“I have a condition called Menieres disease which is a problem with fluid retention in the inner ear. It has four symptoms: ringing in the ear, pressure in the ear, fluctuating hearing loss, and attacks of vertigo.” ProblemLossFourConditionsDiseaseEarsPressureHearingSymptomsFluidRetentionHearing LossVertigo Author:Katie Leclerc
“Facts are facts: No president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the Great Depression inherited a worse economy, bigger job losses or deeper problems from his predecessor. But President Obama is moving America forward, not back.” FactsProblemJobsAmericaMovingPresidentLossEconomyBiggerDeeperPresident ObamaFranklinGreat DepressionPredecessorsJob LossFranklin Delano Roosevelt Author:Martin O'Malley
“I have a disturbing problem with losing things. My vulnerability to loss-distress could properly be labeled not only inordinate, but neurotic.” ProblemLossLosingVulnerabilityDistressDisturbingNeuroticDisturbing ThingsLosing Things Book:Talk Show: Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets Source: Talk Show: Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets
“The problem is, is the White House and this administration have created a war against police officers in this country, with their allegations and false assertions that there's widespread and pervasive racism in the United States of America that lives in the heart and minds of the men and women in blue. This is a false narrative. It is dangerous. It is reckless. It has resulted in the loss of lives. They are not being held accountable.” MenMindHeartWarCountryStatesProblemAmericaHouseLossWhiteUnitedUnited StatesDangerousHe ManRacismMen And WomenPoliceBlueAdministrationNarrativeWhite HouseOfficersUnited States Of AmericaHeart And MindRecklessAssertionPolice OfficerAllegations Author:Kimberly Guilfoyle
“The farmer and the farm, like "the environment," are looked upon, for example, as means to offset trade deficits. The farm is a place where we can externalize costs. The cost of pesticides to the farmer and the cost of the pesticides to the soil and groundwater are regarded similarly by the public: "a serious problem that something ought to be done about." But the problem is more fundamental than this glib statement would indicate, for soil pollution is an expense of production. So are pesticides and nitrates in our farm wells. So is the loss of farmers from the land.” WellsMeanDoneProblemLossEnvironmentLandExampleSeriousOughtCostFundamentalsTradeProductionsStatementsSoilExpensesFarmsFarmersPollutionDeficitPesticidesGroundwater Author:Wes Jackson
“If one starts with the assumption that, in the absence of specific Congressional authority, a fixed rule of law precludes contracting officers from providing in a Government contract terms reasonably calculated to assure its performance even though there be no money loss through a particular default, there is no problem. But answers are not obtained by putting the wrong question, and thereby begging the real one.” IfsRealProblemGovernmentLawTermLossAnswersParticularAuthorityPerformancesAbsenceFixedAssumptionContractsOfficersProvidingNo ProblemBeggingRule Of LawNo MoneyDefaultReal OnesContracting Author:Felix Frankfurter
“As a philosophical problem, it comes down to a better way to engage with the passage of time; and I think we're getting close to one, because the imaginative loss of the future is becoming acute.The most effective political actors on the planet now are people who want to blow themselves up.These are people who really don't want to get out of the bed in the morning and face another unpredictable day.” PeopleThinkingWayWantProblemFacesPoliticalActorsLossMorningPlanetsBecomingBedPhilosophicalBlowPassagesUnpredictableImaginativeBetter WaysPassage Of Time Author:Bruce Sterling
“The loss of candor is grievous, and in my opinion it may yet prove to be mortal, because if we cannot discuss our problems in plain speech that describes reality, it is unlikely that we will be able to solve them.” IfsMayProblemRealityTruthAbleLossOpinionProveSpeechSolveMortalsUnlikelyCandor Author:Alexander Haig
“Surely we have had enough of confusing maleness with "usefulness" and other human virtues. If men had a more modest view of what their masculinity ought to entail, perhaps they could move on from debilitating feelings of loss to tackling their real economic and political problems.” IfsMenHumansRealEnoughFeelingsProblemMovingPoliticalLossViewsVirtueEconomicOughtModestMasculinityConfusingUsefulnessHad EnoughTacklingMaleness Author:Ellen Willis
