“The solutions to the problems of the distraught lower strata of society are problems that can only be solved in the context of an overall political, cultural, economic development.” ProblemPoliticalEconomicDevelopmentSolutionsEconomic DevelopmentDistraught Author:Akbar Ganji
“I think that they hoped the private sector would come in. And the private sector tried to come in until they saw the size of the problem. I mean, from were people on that weekend that thought they'd had a solution. And then the hole kept getting bigger and bigger. And all of a sudden became apparent that 20 billion wouldn't do it and 30 billion wouldn't do it and 40 billion wouldn't do it. So it got beyond anybody's ability to certainly to do it in a short period of time.” PeopleThinkingMeanProblemAbilitySawsPeriodsSolutionsBiggerSizeBillionsHolesWeekendPrivate Sector Author:Warren Buffett
“The Sunni Arabs began to realize that they had made a huge mistake by not voting in the election of 2005 and by not being part of the new Iraq. They had reasons for this: They were effected by the disestablishment of the military and by de-Baathification (the dismantling of Saddam Hussein's party) in winter 2007-2007. They increasingly recognized that their future lay in being part of the solution rather than a continuing part of the problem.” MadeReasonProblemRealizingPartyMistakeMilitaryHugeSolutionsElectionLaysWinterIraqVotingContinuingSaddamHusseinNot Voting Author:David Petraeus
“We know that things like energy independence, getting off oil, getting out of the Middle East, and creating jobs and economic development in the new clean energy industries of the future are much higher priorities for most voters than capping carbon emissions or taxing dirty energy sources. So why not redefine our agenda as the solution to those problems?” KnowsProblemJobsEnergyEconomicMiddleSourceDevelopmentIndustryHigherCreatingSolutionsIndependenceCleanOilEastPrioritiesDirtyAgendasWhy NotVotersMiddle EastCarbonEmissionsEconomic DevelopmentClean EnergyEnergy SourcesCarbon EmissionsCreating JobsEnergy IndependenceEnergy Industry Author:Ted Nordhaus
“The American people are a non-ideological people. They very much are looking for common-sense, practical solutions to the problems that they face. Oftentimes they've got contradictory senses of various issues and policy positions and I don't think that either the Republican Party or the Democratic Party necessarily capture their deepest dreams when those parties are described in caricature or in policy terms.” PeopleThinkingProblemDreamFacesTermPartyCommonIssuesPolicyPositionRepublicanSolutionsDemocraticVariousSensesPracticalsCommon SenseCaptureRepublican PartyContradictoryDemocratic PartyIdeologicalCaricatures Author:Barack Obama
“If you look at the polling data, long before anyone had thought about Iraq, it was the [George W.] Bush Administration's decision in the first few weeks in its tenure in office to abnegate the Kyoto treaties that set our international perception into a nose-dive. People around the world looked on in amazement as the biggest part of the problem decided it wasn't going to make any effort to help with the solution.” PeopleIfsWorldFirstsLooksLongHelpingProblemDecisionEffortWeekOfficePerceptionSolutionsDecidedInternationalIraqAround The WorldAdministrationDataNosesTreatiesAmazementTenureKyotoPolling Author:Bill McKibben
“People think there's a single solution to complex problems, and the solution is often making an enemy of a group of people - pulling back and rejecting the other.” PeopleThinkingProblemEnemyGroupsSolutionsComplexesPullingRejectingComplex Problems Author:Duncan Green
“The leadership knows that you cannot solve the issues of China's future with the means of the past. The demographic consequences of the one-child policy, the build-up of the welfare state, the jobs for 7 million university graduates every year, the immense corruption: Even some Western governments would have to scramble to find solutions to such problems.” KnowsYearsMeanChildrenStatesProblemGovernmentJobsPastMillionsIssuesPolicySolutionsConsequenceWesternUniversityCorruptionChinaSolveWelfareGraduatesImmenseDemographicsWelfare State Author:Ai Weiwei
“Any group, any group that can't work with all other groups, if they are genuinely interested in solving the problems of the Negro collectively why, I don't think that that group is really sincerely motivated toward reaching a solution.” IfsThinkingProblemGroupsSolutionsReachingMotivatedSincerely Author:Malcolm X
