a problem. But you will see that it will be harder and harder for bad ideas to get funded.” IdeasProblemHarderGood IdeasBad Ideas Author:Jeff Bezos
“With each one, I love working on the story and the characters. The stunts, each time, we keep pushing ourselves harder and harder. And they are stunts, so there's always a danger in doing them, but fortunately, I have not had a problem. I have not missed a day of work, ever, in my career. I'm always there early. And I train very hard, and we prepare very carefully for each one.” HardCharacterStoriesProblemCareersDangerHarderTrainPushingPushing Ourselves Author:Tom Cruise
“Many times in my life when things were not going as I had planned, I would try to take control and fix it. The harder I tried to fix things the harder the situation or the stress from the situation became. As I learned to trust that God had the best solution, my life became much more peaceful and I was able to get through problems much quicker.” TryingProblemAbleSituationSolutionsStressHarderPeacefulTake Control Author:Dan Ellis
“I ask my assistants if they're retarded all the time. When the camera is on you, of course, actors have the ability to make it real. For me, if I'm not talking, it is a problem. I have so much more respect for actors after being in front of the camera, and I realize that the hardest part is when you're not talking. Listening is harder than just acting. Listening is the hardest part.” IfsRealProblemCoursesActorsAsksRealizingAbilityActingTalkingFrontsListeningHarderCamerasHardestAssistantsNot TalkingRetarded Author:Brett Ratner
“The only reason psychology students don't have to do more and harder mathematics than physics students is because the mathematicians haven't yet discovered ways of dealing with problems as hard as those in psychology.” WayHardReasonProblemPsychologyHavensStudentsHarderMathematicsPhysicsMathematicianDealing With Problems Author:John G. Kemeny
“It's so much harder to recreate something than it is to shoot at the actual place. It's not without its problems. You've got a lot of bystanders and security issues, but it's always a lot easier and a lot more fun to shoot at the actual location.” ProblemFunIssuesSecurityEasierHarderLocationBystanders Author:Jon Turteltaub
“Bernie Ebbers and Ken Lay were caricatures - they were easy to spot. They were almost psychopaths. But it's much harder to spot problems at companies like Royal Dutch [Shell].” ProblemEasyCompanyHarderLaysSpotsShellsRoyalDutchCaricaturesPsychopath Author:Charlie Munger
“I think we are all interested in end-times ideas and also in the current climate that we are all living in, where money is a little harder to come by, things continue to get expensive; gas prices are not too far from people's heads. There are more and more people. Human society's going to have real problems.” PeopleThinkingHumansLittlesIdeasRealEndsProblemHarderClimateCurrentsExpensiveGasEnd TimesHuman SocietyReal ProblemsGas Prices Author:Dominic Monaghan
“The country's 24 hour political pundit perpetual panic conflictinator did not cause our problems but its existence makes solving them that much harder. The press can hold its magnifying up to our problems bringing them into focus, illuminating issues heretofore unseen or they can use that magnifying glass to light ants on fire and then perhaps host a week of shows on the sudden, unexpected dangerous flaming ant epidemic. If we amplify everything we hear nothing.” IfsCountryUseShowsProblemLightPoliticalPoliticsCausesHoursExistenceIssuesFireFocusWeekDangerousHarderPressesGlassesUnexpectedHostPanicPerpetualUnseenAntsEpidemicsIlluminatingPunditsAmplifyMagnifyingMagnifying Glass Author:Jon Stewart
“The cooking side is the easier way to be creative. On the policy side, it's harder to think of new approaches to problems.” ThinkingWayProblemSidesCreativePolicyEasierApproachHarderCookingBe CreativeNew Approach Author:Sam Kass
“Is there any man that thinks in chains like the man who calls himself a free-thinker? Is there any man so credulous as the man who will not believe in the Bible? He swallows a ton of difficulties, and yet complains that we have swallowed an ounce of them. He has much more need of faith of a certain sort than we have, for skepticism has far harder problems than faith.” ThinkingMenNeedsBelieveProblemCertainHe ManDifficultyHarderComplainingChainsThinkerSkepticismFree Thinkers Author:Charles Spurgeon
“I have a hard time writing. Most writers have a hard time writing. I have a harder time than most because I'm lazier than most. [...] The other problem I have is fear of writing. The act of writing puts you in confrontation with yourself, which is why I think writers assiduously avoid writing. [...] Not writing is more of a psychological problem than a writing problem. All the time I'm not writing I feel like a criminal. [...] It's horrible to feel felonious every second of the day. Especially when it goes on for years. It's much more relaxing actually to work.” ThinkingFeelsWritingYearsHardProblemGoes OnHarderCriminalsHorriblePsychologicalHard TimesConfrontationEvery SecondPsychological Problems Author:Fran Lebowitz
“The problem with an autobiography is that all these extra factors make it difficult. You don't want to hurt people's feelings. You don't know how much you can trust your memory. You don't want it to be self-serving. And you have all these issues about how to present yourself. All these factors make it harder to do than a novel.” PeopleKnowsWantSelfFeelingsProblemDifficultHurtMemoriesNovelKnow HowIssuesHarderFactorsExtrasServingAutobiographyOur MemoriesSelf Serving Author:Richard Hell
