“It's endlessly interesting to be organizing and hearing possible solutions or thinking of possible solutions and how to put efforts together. It makes everything else boring, actually.” ThinkingTogetherInterestingEffortSolutionsBoringHearing Author:Gloria Steinem
“I'm in favor of anything that promotes greener solutions.” SolutionsFavorsGreener Author:Chiwetel Ejiofor
“Few knew in 2000 that Bush was going to end up with neoconservatives all over the place. And once 9/11 happened, I think it's fair to say that eight or nine neocons have had an enormous influence. The whole solution to every problem was to go after Iraq. This had been a neoconservative mantra for ten years. There was no secret about it.” ThinkingYearsEndsWholeProblemSecretHappenedInfluenceTenSolutionsFairsIraqEightNineEnormousMantras Author:Seymour Hersh
“I believe everything has a solution, and I take it one day at a time or one thing at a time.” BelieveI BelieveOne ThingOne DaySolutionsOne Day At A TimeOne Thing At A TimeTake It One Day At A Time Author:Lisa Vidal
“I'm working with wind, solar, and biofuels companies as well as with organizations like ACORE [American Council On Renewable Energy], Growth Energy, and AREDAY to raise public awareness and seek practical technological solutions to reduce our reliance on fossilized carbon. My book Don't Wait for the Next War will be out in October, where I will offer my prescription for America's growth, responsible development, and security.” WellsBookWarAmericaNextEnergyWaitingGrowthCompanyAwarenessSecurityWindDevelopmentOffersSolutionsOrganizationResponsibleRaisesPracticalsTechnologicalCarbonCouncilRelianceOctoberPrescriptionsRenewable EnergyBiofuels Author:Wesley K. Wark
“The most effective solution is to vote! Vote the climate-change-deniers out of office. Then, for John Q. Public, it's all about energy conservation: use less, because most of what we're consuming is from fossilized carbon!” UseEnergyOfficeSolutionsVoteClimateClimate ChangeCarbonConservationConsumingEnergy ConservationClimate Change Deniers Author:Wesley K. Wark
“I remember that through all chaos or problems, there is a solution. So I separate myself for just a moment, whether that means zoning everyone out or taking a little walk to get some fresh air. I take this time to clear my head, breathe and reassess the problem and how I'm feeling.” MeanLittlesMomentsFeelingsProblemRememberWalksClearAirSolutionsChaosBreatheFresh Air Author:Allison Holker
“Kenneth Rexroth took me under his wing for a brief period. I was fifteen years old, and I was smoking a lot of heroin and trying to be cool, man, and I really loved poetry. And Kenneth convinced me that destroying myself was not really the best possible solution, and that I needed to look at the world's literature, and not just my own life, in order to be hip, if you will. So he had a huge influence on what became of me thereafter.” IfsMenWorldTryingYearsLooksOrderLiteratureMy OwnInfluenceHugeNeededPeriodsSolutionsWingsConvincedHipsSmokingDestroyingFifteenMy Own LifeHeroinBeing CoolFifteen YearsKennethFifteen Years Old Author:Sam Hamill
“I think there is a scientific approach to it and there is a political approach to it and an economical approach to it. All of this combined, we might find a solution.” ThinkingMightPoliticalApproachSolutions Author:Veronika Varekova
“There's no solutions to prevent corruption because it's the same thing as putting soldiers in an occupation in a foreign territory - there's too much that's gonna go wrong. There's too much human behavior that's going to get in the way. So you're gonna have to start thinking about it in a different direction, and the different direction is: what is wrong with society?” ThinkingWayHumansDifferentToo MuchBehaviorSolutionsSoldierCorruptionOccupationTerritoryHuman BehaviorDifferent Directions Author:Oren Moverman
“I think that the first point to be made is there is no "solution" in Afghanistan. Solution I put in quotes. We live in an op-ed culture, which is to say, you always need to have a solution. The last third of that op-ed piece needs to say, "Do this, this, this and this." There is no this, this, this, and this, that will make Afghanistan right.” ThinkingNeedsFirstsMadeLastsCulturePiecesSolutionsThirdsAfghanistan Author:Mark Danner
“You know, yes, you can always argue that a backdoor can be built that's more secure, you know, and more difficult to get to and only law enforcement's going to get there. But nobody in the field of security believes that's ultimately going to provide this same protection that a tight end-to-end solution has without a backdoor.” KnowsBelieveEndsLawDifficultSecurityFieldsSolutionsBuiltProtectionArguingSecureLaw EnforcementEnforcementYes You CanBackdoor Author:Rod Beckstrom