“That's where Dr. [Martin Luther] King is mixed up. His goals should be the solution of the problem of the black man in America.” MenShouldProblemAmericaGoalBlackKingsSolutionsDrsLutherDr Martin Luther King Author:Malcolm X
“Just like Pharaoh couldn't get a solution to his problem until he talked to Moses, or Nebuchadnezzar or Belshazzar couldn't get a solution to his problem until he talked to Daniel, the white man in America today will never understand the race problem or come anywhere near getting a solution to the race problem until he talks to The Honorable Elijah Muhammad.” MenProblemTodayAmericaWhiteRaceSolutionsHonorableWhite ManMosesMuhammadElijahAmerica TodayPharaohsElijah MuhammadHonorable Elijah Muhammad Author:Malcolm X
“Better jobs and housing are only temporary solutions. They are aspects of tokenism and don't go to the heart of the problem.” HeartProblemJobsSolutionsAspectTemporaryHousingBetter JobsTokenism Author:Malcolm X
“Building on the public's unwillingness to act on principle in support of market solutions to apparent problems, whether real or imagined, these interest groups secure arbitrary restrictions on voluntary exchanges and, in the process, secure rents for their members while reducing both the liberties and economic well being of other members of the economic nexus, both domestically and internationally.” WellsRealPhilosophyProblemPoliticalProcessInterestLibertyPrinciplesSupportGroupsEconomicBuildingMembersSolutionsSecureWell BeingClassicArbitraryRestrictionPolitical PhilosophyReducingInterest GroupsNexus Author:James M. Buchanan
“When someone comes to you to talk about a problem, if you move the conversation on to a discussion of potential solutions, you fuel their creative problem solving abilities on average by 20% - not to mention you make them feel better! You make them smarter and more empowered to tackle challenges.” IfsFeelsProblemMovingChallengesAbilityCreativeConversationSolutionsAverageDiscussionFuelSmarterFeel BetterProblem SolvingEmpoweredCreative Problem Solving Author:Michelle Gielan
“If there is a remedy or a cure, a solution to a problem or difficulty, why worry?” IfsProblemWorrySolutionsDifficultyCuresRemedySolution To A Problem Author:Matthieu Ricard
“Whereas the only real solution to the race problem in this country is a solution that involves individual self improvement and collective self improvement in, whereas our own, wherein our own people are concerned.” PeopleRealSelfCountryProblemIndividualRaceSolutionsSelf ImprovementConcernedImprovementCollectives Author:Malcolm X
“I have never seen white people who would sit, who would, who would approach a solution to their own problems nonviolently or passively. It's only when they are so-called "fighting for the rights of Negroes" that they nonviolently, passively, and lovingly, you know, approach the situation.” PeopleKnowsProblemFightingWhiteSituationRightsApproachSolutions Author:Malcolm X
“Because the average negro organization, especially, can't see the problem in its entirety. They can't even see that the problem is so big that their own organization as such, by itself, can never come to a, can never come up with a solution.” ProblemBigsSolutionsOrganizationAverageCome UpEntirety Author:Malcolm X
“The problem of the negro is so criminal that many individuals and organizations are going to have to sacrifice what they call their organizational principles if someone comes up with a solution that will really solve the problem.” IfsProblemIndividualPrinciplesSacrificeSolutionsOrganizationCome UpSolveCriminalsOrganizational Author:Malcolm X
“I might say this, that the problem of the, the solution for the Afro-American is two-fold - long-range and short-range.” LongTwoProblemMightSolutionsRangeFoldsAfros Author:Malcolm X
“State governments seek local remedies for the globally fabricated deprivations and miseries in vain - just as the individuals-by-the-decree-of-fate (read: by the impact of deregulation) seek in vain the individual solutions to the socially fabricated life problems.” StatesProblemGovernmentIndividualFateSolutionsImpactMiseryLocalsVainRemedyDecreeDeprivationState GovernmentDeregulation Author:Zygmunt Bauman
“We need a legal and political understanding of the right of the refugee, whereby no solution for one group produces a new class of refugees - you can't solve a refugee problem by producing a new, potentially greater refugee problem.” NeedsProblemPoliticalUnderstandingClassGreaterGroupsProduceSolutionsSolveRefugeeNew Class Author:Judith Butler
