“Teen problem novels? I can go through them like a box of chocolates. And there are fantasy books out now that need a lot more editing. Fantasy got to be so popular that people began to think 'We don't need to be as diligent with the razor blade,' but they do.” PeopleThinkingNeedsI CanBookProblemFantasyNovelBoxesChocolateEditingBladesRazorsDiligentFantasy BooksBox Of Chocolates Author:Tamora Pierce
“My present work concerns the problems connected with the theory of elementary particles, the theory of gravitation and cosmology and I shall be glad if I can manage to make some contribution to these important branches of science.” IfsI CanImportantProblemTheoryConcernConnectedGladManageBranchesContributionParticlesCosmologyGravitation Author:Andrei Sakharov
“This is the free enterprise system. The only place in the world that I can recall where companies never failed was the old Soviet Union. This is what investors do in free enterprise and capitalism system. [...[ And, yes, free enterprise system can be cruel. But the problem with this administration is that small businesses are the one who had suffered the most, the kind that need investors, the kinds that don't need the hundreds of pages, thousands of pages of regulations that continue to plague them and have them hold back on the hiring investment.” WorldNeedsKindHas BeensI CanProblemCompanyRepublicanPagesCapitalismUnionsInvestmentAdministrationEnterpriseInvestorsSovietRegulationRecallsSoviet UnionSmall BusinessPlagueHiringPlaces In The WorldFree Enterprise Author:John McCain
“I can always go back to construction. That's great money, but the problem is you can cut off your hand.” I CanProblemHandsCuttingConstructionGreat Money Author:Benjamin Walker
“The surgery will always be a huge part of my life. I'm going to need to help people with weight problems for the rest of my life so that I can maintain my weight.” PeopleNeedsI CanHelpingProblemHugeWeightSurgeryWeight Problems Author:Carnie Wilson
“I can finally go home and tell the constituents, law enforcement, and leaders in Washington state that Congress is treating the meth problem with the same urgency and commitment that local communities have been treating it with for years.” YearsHas BeensI CanStatesProblemHomeLawCommunityLeaderCommitmentCongressLocalsLaw EnforcementEnforcementUrgencyConstituentsLocal CommunityWashington State Author:Rick Larsen
“If I had to control what I was speaking, it would be a chore. Right now I just feel I've got my shoes off, everybody comes in, I talk. If I was an actor it could be a problem, but right now I just talk all the crap, I can badmouth anybody I want, I can say what I want and move on.” IfsWantFeelsI CanProblemWould BeMovingActorsRight NowShoesCrapChores Author:Tarsem Singh
“Everything ultimately becomes the CEO's problem, no matter where it starts. I can see why some CEOs crack under the pressure.” I CanMatterProblemPressureCracksCeo Author:Yishan Wong
“Now that I'm more mature, in a funny way, I can even appreciate that I've bad to become more aware of my body. Since I've chosen acting as my career, I have to keep my weight down anyway-I've been used to it for years, so it's no problem. And there's nothing I can't do.” WayYearsI CanProblemBodyUsedActingCareersAppreciateWeightChosenMatureNo Problem Author:Dana Hill
“I'm sure I'm a schizophrenic. The problem is I can't tell the difference between which one's which, which one is the real me.” I CanRealProblemDifferencesSchizophrenicReal Me Author:Nick Rhodes
“I'm the son of a newsman, I grew up around news, so I can understand the issue, which is that papers are losing subscribers and they're getting less and less outlets... it's a tricky thing. You're going to have to sell papers. The problem is, there's so little reporting anymore.” LittlesI CanProblemIssuesSonGrewPaperGrew UpNewsLosingSellsPapersOutletsTricky Author:George Clooney
“It is important to live each day with a positive perspective. It is not wise to pretend problems do not exist, but it is wise to look beyond the problem to the possibilities that are in it. When Goliath came against the Israelites, the soldiers all thought, "He's so big, we can never kill him." But David looked at the same giant and thought, "He's so big, I can't miss him.” LooksI CanImportantProblemBigsWiseMissingPossibilityPerspectiveSoldierGiantsEach DayLive Each DayGoliathPositive Perspective Author:Dale E. Turner
“The only problem is getting comfortable with myself. It's different for me, a different team. I have to try to do the best I can, working, trying to get comfortable in the left field and with my teammates, too.” TryingI CanDifferentProblemLeftTeamFieldsComfortComfortableDo The BestTeammateLeft Field Author:Alfonso Soriano
“Here's the thing, I've been cooking more and more and I'm pretty good, the problem is I can only go out to restaurants that cook better than I do, therefore, it's expensive.” I CanProblemCookingCooksRestaurantsExpensive Author:Mark Morris
“My problem is not to reinforce or destroy any ideas anyone might have about me, how I do what I do, what my intentions are, the way that I do it. My only job as far as I can see is to do the music that I want to do. All those other things are completely out of my control.” WayWantI CanIdeasProblemMightJobsIntention Author:El-P