“Everybody has similar values. You travel around the world and everybody is different, but everybody is also the same in those ways. There's so much difference but there's so much similarity. Nobody wants to be harmed, or have their children, or their mates, or their relatives, or their families harmed, exploited, bombed, starved, dislocated, or become homeless refugees. So we're all similar in that way and spiritual life and religion is supposed to be part of the solution not part of the problem.” WorldWayWantChildrenDifferentProblemSpiritualValuesDifferencesSolutionsAround The WorldSupposed To BeMatesSpiritual LifeHomelessRefugeeSimilarity Author:Surya Das
“The most straightforward path would be if we could bring the cost of solar electric and wind down by another factor of say, three, and then have some miraculous storage solution, so that not only over the 24-hour day but over long periods of time where the wind doesn't blow, you have reliable energy. That's a path. But energy storage is hard. That's not a guaranteed path.” IfsLongHardWould BeThreeEnergyHoursPathWindPeriodsCostSolutionsBlowFactorsElectricMiraculousStraightforwardStorageLong Periods Of Time Author:Bill Gates
“In my own work, I'd say I'm a classicist, but I look everywhere for my solutions. I don't study the toilet-living habits of my clients, although that's a popular approach. First, I think of every building in history that has been similar in purpose. Then I think of the functional program - that's a major part of the study.” ThinkingFirstsLooksHas BeensPurposeMy OwnStudyBuildingHabitApproachMajorsSolutionsProgramClientsToiletsClassicists Author:Philip Johnson
“The problem is some of the populism on both the far left and the far right, it can make a Tweet but not make a policy. And, you know, when you are dealing with issues that are as important and serious as this, I understand why people search for simple solutions.” PeopleKnowsImportantProblemLeftSimpleIssuesPolicySeriousSolutionsTweetPopulismSimple Solutions Author:Tony Blair
“There are solutions that are proper, but they require the painstaking and difficult work of building alliances and also being prepared to analyze the problem realistically. And exactly the same thing is going on my side of the Atlantic as is going on your side of the Atlantic.” ProblemDifficultSidesBuildingSolutionsPreparedAlliancesYour SideDifficult Work Author:Tony Blair
“Everyone is talking about sustainability and resilience, yet all that knowledge is thrown in the bin. [Lagos is] a unique case, but also a test case. It's unbelievably unique, but also it's now considered with a number of really generic opinions, generic solution, generic expectations.” NumbersTalkingOpinionCasesUniqueSolutionsExpectationsTestsResilienceThrownSustainabilityGeneric Author:Rem Koolhaas
“In my current work on global warming, I argue that the only apparent solution to the deep problem of climate change would require very large transfers of wealth from rich nations to poor nations, so that the entire world can make the transition to renewable forms of energy as fast as possible.” WorldProblemFormEnergyNationsWealthPoorRichSolutionsClimateClimate ChangeCurrentsArguingGlobal WarmingTransitionTransfersPoor Nations Author:Philip Kitcher
“I'm often quite gloomy about the prospects for the human future. But, although I have no competence to intervene directly in a political movement, I hope that what I write may, in combination with the suggestions of others, cause a shift in perspective that will inspire a world-wide movement to accept the only solution to climate change. And before it's too late.” WorldWritingHumansMayPoliticalCausesAcceptingMovementInspirePerspectiveLateSolutionsClimateClimate ChangeWideCombinationToo LateSuggestionsCompetenceGloomyProspectsPolitical MovementsBefore It's Too Late Author:Philip Kitcher
“When you jump on a city bus or roam the streets off the major thoroughfares you'll quickly learn that we have as many differences as similarities. And therein lie the greatest opportunities for innovation - our different ways of viewing the world and coming up with solutions!” WorldWayDifferentLyingOpportunityDifferencesCitiesStreetsMajorsSolutionsInnovationDifferent WaysBusSimilarityCity Bus Author:David Livermore
“The secret is to be prepared, to draw on the strengths of the people around you, and most importantly, to instill confidence that your team will step up and find a solution.” PeopleSecretStepsTeamSolutionsDrawsPreparedBe PreparedStep UpInstill Author:Kevin Allen
“Students are suffering under incredibly high tuitions and high student loan interest rates. They graduate from school, and they're having a very difficult time finding a job. They don't feel as though there are honest leaders who are listening to them, and who will be a part of the solution.” FeelsSchoolJobsSufferingDifficultInterestLeaderHonestStudentsListeningFindingsSolutionsRateGraduatesLoanDifficult TimesInterest RateTuitionStudent Loan Author:Tulsi Gabbard