“Stars now also have problems with drugs, and it can be even harder being so out in the public eye - it's hard for them to keep their sanity and normal self present, but they can do it.” SelfHardProblemEyeStarsCan DoDrugNormalHarderSanityPublic Eye Author:Maureen McCormick
“Well, my contention is that the political system of this country is so designed criminally to prevent this, that if the black man even started in that direction, which is a mature step and it's the only way to really solve this problem and to prove that he is the intellectual equal of others, why, the racists and the segregationists would fight that harder than they're fighting the present efforts to integrate.” IfsMenWayWellsCountryProblemPoliticalFightingBlackEffortStepsProveEqualIntellectualHarderSolveRacistMatureIntegratingPolitical SystemsContention Author:Malcolm X
“Actually, as cancers develop in an individual patient, an individual cancer cell might be different - a little bit different - from the cell that's sitting right next to it. And so there's heterogeneity, we call it. It makes the problem that much harder.” LittlesDifferentProblemMightNextIndividualBitsLittle BitSittingHarderPatientCancerCells Author:Tyler Jacks
“We are reaching a tipping where the pace of settlements, during the course of my presidency has gotten so substantial that it's getting harder and harder to imagine an effective, contiguous Palestinian state. And I think it would have long-term consequences for peace and security in the region, and the United States, because of our investment in the region, and because we care so deeply about Israel, I think has a legitimate interest in saying to a friend, "This is a problem."” ThinkingLongStatesProblemCareCoursesTermInterestUnitedUnited StatesImagineSecurityConsequenceHarderInvestmentIsraelLong TermReachingRegionsPacePalestinianPresidencySettlementTippingPeace And Security Author:Barack Obama
“In fact, one reason I am interested in developing things in virtual reality is that they're so fascinating. I can come up with problems that are harder than warfare to take up people's time.” PeopleI CanReasonFactsProblemRealityHarderCome UpDevelopingFascinatingWarfareVirtual Reality Author:Jaron Lanier
“There are horrible people who, instead of solving a problem, tangle it up and make it harder to solve for anyone who wants to deal with it. Whoever does not know how to hit the nail on the head should be asked not to hit it at all.” PeopleKnowsWantShouldDoeProblemDealsKnow HowHarderSolveHorribleNails Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“His answer to every problem, every setback was “I will work harder!” —which he had adopted as his personal motto.” ProblemAnswersHarderMottoAdoptedSetbackWork HarderPersonal Motto Book:Animal Farm Source: Animal Farm
“I find so many people struggling, often working harder, simply because they cling to old ideas. They want things to be the way they were; they resist change. I know people who are losing their jobs or their houses, and they blame technology or the economy or their boss. Sadly they fail to realize that they might be the problem. Old ideas are their biggest liability. It is a liability simply because they fail to realize that while that idea or way of doing something was an asset yesterday, yesterday is gone.” PeopleKnowsWayWantIdeasProblemMightJobsHouseRealizingTechnologyStruggleEconomyGoneFailingLosingHarderBlameYesterdayBossAssetsLiabilityOld IdeasYesterday Is Gone Author:Robert Kiyosaki
“You can't really discover the most interesting conflicts and problems in a subject until you've tried to write about them. At that point, one discovers discontinuities in the data, perhaps, or in one's own thinking; then the act of writing forces you to work harder to resolve these contradictions.” ThinkingWritingProblemScienceForceInterestingSubjectsHard WorkConflictHarderDataContradictionResolveMost InterestingWork HarderDiscontinuity Author:Anthony F. C. Wallace
“I just want to do musicals. it's hard enough just to do musicals. No matter how hard I try, I think it's only getting harder. Even If I try harder, there are problems that I just can't deal with. I don't know why it's become like this.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantTryingMatterHardEnoughProblemDealsDramaHarder Author:Cheon Eunbi
“Just to prove i was right that it's harder to be friends than lovers and you shouldn't try and mix the two, cause if you do and then you're still unhappy, then you know that the problem is you.” IfsKnowsTryingStillsTwoProblemCausesLoversProveHarderUnhappyFriendship Lyrics Author:Liz Phair
“Climate change is real. The science is compelling. And the longer we wait, the harder the problem will be to solve.” RealProblemPoliticsWaitingHarderClimateClimate ChangeSolveCompelling Author:John F. Kerry
“The right use of leisure is no doubt a harder problem than the right use of our working hours. The soul is dyed the color of its leisure thoughts.” SoulUseProblemHoursDoubtColorHarderNo DoubtLeisure Author:William Ralph Inge
“To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication. Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and imagination, and that's all you have. Being a good actor isn't easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I'm done.” MenWorldWantDoneProblemLife IsActorsEasyImaginationDutyHarderConcentrationSignificanceDedicationAll AloneGood ActorsSignificance Of Life Author:James Dean