“The problems of 2008 were never cured. The Federal Reserve's solution to the crisis was to lend the economy enough money to borrow its way out of debt. It thought that if it could subsidize banks lending homeowners enough money to buy houses from people who are defaulting, then the bank balance sheets would end up okay.” PeopleIfsWayEndsEnoughProblemHouseEconomyBalanceSolutionsOkayCrisisDebtReservesSheetsLendingFederal ReserveBalance SheetsHomeowners Author:Michael Hudson
“Rwanda is a very open and free country. Key to our recovery as a nation has a range of grassroots, citizen-centered polices we call "homegrown solutions." The idea that Rwanda is highly controlled from the center belies the reality, which is that citizens in every village have a powerful say in how things get done. We prize accountability and Rwandans are quickly adapting themselves to the possibilities of a digital economy.” IdeasCountryDoneRealityNationsPowerfulEconomyPossibilityKeysCitizensSolutionsRecoveryRangeDigitalPrizeAccountabilityVillageControlledAdaptingGrassrootsRwandaFree CountryHomegrown Author:Paul Kagame
“I think the people like myself who are in the center ground of politics and who think that center left and center right can cooperate and work together. Who don't like this sort of insurgent populism because we think it's not really going to deliver for the people, I think there's a big responsibility on us in the center to get our act together. And to work out radical but serious solutions to the problems people face.” PeopleThinkingProblemBigsTogetherFacesLeftResponsibilitySeriousSolutionsWork OutRadicalWorking TogetherInsurgentPopulismBig Responsibility Author:Tony Blair
“Healthcare should be about market driven solutions, not government mandates.” ShouldGovernmentSolutionsDrivenHealthcareMandates Author:Joni Ernst
“Here in Iowa, as a state senator, I have worked hard to find solutions that work for our state and as a result we've reduced taxes and lowered the unemployment rate. We have done that through hard work and sticking to our Iowa values. In the final months of this campaign I'll be asking voters to send me, and those Iowa values, to Washington, D.C.” HardStatesDoneValuesResultsHard WorkMonthsTaxesSolutionsAskingFinalsRateCampaignsVotersSenatorsUnemploymentIowaUnemployment Rate Author:Joni Ernst
“Simplicity is about clarity of thought and being willing to stay in a problem long enough to come to a solution, though it could be right in front of you.” LongEnoughProblemFrontsWillingSolutionsSimplicityClarityClarity Of Thought Author:Dave Morin
“When I encounter a problem - something that's not quite right with a product - I enjoy breaking it down in my mind and exploring possible alternative solutions: Why this? Why not that? I apply the latest in technology and design to reinvent that product and solve my frustrations.” MindProblemEnjoyTechnologyDesignProductsSolutionsSolveAlternativesEncountersFrustrationWhy NotExploring Author:Tony Fadell
“The solution probably doesn't look like the problem. If we have this propensity to worry, to be anxious, to be depressed, to be angry - focusing on the worry, anxiety, depression, and anger? Probably not gonna be the solution.” IfsLooksProblemWorryAnxietySolutionsAngryAnxiousPropensityAnxiety Depression Author:Moby
“What's going on is that our most fundamental ideas about life are not serving us. They never have. But now, with our advances in communication and technology, the situation has become critical - for our mechanisms have outrun our mentality. And so we find ourselves trying to solve the dilemmas of tomorrow with the solutions of yesterday.” TryingIdeasSituationTechnologyCommunicationTomorrowSolutionsFundamentalsSolveCriticalYesterdayServingMechanismMentalityDilemmaOutrun Author:Neale Donald Walsch
“I am an entrepreneur and my goal is to create invention to the solution of human trafficking and extreme poverty.” HumansGoalPovertySolutionsEntrepreneurExtremesInventionHuman TraffickingTraffickingExtreme Poverty Author:David Batstone
“For decades, I thought that scientific truth, solid economic case studies, and common sense were enough to bring about change on the environmental front. After all, the data is so compelling! I thought that if people just understood the severity of today's environmental threats and knew about available solutions, those solutions would happen. Not so.” PeopleIfsEnoughHappensTodayCommonCasesStudyEconomicFrontsSolutionsUnderstoodThreatEnvironmentalAvailableDecadesCommon SenseDataCompellingSeverityScientific TruthCase Studies Author:Annie Leonard