“I prefer to channel my problems and inner demons through a character. Another persona. That protects me and my family. I can get my frustrations out that way.” WayI CanCharacterProblemProtectMy FamilyDemonFrustrationPersonaInner Demons Author:Dolph Lundgren
“I don't Twitter. I can't even remember my password name. I have problems with electronics, so what I've done is hire a young man out of college, whose very fingers are the extension of computer keys, and he Twitters. He does the mechanics, but I very carefully modulate what is said and have used Twitter to publicize stuff, have conversations and instigate competition.” MenDoeSaidI CanDoneProblemRememberYoungUsedNamesStuffCollegeKeysConversationComputerCompetitionFingersYoung ManExtensionsMechanicElectronicsPasswords Author:William Shatner
“I can understand how evolution says, "don't believe in God", but I've never had this problem. I've always loved His creation. Unfortunately, this doesn't mean any_thing to some people, and I just don't get that! After all, if you just read the Bible plainly, it tells you everything. From Creation, to the Flood, to Jesus. I can't see how you can come to the conclusion, there is no God.” PeopleIfsBelieveMeanI CanProblemJesusCreationEvolutionBibleDon't BelieveConclusionBelieve In GodFloodThere Is No God Author:Betty Cuthbert
“I think about dying but I don't want to die. Not even close. In fact my problem is the complete opposite. I want to live, I want to escape. I feel trapped and bored and claustrophobic. There's so much to see and so much to do but I somehow still find myself doing nothing at all. I'm still here in this metaphorical bubble of existence and I can't quite figure out what the hell I'm doing or how to get out of it.” ThinkingWantFeelsStillsI CanFactsProblemDiesExistenceHellDyingFiguresOppositesBoredBubblesTrappedDoing NothingWanting To DieMetaphoricalComplete Opposites Author:Matthew Healy
“The problem with Matisse is that I can't ever figure out when he's done a good painting or a bad painting because I don't know how to analyse him. I just know that I like the way he put it on and I like his airs and forms.” KnowsWayI CanDoneProblemFormKnow HowAirFiguresPaintingStandardsMatisse Author:Susan Rothenberg
“I have a terrible problem with procrastination. A friend told me, "Well, you should go to therapy." And I thought about it, but then I said, "Wait a minute. Why should I pay a stranger to listen to me talk when I can get strangers to pay to listen to me talk?" And that's when I got the idea of touring.” ShouldWellsSaidI CanIdeasProblemWaitingPayMinutesTerribleStrangerTherapyProcrastinationShould ITouringListen To Me Author:Ellen DeGeneres
“I can't quite define my aversion to asking questions of strangers. From snatches of family battles which I have heard drifting up from railway stations and street corners, I gather that there are a great many men who share my dislike for it, as well as an equal number of women who ... believe it to be the solution to most of this world's problems.” MenWorldBelieveWellsI CanProblemNumbersHeardShareStreetsThis WorldBattleEqualSolutionsAskingCornersStrangerGreat MenStationsDislikeDriftingAsking QuestionsAversionRailwayStreet CornersRailway Station Book:The Benchley Roundup Source: The Benchley Roundup
“I don't really dream, I space out during the day - that's one of my problems wonder off when someone's talking to me. I can't remember any dreams in my life. There's so much strange in real life that it often seems like a dream.” I CanRealProblemDreamSeemsRememberSpaceTalkingWonderStrangeReal Life Author:Tim Burton
“I can't be as confident about computer science as I can about biology. Biology easily has 500 years of exciting problems to work on. It's at that level.” YearsI CanProblemLevelsComputerExcitingBiologyComputer Science Author:Donald Knuth
“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
“If anyone ever wonders why there's nothing coming from me, it's not my fault. I'm doing the work. No, I haven't deteriorated or gone insane. Suddenly, I just can't get anything into print. And apparently I'm not alone in this. There are people of very high standing, authors who are having problems. So I have been told. In my own case, the more disturbing element is the editor-in-chief who said to me, "I think this book is terrific. It ought to be in print. I can't publish it -- I've been told I mustn't." The indication is that I'm not writing what people want to read, but I never did.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantWritingHas BeensSaidI CanBookProblemMy OwnWonderCasesGoneHavensOughtElementsStandingFaultsInsaneChiefsPrintEditorsPublishTerrificDisturbingNot AloneIndication Author:Tanith Lee
“I used to work in jobs I hated because I needed the money to buy a guitar. I know what it feels like to be depressed. On the other hand, I also know what it feels like to have money, to be successful, to be independent, but I can tell you that money and success never solve your problems.” KnowsFeelsI CanProblemHandsJobsUsedSuccessfulNeededIndependentGuitarSolveHatedBeing Successful Author:Chris Cornell