“Not only weight loss surgery is unnecessary but also it deprives human being a normal life. People after surgery would never be able to enjoy their food ever for the rest of their life whether it is Christmas or they are on their holidays or their child birthday or any other festival. List of problems and complications after the weight loss surgery operation are endless as one may get additional problems such as Hernia, Internal Bleeding, Swelling of the skin around the wounds, etc. I wonder how many weight loss surgeons advice about weight loss surgery to their own family members.” PeopleHumansMayChildrenProblemAbleEnjoyHuman BeingsLossWonderAdviceMembersNormalSkinsWeightListsWoundsEndlessOperationsEtcHolidayInternalsUnnecessarySurgeryFestivalsWeight LossSurgeonsBleedingFamily MembersNormal LifeComplicationSwellingHernias Author:Subodh Gupta
“The real problem is not increasing your energy. The problem is losing it. If you stop the loss and you simply meditate, you will have more than enough energy. You will learn to live strategically.” IfsRealEnoughProblemEnergyLossLosingMysticismReal ProblemsLosing Power Author:Frederick Lenz
“The biggest energy losses for most people are relationships, interrelations with other people. That is where we lose the most energy, through our attachments - opening up to people who might be very nice on the surface but underneath they have a lot of problems.” PeopleProblemMightEnergyLosesLossNiceLosingSurfaceOpeningMysticismAttachmentVery NiceOpening UpLosing Power Author:Frederick Lenz
“I have a problem with players who don't take the loss personally. At a professional level you should - it's our job, it's our livelihood, it's who we are at this level. Every loss should be taken that personal.” ShouldProblemJobsLossLevelsTakenPlayerWho We AreLivelihood Author:Hope Solo
“The [character] that I was able to crawl into the most was Lilo from Lilo & Stitch. This was sort of a cartoony-looking girl, but her problems were completely real. Her funky world that she createdI mean, you know kids like that. It was very honest and genuine and I wanted to do an honest job, so I thought about the character a lot before I animated it. I really got into the character, where [I] almost felt that pain that she had. The loss of the parents - you need to feel all that. That was a big learning experience for me.” KnowsWorldNeedsFeelsMeanRealCharacterProblemBigsKidsAbleWantedPainJobsGirlFeltParentLossHonestGenuineAnimatedLearning ExperienceStitchesFunky Author:Andreas Deja
“Only the mediocre are always at their best. If your standards are low, it is easy to meet those standards every single day, every single year. But if your standard is to be the best, there will be days when you fall short of that goal. It is okay to not win every game. The only problem would be if you allow a loss or a failure to change your standards. Keep your standards intact, keep the bar set high, and continue to try your very best every day to meet those standards. If you do that, you can always be proud of the work that you do.” IfsTryingYearsProblemWould BeFallGamesWinningEasyGoalLossProudLowsStandardsOkayBarsBeing The BestBe ProudMediocre Author:Mike Krzyzewski
“Removed from its more restrictive sense, masturbation has become an expression for everything that has proved, for lack of human contact, to be void of meaning. We have communication problems, suffer from egocentrism and narcissism, are frustrated by information glut and loss of environment; we stagnate despite the rising GNP.” HumansProblemSufferingLossEnvironmentInformationExpressionCommunicationContactDespiteRisingVoidNarcissismFrustratedMasturbationCommunication Problems Author:Gunter Grass
“It is no good getting furious if you get stuck. What I do is keep thinking about the problem but work on something else. Sometimes it is years before I see the way forward. In the case of information loss and black holes, it was 29 years.” IfsThinkingWayYearsSometimesProblemBlackLossCasesInformationStuckHolesFuriousBlack HoleWay Forward Author:Stephen Hawking
“Our problem with limited resources is not primarily overpopulation; it is greed. Our problem with pollution is not the invention of fluorocarbons or mass transport; it is irresponsibility. The loss of an acre of forest every second, the mass slaughter of elephants for their ivory, the extinction of entire species of plants, insects and animals all over the world is not something that "just happens" because there are more of us human beings. It happens because the race of ruling beings put in charge has almost wholly lost its sense of stewardship. We have turned away from God.” WorldHumansProblemHappensLostHuman BeingsLossAnimalRaceMassResourcesPlantSpeciesEnvironmentalGreedInventionForestsPollutionElephantsInsectsRulingExtinctionStewardshipSlaughterTransportEvery SecondAcresIvoryIrresponsibilityOverpopulationLimited Resources Author:Winkie Pratney