“The word translated, koan, it means a problem. But it's a very special problem. And to strip it down to the way it works, you are given a problem which has no rational solution. There is a contradiction built into it. One standard - one is this is the sound of two hands clapping. What is the sound of one hand clapping? And so on. All right, so the first thing is that it brings your rational mind to an impasse.” WayMindFirstsMeanTwoProblemHandsGivenSoundSpecialSolutionsStandardsBuiltRationalContradictionTwo HandsClappingImpasse Author:Huston Smith
“The basic problems facing the world today are not susceptible to a military solution.” WorldWarProblemTodayPeaceMilitarySolutionsAnti WarAntiwarWorld TodaySusceptibleIdahoPresidents DayHorror Of War Author:John F. Kennedy
“It just so happens that most of the Democrats happen to be aligned with the "America is the problem in the world" side. And most of the pro-Trumpers happen to believe that America is the solution to the problems in the world.” WorldBelieveProblemHappensAmericaSidesSolutionsDemocrat Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Markets are not, in my opinion, a full solution to any problem. The obvious problem they don't meet is the concerns of the welfare of individuals who may get lost in the operation of the system - the distributional question. We've seen this growing as we go further and further toward a market ideology in the United States and the United Kingdom. We've seen a decline in the welfare of the working poor, leaving aside any other pathologies, just the working poor, a very distinct increase at the very top levels.” MayStatesProblemIndividualLostPoorLevelsUnitedOpinionUnited StatesGrowingSolutionsConcernIncreaseLeavingObviousKingdomsIdeologyOperationsWelfareDeclineUnited KingdomPathology Author:Kenneth Arrow
“The United States wants to be part of the solution to its problems and not, in part, the maker of their problems.” WantStatesProblemUnitedUnited StatesSolutionsMakers Author:Zbigniew Brzezinski
“The United States is prepared really to be engaged in the quest to get people in the world the dignities that they seek today, the social justice that they feel they're deprived of, and the common solution to global problems.” PeopleWorldFeelsStatesProblemTodaySocialJusticeUnitedCommonUnited StatesSolutionsDignitySocial JusticePreparedEngagedQuestsDeprived Author:Zbigniew Brzezinski
“The American people have to think hard about their definition of the meaning of the good life, that hedonistic, materialistic society of high levels of consumption, increasing social inequality is not a society that can be part of the solution of the world's problems.” PeopleThinkingWorldHardProblemSocialLevelsSolutionsDefinitionsInequalityGood LifeConsumptionMaterialisticHigh LevelHedonisticSocial Inequality Author:Zbigniew Brzezinski
“We could replace people with fossil fuels, have higher and higher levels of industrialization, of agriculture, of production, without thinking of the green-house gases we were admitting, and climate change is really the pollution of the engineering paradigm, when fossil fuels drove industrialism. To now offer that same mindset as a solution is to not take seriously what Einstein said: that you can't solve the problems by using the same mindset that caused them.” PeopleThinkingSaidProblemHouseLevelsHigherOffersSolutionsGreenClimateClimate ChangeProductionsSolveMindsetFuelEngineeringPollutionAgricultureFossilsParadigmFossil FuelAdmittingHigher LevelIndustrialization Author:Vandana Shiva
“I believe that solution to all problems is in development. Development is also the solution to the tension that people talk about.” PeopleBelieveProblemI BelieveDevelopmentSolutionsTension Author:Narendra Modi
“I have a writing space in my apartment, but I prefer to write at coffee shops. When I'm stuck, I take a walk and spend time outside to clear my mind. I get inspired on these walks, often getting new ideas for stories and finding solutions to the problems that need to be fixed in the draft I am working on.” NeedsWritingMindIdeasStoriesProblemSpaceWalksClearFindingsSolutionsInspiredCoffeeStuckFixedShopsApartmentNew IdeasEnd TimesSpend TimeCoffee Shop Author:Renee Watson