“If I can look at your zip code and I can tell whether you're going to get a good education, we've got a real problem.” IfsLooksI CanRealProblemCodeReal ProblemsGood EducationZips Author:Condoleezza Rice
“A lot of people that are in the disease of drinking and using can be caught up on the denial aspect of it. I don't have a problem with that. I am very sensitive. I can just feel when things are getting out of control and I go, 'Oh, you have to deal with this. Because you can die.' I've always sort of had that.” PeopleFeelsI CanProblemDiesDealsDiseaseAspectDrinkingCaughtDenialSensitiveCaught Up Author:Bobby Lee
“I think whatever is going on with my brain, I'm very, very - and I'm not saying this as a positive thing, it's just a fact - I'm very creative. I have a very strong imagination, and have since I was a little kid. That is where a lot of my world comes from. It's like I'm off somewhere else. And I can have a problem in life because of that, because I'm always off in some other world thinking about something else. It's constant.” ThinkingWorldLittlesI CanFactsProblemKidsStrongImaginationBrainCreativeConstantVery StrongLittle KidSomewhere ElseOther WorldsPositive ThingsProblems In Life Author:James Gunn
“Contemporary philosophers have exercised themselves with the problem of our knowledge of other minds. Enmeshed in the dogma of the ghost in the machine, they have found it impossible to discover any logically satisfactory evidence warranting one person in believing that there exist minds other than his own. I can witness what your body does, but I cannot witness what your mind does, and my pretensions to infer from what your body does to what your mind does all collapse, since the premises for such inferences are either inadequate or unknowable.” MindBelievePersonsDoeI CanProblemBodyFoundImpossibleEvidenceMachinesPhilosopherYour BodyGhostContemporaryWitnessCollapseDogmaPremisesInadequatePretensionInference Book:The Concept of Mind Source: The Concept of Mind
“I can see no hope at present of such a vaccine being produced... I have adopted a frankly defeatist attitude towards the problem of poliomyelitis and I hope that future developments will prove me wrong... No means of controlling poliomyelitis is at present visible.” MeanI CanProblemAttitudeDevelopmentProveVisibleAdoptedVaccinesNo HopeFuture DevelopmentProve Me Wrong Author:Frank Macfarlane Burnet
“A lot of people, black, white, mexican, young or old, fat or skinny have a problem being true to they self. They have a problem looking in the mirror and looking directly into their own souls. Only reason I am who I am today is because I can look directly into my face and find my soul” PeopleLooksI CanSoulSelfReasonProblemTodayFacesYoungBlackWhiteMirrorsWho I AmFatsBeing TrueMy SoulSelf AcceptanceBlack PeopleRapperMexicanSkinnyBecause I CanBlack WhiteI Am Who I AmLooking In The Mirror Author:Tupac Shakur
“If you give the actors a problem 'I'm not getting something out of the scene' and it's the writing, we just don't have the scene, if you give them the problem and just give them some key thoughts they can bring some great solutions to the equation too. So if it's just not perfect, or I'm not getting all I can, I'll open it up to them and say let's talk about it.” IfsGivingWritingI CanProblemActorsPerfectKeysSceneSolutionsEquationsNot Perfect Author:Bryan Singer
“I always tried not to be too mean, but my problem is that the people I tend to find hilarious don't usually have senses of humor. So interacting with them is a little bit of an awkward engagement, because I can't really make them laugh, on top of which I've been doing an impression of them.” PeopleMeanLittlesI CanProblemBitsLaughingLittle BitSensesImpressionSense Of HumorEngagementAwkwardBecause I CanInteracting Author:Ana Gasteyer
“I am not an atheist. I do not know if I can define myself as a pantheist. The problem involved is too vast for our limited minds.” IfsKnowsMindI CanProblemInvolvedAtheist Author:Albert Einstein
“In America, you can segregate the people, but the problems will travel. From slavery to equal rights, from state suppression of dissent to crime, drugs and unemployment, I can't think of a supposedly Black issue that hasn't wasted the original Black target group and then spread like measles to outlying white experience.” PeopleThinkingI CanStatesProblemAmericaBlackWhiteIssuesRightsGroupsCrimeDrugEqualOriginalsSlaverySpreadTargetUnemploymentSegregationEqual RightsDissentSuppressionMeasles Book:On call: political essays Source: On call: political essays
“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
“I can think of no habit, kept up through the years, that binds a married couple more than that of reading good books together. Domestic problems and personal problems are for the time forgotten, and an intellectual intimacy is established that can be maintained in few other ways.” ThinkingWayYearsI CanBookProblemTogetherReadingMarriageCoupleHabitMarriedIntellectualForgottenIntimacyGood BookThrough The YearsMarried CouplesPersonal ProblemsReading Good Books Author:Alice Hegan Rice