“The very fact that faith looks to a power beyond itself means that it is continually subject to loss of control. So if you're looking to get control of all your problems, forget Christianity. If you're looking for success, happiness, or freedom from pain, forget Christ. The way of Christ is the cross, and the cross spells weakness, poverty, failure, death.” IfsWayLooksMeanFactsProblemPainFaithChristReligiousLossForgetChristianityPovertySubjectsWeaknessCrossesSpellsSuccess HappinessFreedom From Pain Author:Mike Mason
“I think a lot of our problems are because people don't listen to our children. It is not always easy. They're not always so brilliant that you want to spend hours with them. But it is very important to listen to them.” PeopleThinkingWantChildrenImportantProblemEasyHoursLossOur ChildrenBrilliantHearing Loss Author:Barbara Bush
“The fact is, out of all the possible reasons for going bankrupt, only three account for nearly 90 percent of bankruptcy: a job loss, a medical problem, or a divorce. And the fact is that those are exactly the kind of calamities that the bankruptcy courts were designed to help people through.” PeopleKindReasonFactsHelpingProblemJobsThreeLossPercentAccountsCourtDivorceMedicalCalamityBankruptcyJob LossMedical Problems Author:Amelia Warren Tyagi
“The impact of the earthquake on mental health was huge and unimaginably deep in people's lives. Some lost all benchmarks and references because of their great loss, we still have people coming to clinics with mental health problems related to the earthquake. They talk about the earthquake, about being under the rubble.” PeopleStillsProblemLostLossHealthHugeImpactMental HealthRelatedEarthquakesClinicRubbleHealth ProblemsGreat Loss Author:Reggie Fils-Aime
“The main international problem facing America is our lack of - our loss of influence in the world and our lack of an ability to define what U.S. interests really are.” WorldProblemAmericaInterestLossAbilityInfluenceInternational Author:Bob Barr
“I think I'm really fortunate to be an installation artist who is heavily invested in photography: I don't have the emotional problems with the loss of work that some installation artists have. The photographs wouldn't exist without the installation... but at the same time, I think I'd kill myself if I only did installations. There's something deeply tragic about doing work that you know is temporal.” IfsThinkingKnowsProblemArtistLossEmotionalPhotographyPhotographFortunateTragicInstallationEmotional Problems Author:Sandy Skoglund
“The most encouraging trend of our time is the widespread loss of faith in government. No longer do people look to the government as the great problem solver, economic planner, social unifier, or cultural czar. The government is more likely to be seen for what it is, a haven for grafters, liars, and would-be tyrants. Americans, like the Russians, no longer believe anything until it is officially denied.” PeopleBelieveLooksProblemGovernmentWould BeSocialLossEconomicHavensOur TimeLiarsTrendsTyrantsDeniedPlannersProblem SolversLoss Of FaithCzarsMost Encouraging Author:Llewellyn Rockwell
“If Jim Mora loses his job with the Falcons, it most likely will be because of wins and losses. Problem is, when you work for such an image-conscious owner and in the most fickle of sports towns, random acts of dumbness tend to shrink a guy's margin for error.” IfsProblemJobsGuyWinningSportsLosesLossConsciousTownsErrorsOwnersShrinksMarginsFickleFalconDumbnessWins And Losses Author:Jeff Schultz
“The weight loss has been a secondary change to the mental changes I have made. Weight loss does not fix problems; how you view yourself does.” DoeHas BeensMadeProblemLossViewsWeightWeight Loss Author:Erin Willett
“Technology isn't fulfilling its promise of unlimited progress and solving every problem through technology. With the Enlightenment and its aftermath, there already was a general loss of confidence in the Western religions.” ProblemLossTechnologyProgressPromiseEnlightenmentWesternFulfillingUnlimitedAftermath Author:Thomas Keating
“If you're going to solve a weight-loss problem - or smoking problem for that matter - you must address both the psychological and physiological.” IfsMatterProblemLossWeightSolvePsychologicalSmokingAddressesWeight LossPhysiological Author:Tony Robbins