“I love nuclear. It does this radiation thing that's tricky. But they're good solutions. You know, it was interesting; recently, in Connecticut this natural gas plant blew up 11 guys. It just blew them up.” KnowsDoeGuyNaturalInterestingSolutionsLaughterPlantNuclearGasRadiationTrickyNatural GasConnecticut Author:Bill Gates
“I had no intention of providing any answers or solutions, because you'd only look a fool, but I did want to talk about what it's like to be in a state where you're wondering. And perhaps I was also receptive to the fact I was entering middle age and those thoughts come - to pretend that they don't come is just crazy.” WantLooksStatesFactsAgeAnswersWonderCrazyMiddleFoolSolutionsIntentionProvidingEnteringMiddle AgesReceptive Author:Peter Morgan
“I think the way design was practiced for most of the 20th century was very declarative. A designer came up with a solution for a project and put it in place and shipped the solution and it landed in a reader or a customer's hands as a brochure. They would see it as a poster, or as a piece of signage. And that was sort of it. That was the end of it. I think Internet technology has really upended that whole equation because in some ways a designer's work is never really done online.” ThinkingWayEndsDoneWholeHandsTechnologyPiecesCenturyDesignReaderInternetProjectsSolutionsCustomersDesignerOnline20th CenturyEquationsPostersInternet TechnologyBrochures Author:Khoi Vinh
“We're generating an enormous amount of content geared at this young professional woman, which has been resonating strongly. We also have been creating solution-oriented products for that same person that will help her transition in life through her many roles, whether they may be mother, girlfriend, professional, and really everything in between.” MayPersonsHas BeensHelpingYoungMotherRolesProductsAmountCreatingSolutionsEnormousGirlfriendTransitionResonating Author:Ivanka Trump
“I came away with the idea that respect is really the solution. We need to teach young people to respect authority - particularly, respect the law.” PeopleNeedsIdeasLawYoungTeachAuthoritySolutions Author:Benjamin Carson
“I think it's a fallacy that only people in elected office can come up with solutions that solve our problems. I just think maybe there's a different paradigm.” PeopleThinkingDifferentProblemOfficeSolutionsCome UpSolveParadigmFallacy Author:Benjamin Carson
“I am pleased though that there's a possibility of a diplomatic solution [in Syria]. I remain somewhat skeptical, but I am pleased that it's a possibility and I think people like myself who've been arguing for delaying this bombing, have allowed this diplomatic possibility to occur.” PeopleThinkingPossibilitySolutionsArguingSyriaSkepticalBombingDiplomatic Author:Rand Paul
“Rick Scott used let's get to work to say: All these politicians talk; it's time to do. Everybody else talks about the problem; it's time to find the solution.” ProblemUsedPoliticianSolutions Author:Frank Luntz
“I think that's something that investment banks have worried about for a long time and are continuing to worry about, but it's not an easy solution when you have lots of people betting the company's money, how do you really allocate those risks? How do you make sure that the people that take the risks are feeling the risks in an appropriate kind of fashion?” PeopleThinkingKindLongFeelingsEasyCompanyWorryRiskFashionLong TimeSolutionsInvestmentWorriedAppropriateContinuingBetting Author:Robert F. Engle
“In software, we rarely have meaningful requirements. Even if we do, the only measure of success that matters is whether our solution solves the customer's shifting idea of what their problem is.” IfsIdeasMatterProblemTechnologyComputerSolutionsSolveCustomersMeaningfulProgrammingSoftwareRequirementsShiftingComputer ProgrammingMeasure Of SuccessComputer Software Author:Jeff Atwood
“It doesn't matter if you have a D, or an I or an R after your name if you have a job - a J-O-B. It really matters to people that they have an opportunity to contribute to their economy in a very meaningful way, and this is outside party lines. So we believe that these are the solutions that America is craving.” PeopleIfsWayBelieveMatterJobsAmericaOpportunityNamesLinesPartyEconomySolutionsMeaningfulCravingVery MeanVery Meaningful Author:Sher Valenzuela
“GM is pursuing gasoline-savings solutions on many fronts on the way to our ultimate vision of hydrogen fuel cell-powered transportation. E85 ethanol burns cleaner than gasoline and is a renewable, domestic fuel that can enhance the nation's economy and energy security.” WayEnergyNationsVisionEconomySecurityFrontsSolutionsUltimateSavingCellsFuelSavingsTransportationCleanersGasolineHydrogenEthanolEnergy SecurityFuel CellsHydrogen Fuel Author:Joseph Lowery