“I am afraid that I think both the near future environmental reality and political landscape are not looking good - and they are connected. The best tool we have for advancing environmental solutions is our democracy, and we can't currently access it because it has been so thoroughly hijacked by big corporate interests.” ThinkingHas BeensBigsRealityPoliticalInterestDemocracySolutionsToolsEnvironmentalConnectedAccessLandscapeCorporateLooking GoodAdvancing Author:Annie Leonard
“Intuition is knowingness, and this field of unbounded knowing, of knowingness, is within every human being. You start tapping into that and it becomes an ocean of solutions.” HumansHuman BeingsKnowingFieldsOceanSolutionsIntuitionTapping Author:David Lynch
“Muslims have never been and never can be so base as to expect any solutions to their problems through terror.” ProblemSolutionsTerror Author:Fethullah Gulen
“For a competitive junkie like me, golf is a great solution because it smacks you in the face every time you think you have accomplished something. That to me has taken over a lot of the energy and competitiveness for basketball.” ThinkingInspirationalFacesEnergyTakenBasketballSolutionsGolfLike MeAccomplishedJunkieSmackCompetitiveness Author:Michael Jordan
“We, the older generations, simply cannot leave a world for you, the younger generations, in which climate change impacts become ever more threatening to your survival. Still more public attention and action are needed. Solutions like renewable energy or energy efficiency need to fully power our collective future!” WorldNeedsStillsActionEnergyAttentionGenerationsNeededSurvivalSolutionsImpactClimateClimate ChangeCollectivesEfficiencyThreateningRenewable EnergyYounger GenerationOlder GenerationEnergy Efficiency Author:Christiana Figueres
“Connect with people, visibly and loudly showcase initiatives that reduce greenhouse gases emissions, nurture youth leaders, or spread the message by raising awareness through campaigns. I am convinced that your contributions will ensure that climate change solutions safely power our - and especially your - future.” PeopleLeaderAwarenessYouthMessagesSolutionsClimateClimate ChangeSpreadConvincedCampaignsContributionInitiativeNurtureYour FutureEmissionsGreenhousesGreenhouse GasesShowcaseRaising Awareness Author:Christiana Figueres
“The next Wall Street crash is just around the corner. The meltdown of the climate is coming. The wolves are at the door, all kinds of them. We need to stand up and provide the solutions that are there, that are affordable.” NeedsKindNextDoorsStreetsWallSolutionsClimateCornersAll KindsCrashAffordableAround The CornerMeltdowns Author:Jill Stein
“Families want their child to get an education; families want safe access to healthcare; families want a roof over their head. When we silo issues, we end up with solutions that are in conflict with each other.” WantChildrenEndsIssuesSafeConflictSolutionsAccessHealthcareRoof Author:Cameron Sinclair
“We are facing an enormous crisis in Africa right now in terms of illegal wildlife trafficking, which is decimating animal populations, destroying local economies, and funding armed insurgencies and terrorist syndicates. If we do not find solutions to this crisis now, there will be little habitat left beyond sparse areas of national parks that will serve as glorified zoos to small pockets of remaining animals.” IfsLittlesLeftTermAnimalEconomyRight NowSolutionsAreasCrisisPopulationTerroristEnormousLocalsParksPocketsIllegalDestroyingFundingWildlifeZoosHabitatNational ParksTraffickingInsurgencySyndicate Author:David Jeremiah Barron
“Just like you, your partner wants to be loved for who they are, in spite of their shortcomings. Make an effort to let them know they are loved, even if some of their behavior is not. Work towards co-creative solutions.” IfsKnowsWantEffortCreativeLike YouBehaviorSolutionsPartnersSpiteShortcomingsCreative Solutions Author:Arielle Ford
“I'm a parent. I have kids, and what's happening with our waters, and our oceans, and what's happening with deforestation, and all these things that human beings are having negative impacts on at this time, are concerning to me. I wanted to do whatever I could to be a part of the solution and not just be a part of the problem.” HumansProblemKidsWantedParentWaterHuman BeingsOceanSolutionsHappeningsNegativeImpactDeforestation Author:Don Cheadle
“America should be leading the world in green and clean solutions, and human rights. We shouldn't be leading the world in wars and incarceration rates and pollution. We can be a better country. I think we're going to be a better country.” ThinkingWorldShouldHumansWarCountryAmericaRightsSolutionsGreenCleanRateHuman RightsPollutionIncarceration Author:Van Jones