“And people really behaved in a fraudulent way or something, we'll go back and find the culprits later on. But that really isn't the problem we have. I mean that's where it came from, though. We leveraged up and if you have a 20 percent fall in value of a $20 trillion asset, that's $4 trillion. And when $4 trillion lands - losses land in the wrong part of this economy, it can gum up the whole place.” PeopleIfsWayMeanWholeProblemValuesFallLossEconomyLandPercentAssetsGumCulprit Author:Warren Buffett
“I challenge the challenges. I like to face the problems. I don't run away from them. Whatever loss I have to face it, I face it.” ProblemRunningFacesChallengesLossRunning Away Author:Narendra Modi
“There are estimates that we daily walked for 10 - 20 kilometers for hundreds of thousands of years. The world's best problem solving machinery grew up under conditions of consistent, strenuous physical activity. It makes sense that when we don't recreate the environments in which the organ was forged, we get a loss of function. And that when we do restore those environments, we get that function back. The effects of aerobic exercise on executive function skills is a powerful empirical example of this idea.” WorldYearsIdeasProblemLossPowerfulEnvironmentConditionsEffectsExampleGrewExerciseActivitySkillsGrew UpFunctionMake SenseConsistentExecutivesOrgansProblem SolvingMachineryForgedPhysical Activity Author:John Medina
“Whether low-income people are dealing with access to veteran's benefits, or a protective order to guard against domestic violence, or a way to guard against the loss of their home due to foreclosure and unscrupulous behavior by mortgage providers, there's no way they can afford a lawyer. And that's a serious problem. Because that erodes respect for law, it erodes the prospects for justice.” PeopleProblemHomeJusticeLossViolenceSeriousBehaviorLawyerDomestic ViolenceMortgage Author:Martha Minow
“Our nostalgic dreams of perfection thrive just as dangerously in the other direction too, in the imaginary future, that bold and tantalizing future where the troubles of today will be cured by a tomorrow, and all our losses will be recouped, our problems solved, our lives restored, our people made whole again, etc.” PeopleProblemDreamTodayLossTroubleTomorrowPerfectionThriveImaginaryNostalgic Author:Charles D'Ambrosio
“We noted the psychological problems facing many of the returning from Iraq veterans - of the 700,000 returning veterans, more than a 100,000 have been diagnosed with problems, but the numbers are likely to get worse, as those with multiple deployments return. We should have valued the loss of life as a result of these suicides, using the same procedures we used for the loss of those who died in combat.” ProblemLossSuicidePsychologicalMultipleVeteranDeployment Author:Joseph Stiglitz
“The difference between "winners" and "losers" is not whether they face obstacles and setbacks - we all do, and it is inevitable that plans do not unfold exactly as imagined or that unexpected events surprise us or that a few mistakes happen. The real difference is that "winners" bounce back from a fumble or a loss by refusing to panic, analyzing the situation and looking for positive actions they can take to correct the problem, and then go on to resume winning.” RealProblemActionWinningLossMistakeSituationSurpriseObstaclesInevitableWinnerUnexpectedLoserSetback Author:Rosabeth Moss Kanter
“Psychological factors are vital. We don't learn how to improve our emotional intelligence. Even in ancient cultures, such as the Greeks, cultivation of the art of being able to enter a state of awareness that is deeply blissful, and beyond thought and feeling as such. Many people have become disillusioned with religions and, as such, have turned away from pursuing anything spiritual. That create a loss of sense of purpose and a lot of anger. Sure, there are all sorts of problems with organised religions, but there are also all sorts of problems with the world of 'science' too.” PeopleWorldArtFeelingsProblemSpiritualPurposeCultureLossAwarenessEmotionalAncientPsychologicalGreekDisillusioned Author:Patrick Holford
“Yet, despite our many advances, our environment is still threatened by a range of problems, including global climate change, energy dependence on unsustainable fossil fuels, and loss of biodiversity.” StillsProblemEnergyLossEnvironmentClimateClimate ChangeIncludingDespiteRangeFuelGlobal WarmingDependenceThreatenedFossilsOur EnvironmentFossil FuelBiodiversityBurning Fossil FuelsEnvironmental Change Author:Dan Lipinski