“Will this massive outcry [about pollution] continue long enough to have effective results? Will federal and state laws be enacted with effective enforcement clauses? Will people be concerned long enough to pay the bill through higher prices? Will towns tole lost jobs when it proves too costly to clean obsolete plants?... I think so, but it sure won't be as easy as the present outcry and political oratory suggest. The answers to preserving a livable environment are not all simple, and some of the nuts now pushing simplistic cure-alls won't help bring about any lasting solutions.” PeopleThinkingLongStatesEnoughHelpingJobsLawPoliticalLostEasyNatureSimpleAnswersResultsPayEnvironmentHigherProveSolutionsConcernedTownsBillsCleanPlantCuresPushingMassiveLastingNutsPollutionEnforcementObsoleteClausesOratory Author:Malcolm Forbes
“I do feel immigration will probably be dealt with as long as [the solution] doesn't provide amnesty ... Five years ago, all hell broke loose ... This year, I thought phones would ring off the hook again. They really haven't. I think everybody realizes we have a problem.” ThinkingFeelsYearsLongProblemRealizingHellFiveHavensSolutionsYears AgoPhonesRingsImmigrationBrokeFive YearsHookImmigration ReformAmnesty Author:Johnny Isakson
“We must not let history repeat itself in Iraq. The reality is there is no military solution in Iraq. This is a sectarian war with long standing roots that were flamed when we invaded Iraq in 2003. Any lasting solution must be political and take into account respect for the entire Iraqi population.” LongWarRealityPoliticalMilitarySolutionsStandingRootsAccountsIraqPopulationRepeatsLastingRepeating HistoryHistory Repeats Itself Author:Barbara Lee
“To solve a problem is to create new problems, new knowledge immediately reveals new areas of ignorance, and the need for new experiments. At least, in the field of fast reactions, the experiments do not take very long to perform.” NeedsLongProblemScienceKnowledgeFieldsIgnoranceSolutionsAreasSolveExperimentsReactionsIgnorantNew Knowledge Author:George Porter
“Mr Howard's problem is for so long he's been a climate change sceptic, how can he, therefore, put himself to the country as part of a climate change solution for the future.” LongCountryProblemSolutionsCriticismClimateClimate ChangeAustraliaSceptic Author:Kevin Rudd
“Beware of people preaching simple solutions to complex problems. If the answer was easy someone more intelligent would have thought of it a long time ago - complex problems invariably require complex and difficult solutions.” PeopleIfsLongProblemWisdomEasyDifficultSimpleAnswersLong TimeSolutionsIntelligentComplexesPreachingLong Time AgoComplex ProblemsSimple Solutions Author:Steve Herbert
“From afar, it seems like a war without a solution and like a long sacrifice for the entire country. So when a president appears who tries to open a path to peace, I think that deserves support, because there is a lot of pain, and if they try to settle scores, the war will never end. But there is an opportunity. I would feel selfish if I did not help in any way.” IfsThinkingWayFeelsTryingLongWarEndsCountryHelpingSeemsPainOpportunityPresidentPowerfulSupportPathSacrificeSolutionsDeserveHumbleSelfishSettlingScorePoorestAfar Author:Jose Mujica
“Affirmative action is not going to be the long-term solution to the problems of race in America, because, frankly, if you've got 50 percent of African-American or Latino kids dropping out of high school, it doesn't really matter what you do in terms of affirmative action. Those kids aren't going to college.” IfsLongMatterProblemKidsActionSchoolAmericaTermRaceCollegeSolutionsPercentHigh SchoolAfrican AmericanLong TermDroppingLatinoAffirmative ActionAffirmativeRace In AmericaGoing To CollegeDropping Out Author:Barack Obama
“When the long awaited solution to the UFO problem comes, I believe that it will prove to be not merely the next small step in the march of science but a mighty and totally unexpected quantum jump.” BelieveLongProblemNextI BelieveStepsProveSolutionsUnexpectedMarchQuantumUfoSmall StepsSirius Author:J. Allen Hynek
“Can you think of any problem, in any area of human endeavour, on any scale, from microscopic to global, whose long-term solution is in any demonstrable way aided, assisted, or advanced by further increases in population, locally, nationally, or globally?” ThinkingWayHumansLongProblemTermEnvironmentSolutionsAreasIncreaseEnvironmentalPopulationScalesLong TermEndeavourOverpopulationEnvironmental ProblemsWorld PopulationHuman PopulationPopulation Problem Author:Albert Allen Bartlett
“Let us therefore continue our triumphal march to the realization of the American dream... for all of us today, the battle is in our hands... The road ahead is not altogether a smooth one. There are no broad highways that lead us easily and inevitably to quick solutions... We are still in for the season of suffering... How long? Not long. Because no lie can live forever... our God is marching on.” LongStillsDreamHandsTodayLyingSufferingForeverBattleSolutionsSeasonsRealizationMarchBroadsAmerican DreamSmoothHighwaysLive ForeverMarching On Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.