“Wind and solar power, energy efficient buildings, cars that go farther on a tank of gas, and other solutions can fight climate change. I know America can get on a more sustainable path - we just have to raise our voices and demand it.” KnowsAmericaFightingEnergyVoicePathCarBuildingWindDemandSolutionsRaisesClimateClimate ChangeGasEfficientTanksSolar Power Author:Frances Beinecke
“I guess what I'm passionate about is, I see so many things that I find that there's no real solution to, and you're only here for such a brief moment in time, even if you live to be a hundred years old. Yet, what happens within that time frame? So many things happen.” IfsYearsRealMomentsHappensSolutionsHundredPassionateThings HappenMoments In TimeBrief Moments Author:Annie Lennox
“Through my newspaper comic strip, public speaking, and filmmaking, I try to tell as many people as possible, of all ages and from all walks of life, that we are destroying the ocean at such an alarming rate that we can't wait for a systematic solution. We can't wait for our political leadership to warm up to the idea, and we can't wait for the free market to find alternatives. We must act as individuals, now.” PeopleTryingIdeasAgePoliticalIndividualWaitingWalksOceanSolutionsRateWarmNewspapersComicAlternativesDestroyingFilmmakingFree MarketPublic SpeakingSystematicWalks Of LifeComic StripsPolitical Leadership Author:Jim Toomey
“I watched the coral reefs that I studied as a student vanish in the blink of an eye, and for decades I wrote and spoke of ocean obituaries. But big scary problems without solutions lead to apathy, not action.” ProblemBigsEyeActionStudentsOceanSolutionsScaryDecadesSpokesApathyBlinkReefsObituaryBlink Of An EyeCoral Reefs Author:Nancy Knowlton
“Entrepreneurs are the seekers of solutions, and that they will go into these places where both market and traditional aid has failed or traditional charity has failed.” SolutionsEntrepreneurCharityAidsTraditionalSeekers Author:Jacqueline Novogratz
“I was encouraged to break all the rules but to take the best of philanthropy, the best of investing, and the best of development finance, and experiment with new ways to create this venture capital model of using philanthropy to back patient capital investments, and then build solutions that were measured in terms of the kind of impact and change they were making on people's lives and in the world, not just on the financial return.” PeopleWorldWayKindTermBreakDevelopmentReturnModelsSolutionsImpactInvestmentPatientInvestingFinancialExperimentsFinanceNew WaysPhilanthropyVentureVenture CapitalCapital Investment Author:Jacqueline Novogratz
“The only way we really create change is to enter any situation with the humility to listen and to recognize the world as it is, and then the audacity to dream what it could be, to have the patience to start and let the work teach you, to be willing to lead when you need to lead, and to listen. To have a sense of generosity and empathy, but not over-empathy, because accountability is so critical to building solutions that work.” WorldWayNeedsDreamSituationTeachHumilityBuildingWillingEmpathySolutionsCriticalGenerosityAccountabilityAudacity Author:Jacqueline Novogratz
“I pray that our leaders stop pointing fingers and playing the blame game and seek a real solution for the good of the planet and all who inhabit it.” RealGamesLeaderPlanetsPrayingSolutionsBlameFingersPointingI PrayPointing FingersBlame Game Author:Don Cheadle
“From my perspective, it appears that a great thrust of research on health and longevity is pointing towards improving our immune system - that within an empowered immune system are the health solutions and longevity answers we're looking for.” AnswersPerspectiveSolutionsResearchLongevityImprovingPointingEmpoweredThrustImmuneImmune System Author:David Wolfe
“I think the big myth about habits, and happiness too, is that there's somehow a magic "one size fits all" solution. That, "If it works for you it's going to work for me," and it's just a matter of figuring out what that habit would be, whether that's do it first thing in the morning, or start small, or do it for thirty days, or give yourself a cheat day.” IfsThinkingGivingFirstsMatterBigsWould BeMorningMagicHabitFitSolutionsSizeMythThirtyCheatGoing To WorkOne Size Fits All Author:Gretchen Rubin
“I became a fierce advocate for gentle birth as a solution for the most pressing problems of our times - a solution that begins at the source.” ProblemSourceBirthSolutionsGentleOur TimeFierce Author:Robin Lim