“Storyboarding is what I call an "idea landscape" - one that can help unleash creativity, improve communication, and identify practical solutions to complex problems. The beauty of storyboarding is that ideas from an entire team are harnessed, not just those from the extroverts or vocal members.” IdeasHelpingProblemCreativityTeamCommunicationMembersSolutionsComplexesPracticalsLandscapeVocalExtrovertsComplex ProblemsStoryboarding Author:Bill Capodagli
“Without external pressure, things might have gone very differently. That has always been true for African Americans; the better we've been at raising international awareness, the better off we've been at realizing solutions to our own problems.” ProblemMightRealizingGoneAwarenessSolutionsPressureInternationalAfrican AmericanBetter OffSure Thing Author:Michael C Dawson
“We could come together, Democrats and Republicans, to find practical, commonsense solutions to health care, to education, to energy issues, because although I'm a proud Democrat, I'm a prouder American. And I think all of us believe, regardless of our party affiliations, that this is a critical time, where we've got to solve big problems.” ThinkingBelieveProblemBigsCareTogetherEnergyPartyIssuesProudRepublicanSolutionsDemocratSolveCriticalPracticalsHealth CareBig ProblemsAffiliation Author:Barack Obama
“Worldviews have four elements that help us understand how a person's story fits together: creation, fall, redemption, and restoration. "Creation" tells us how things began, where everything came from (including us), the reason for our origins, and what ultimate reality is like. "Fall" describes the problem (since we all know something has gone wrong with the world). "Redemption" gives us the solution, the way to fix what went wrong. "Restoration" describes what the world would look like once the repair begins to take place.” KnowsWorldWayGivingLooksPersonsReasonHelpingStoriesProblemRealityTogetherFallGoneFourCreationFitElementsSolutionsUltimateIncludingRedemptionWorldviewRestorationUltimate RealityFour Elements Author:Greg Koukl
“Most Christians who've been around for a while have their Story in bits and pieces, but have never seen how powerful it really is when assembled as a whole. I want them to see how well it fits together and how it offers tremendous explanatory power regarding the world as we actually find it. I want them to see how it resolves the problem of evil, and why God's solution - the God/man Jesus - is the only solution.” MenWorldWantWellsWholeStoriesProblemChristianTogetherEvilJesusBitsPowerfulPiecesFitOffersSolutionsResolveBits And PiecesProblem Of Evil Author:Greg Koukl
“The military defeat of an oppressive regime is important, but it does not answer our problems. It is where our problems begin, since social change cannot be reduced to a military solution.” DoeImportantProblemSocialAnswersMilitarySolutionsDefeatRegimesSocial Change Author:Nigel Gibson
“The problem in Guatemala is that there is no solution to the issue of human rights. The problem is militarization, it is the injust distribution of wealth. It is intolerance of the indigenous, it is discrimination and marginalization.” HumansProblemWealthIssuesRightsSolutionsHuman RightsDiscriminationIntoleranceDistributionIndigenousMarginalizationDistribution Of WealthGuatemala Author:Rigoberta Menchu
“We're told, often enough, that as a species we are poised on the edge of the abyss. It's possible that our puffed-up, prideful intelligence has outstripped our instinct for survival and the road back to safety has already been washed away. In which case there's nothing much to be done. If there is something to be done, then one thing is for sure: those who created the problem will not be the ones who come up with a solution.” IfsDoneEnoughProblemCasesOne ThingSurvivalSolutionsSafetyInstinctSpeciesEdgesCome UpAbyss Author:Arundhati Roy
“Reagan said that government is not the solution to our problems, government is the problem. And he was going to dismantle that government. Well, long story short, he failed to do that. He built up the military to a much greater status, more people in it, and actually more employees after the end of the Reagan administration. And, to achieve his objectives, he did some of the very same things that Trump is doing to achieve his. What Ronald Reagan really wanted to dismantle was the welfare state. And he had limited success in doing that.” PeopleWellsLongSaidEndsStatesStoriesProblemGovernmentWantedGreaterAchieveMilitaryTrumpSolutionsBuiltObjectivesAdministrationWelfareEmployeeWelfare StateLong Story Author:Brian Balogh