“We can think of solutions in various theoretical ways, but it's not so on the ground. If they don't have a reference that helps them to belong, then they will end up excluding, and through that they get to feel that they belong on the basis of some narrow identity, language or color.” IfsThinkingWayFeelsEndsHelpingLanguageIdentityColorSolutionsBasesVariousTheoretical Author:Tariq Ramadan
“IS [Islamic State] has played a major role in helping Bashar al-Assad to reposition Syria on the international scene. Now, it is almost impossible to come up with a solution that would exclude him. The political game appears to be very cynical indeed.” StatesHelpingPoliticalGamesRolesImpossibleSceneMajorsSolutionsInternationalCome UpIslamicAlsCynicalSyriaAssadIslamic StatePolitical GamesBashar Al Assad Author:Tariq Ramadan
“You have to be flexible enough to realize that, over the course of making a film for three and a half years, things are going to slightly change and drift, as you work out solutions to each problem as they come up.” YearsEnoughProblemFilmThreeCoursesRealizingHalfSolutionsCome UpWork OutFlexibleHalf A Year Author:Duncan Jones
“The Republican Party seems unwilling and unable to offer solutions to the crises we are facing, other than pitching the same failed ideas that got us into the mess we are in the first place.” FirstsIdeasSeemsPartyRepublicanOffersSolutionsCrisisMessRepublican PartyUnwillingPitching Author:Arianna Huffington
“We need to get good processes in place, we need to use them, and then we need to impose good sanctions that make our campuses safe. This case is encouraging because the first step to the solution is empathy.” NeedsFirstsUseProcessStepsCasesSafeEmpathySolutionsFirst StepsSanctionsCampus Author:Michele Landis Dauber
“I don't feel burdened, but I do feel a little frustrated. Because I see the problem, and I can see the solution - but there are two strongly different points of view on this - like the Republicans and Democrats.” FeelsLittlesI CanTwoDifferentProblemViewsRepublicanSolutionsDemocratPoint Of ViewFrustratedDifferent Points Of View Author:Donna Karan
“I must say that the more you give, the more you get. Being able to find solutions, to help other people is extremely gratifying.” PeopleGivingHelpingAbleSolutionsHelping Others Author:Donna Karan
“I think I was always inspired by seeing a problem, and finding a solution.” ThinkingProblemSeeingFindingsSolutionsInspired Author:Donna Karan
“If you look at the world today, there are as many solutions as there are problems. I think that is a big part of creativity. That's why I started Urban Zen. Because I wanted to dress and address people.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldLooksProblemBigsTodayWantedCreativitySolutionsDressesAddressesUrbanWorld Today Author:Donna Karan
“The American people have issues. They've got concerns. We need solutions, solutions to the issues that the American people care about that are built on our principles.” PeopleNeedsCarePrinciplesIssuesSolutionsBuiltConcern Author:John Boehner
“I think we have reached a stage now where we need to find solutions to economic injustice in the same place and in the same ways that we find solutions to sustainability. Sustainability on environmental grounds and justice in terms of everyone having a place in the production and consumption system - these are two aspects of the same issue. They have been artificially separated and have to be put back again in the Western way of thinking.” ThinkingWayNeedsHas BeensTwoTermJusticeIssuesEconomicStageSolutionsAspectEnvironmentalWesternInjusticeProductionsSustainabilityConsumptionWay Of ThinkingBack AgainEconomic Injustice Author:Vandana Shiva
“The population explosion is an ecological phenomenon of displacement. Unless we solve that ecological problem of displacing people - to build huge dams, to build motorways, to take away what people need in order to survive - we will keep pumping more and more money into population programs. We will have more and more coercive and violent methods through which women's bodies are treated as experimental grounds for new contraceptives. Yet we will not have a solution to the problem of numbers.” PeopleNeedsProblemBodyOrderNumbersHugeSolutionsProgramMethodPopulationSolveViolentTreatedPhenomenonMore MoneyExplosionsEcologicalDamsWomen's BodiesDisplacementContraceptivesPopulation Explosion Author:Vandana Shiva
“I talk to friends who get their feelings hurt when they read Twitter mentions. I have an amazing solution - don't read Twitter mentions.” FeelingsHurtSolutionsHurt Feelings Author:Sarah Silverman
“Leaving the broken system the way it is, that`s not a solution.” WayBrokenSolutionsLeaving Author:Barack Obama
“We need economic growth in Europe and we need to find a solution for the excessive interest rates that are making it difficult for many countries to get their own debt under control.” NeedsCountryDifficultGrowthInterestEconomicSolutionsEuropeRateDebtEconomic GrowthInterest Rate Author:Martin Schulz