“Gentle birth, protecting mother and baby, is a solution that I believe will result in positive change for our society.” BelieveMotherI BelieveResultsBabyBirthSolutionsGentleOur SocietyPositive ChangeMother And Baby Author:Robin Lim
“It's the diversity of intelligence, the diversity of creativity, that is so very much necessary to creating whole solutions.” WholeCreativityDiversityCreatingSolutions Author:Ian Somerhalder
“Why are we deforesting for pulp and paper when we have a logical and efficient solution in plants like kenaf or bamboo? It doesn't make sense to me at all.” PaperSolutionsPlantMake SenseLogicalEfficientPulpBamboo Author:Ian Somerhalder
“I was studying the impacts of fishing on ocean life, while the places that I loved so much continued to decline: less and smaller fish, less corals, and more microbes. I found myself writing the obituary of nature with increasing precision. Unsatisfied and frustrated, I felt like a doctor telling the patient how she is going to die, with excruciating detail. If I were that patient, I would have fired myself and looked for a doctor who would look for a solution.” IfsWritingLooksDiesFoundFeltStudyOceanSolutionsDoctorsImpactPatientFishesDetailsFishingDeclineFrustratedDoctor WhoPrecisionUnsatisfiedObituaryMicrobes Author:Enric Sala
“The rainforest is being cut down at alarming rates, and orangutans are losing their habitats and are being killed, as a result, faster than we can save them, but there is a solution. In Borneo, small parcels of rainforest land can be a lifeline for orangutans so long as they link together protected forests, enabling animals to move safely over greater distances.” LongTogetherMovingAnimalResultsGreaterCuttingLandLosingSolutionsDistanceRateForestsFasterLinksProtectedEnablingHabitatParcelRainforestLifelinesOrangutansBorneo Author:Katie Cleary
“Every day the Daniels [Kwan and Scheinert] would come up with some amazing solution and [make it easy] to put yourself in their hands. There's something really lovely about knowing you're working with directors who know exactly what they want and exactly what they're looking for, and they're not going to move on until they have it. That, as an actor, frees you up a lot because you can [try different approaches] and they'll only use what's appropriate.” KnowsWantTryingDifferentUseHandsMovingActorsEasyKnowingDirectorsApproachSolutionsCome UpLovelyAppropriateDifferent Approach Author:Daniel Radcliffe
“All successful people - not just entrepreneurs - have got things wrong over and over again before finding the right solution.” PeopleSuccessfulFindingsSolutionsEntrepreneurSuccessful People Author:Richard Branson
“The fact is, when you talk to people, they know that something weird is going on, particularly people who are connected to the land or the water. They can see it. What perhaps is not so evident to them, unfortunately, is what the solution is. But whether they call it climate change or not, it doesn't matter. The point is, they can see there's something fundamentally weird going on here.” PeopleKnowsMatterFactsWaterLandSolutionsClimateClimate ChangeConnectedEvident Author:Christiana Figueres
“I think it is having answers and not simply anger, and providing solutions that people believe will change their lives in a radical way but do it in a way that's sensible.” PeopleThinkingWayBelieveAnswersSolutionsRadicalSensibleProviding Author:Tony Blair
“I still think there is a residual desire amongst the majority of the public to be given a proper solution.” ThinkingStillsDesireGivenSolutionsMajorityResidual Author:Tony Blair
“People are willing to throw our civilization under the bus to discredit the existing system, without any proposed solution to the problems that they're willing to pointing at.” PeopleProblemWillingCivilizationSolutionsBusPointingDiscredit Author:Jay Roach
“What bothers me is that I don't see the eagerness for a genuine solution to the political people on the opposite side. They want to continue to use the grievance, to use whatever happened hundreds of years ago that did not even happen to them, as a way of expressing how this country is failing or is less than decent and good.” PeopleWayWantYearsCountryUseHappensPoliticalSidesFailingHappenedSolutionsYears AgoOppositesGenuineBotherDecentGrievanceEagerness Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The grievance industry always seeks to blame other people while never finding a solution. That's my problem with it, when solutions are there to be had.” PeopleProblemIndustryFindingsSolutionsBlameGrievance Author:Rush Limbaugh
“To stay back from an intervention is not always a good solution.” SolutionsIntervention Author:Paul Wolfowitz