“My dad died when I was young. He was a good and decent man. There are a few things he would say that have just always stuck with me. He'd say, "Son, you're either part of the problem or part of the solution." Well, regrettably, President Obama has become part of the problem, and Mitt Romney is the solution.” MenWellsProblemYoungPresidentSonDadSolutionsDiedMy DadStuckDecentPresident ObamaRomneyDecent ManDad DiedMy Dad Died Author:Paul Ryan
“While not all men are sexist, all women face the impact of sexism in some way, so the point is there's a massive problem to be solved, and you can be a big part of the solution.” MenWayProblemBigsFacesSolutionsImpactMassiveSexismSexist Author:Laura Bates
“I think it's interesting that a lot of times people want celebrities to give back in the way that they want them to give back. They want them to give money to the cause they think is important and when that doesn't happen they say, "Oh, they're not doing anything." People think celebrities are going to solve their problems. People think because someone is famous or an athlete or a politician that the solution begins with them. All they're there to do is sell you a product.” PeopleThinkingWayWantGivingImportantProblemHappensCausesInterestingProductsPoliticianSolutionsSellsAthleteSolveGiving Back Author:Rhymefest
“I think that education today is a form of child abuse. The natural tendency of children is to solve problems, but we try to indoctrinate them with facts, which they are supposed to feed back, and then we fail them. And that's child abuse. And you should never raise children that way. You should cultivate and encourage their natural tendencies to create solutions to the problems around them.” ThinkingWayShouldTryingChildrenFactsProblemTodayFormNaturalFailingSolutionsAbuseRaisesSolveTendenciesChild AbuseEducation Today Author:Grace Lee Boggs
“Hard power makes sense under some circumstances. But there's not a universal solution to global problems. A major country like the United States has to have a broadly-conceived program for effective international action, influence and cooperation with others.” CountryHardStatesProblemActionUnitedUnited StatesInfluenceCircumstancesMajorsSolutionsProgramUniversalInternationalMake SenseCooperation Author:Zbigniew Brzezinski
“Few knew in 2000 that George W. Bush was going to end up with neoconservatives all over the place. Once 9/11 happened, I think it's fair to say that some 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. Bush certainly sees himself as having been given an endorsement. He was asked why Donald Rumsfeld,Condoleezza Rice, and Paul Wolfowitz have been promoted, these people who led us into the debacle in Iraq. Bush said there was accountability-it was the election. So there we are.” PeopleThinkingProblemInfluenceSolutionsElectionRice Author:Seymour Hersh
“Perhaps I should say that in general there are three solutions to such a situation. I mean not only in Holland, but everywhere where there are minority groups: in America, in Vietnam with the Chinese. Everywhere there is the same problem. But there are fundamentally three, actually only two possible solutions. A possible solution is that the despised minority is able to establish its own state somewhere else. The other solution is a higher or lesser degree of assimilation. And the third possibility, which is not a solution at all, is the permanence of the tension and conflict over time.” MeanProblemSituationPossibilityConflictSolutionsChineseTensionAssimilationPermanence Author:Norbert Elias
“Nietzsche saw that ultimately the problem of nihilism is the problem of what to do with time: Why keep investing in the future when there is no longer any transcendental guarantor, a positive end of time as ultimate reconciliation or redemption, ensuring a pay-off for this investment? Nietzsche's solution - his attempted overcoming of nihilism - consists in affirming the senselessness of becoming as such - all becoming, without reservation or discrimination.” ProblemSolutionsUltimateOvercomingInvestmentDiscriminationRedemptionEnd TimesReconciliationNihilismTranscendentalAffirming Author:Ray Brassier
“If, for some reason, I cannot bear to work on something that needs to get done, I'm not going to force that. I'll just take a mental vacation. I think the best solution sometimes to working out a problem is to walk squarely away from it.” ThinkingSometimesReasonDoneProblemSolutionsWork OutVacation Author:David Small