“You have to realize: OK, I don't know how to solve a political problem, I don't know how to solve the pollution problem... all I know is in my own life, I need to figure out some sense of purpose, I need to figure out how to be happy... and I'm willing.” KnowsNeedsProblemPoliticalPurposeRealizingMy OwnKnow HowFiguresWillingSolvePollutionMy Own LifeFigure SkatingHow To Be Happy Author:Jewel
“Obama was willing to compromise and Republicans were not. That's not a biased statement. One of my problems with the limitations of journalism is that straightforward descriptions of reality are seen as being biased.” ProblemRealityWillingRepublicanStatementsCompromiseJournalismLimitationDescriptionStraightforwardBiased Author:Jonathan Alter
“Free men are aware of the imperfection inherent in human affairs, and they are willing to fight and die for that which is not perfect. They know that basic human problems can have no final solutions, that our freedom, justice, equality, etc. are far from absolute, and that the good life is compounded of half measures, compromises, lesser evils, and gropings toward the perfect. The rejection of approximations and the insistence on absolutes are the manifestation of a nihilism that loathes freedom, tolerance, and equity.” KnowsMenHumansProblemLife IsDiesFightingEvilJusticePerfectHalfWillingSolutionsAbsolutesFinalsAffairToleranceCompromiseManifestationRejectionEtcGood LifeImperfectionInherentEquityNihilismNot PerfectFree ManLoatheInsistenceApproximationHuman ProblemsLesser EvilJustice EqualityHalf Measures Author:Eric Hoffer
“It was better walk with dignity than ride in shame. A lot of people in Cincinnati are saying, "Rather than have the continual problems of police brutality and economic disparity, I'm willing to make some sacrifices." And I think that they ought to be respected for doing that.” PeopleThinkingProblemWalksSacrificeEconomicWillingOughtDignityPoliceShamePolice BrutalityBrutalityDisparity Author:Al Sharpton
“The problem of dealing with the financial industry is being addressed today. You can measure it with interest rates coming down. You can measure it with the quantity of loans, and that sort of thing. The problem is, that nobody wants to take the loans. Once the banks are willing to give it, that's only half the problem.” WantGivingProblemInterestHalfWillingIndustryRateFinancialQuantityLoanInterest Rate Author:Michael Bloomberg
“We perversely see mother love as the problem--when it is all we have to sustain us--rather than blaming the fathers who have run out on our mothers and on us. We seem willing to forgive fathers for loving too little even as we still shrink in terror from mothers who love too much.” LittlesStillsProblemSeemsRunningMotherFatherToo MuchWillingBlameForgivingTerrorShrinksMother Love Author:Frank Pittman
“When a livestock farmer is willing to "practice complexity"-to choreograph the symbiosis of several different animals, each of which has been allowed to behave and eat as it evolved to-he will find he has little need for machinery, fertilizer, and, most strikingly, chemicals. He finds he has no sanitation problem or any of the diseases that result from raising a single animal in a crowded monoculture and then feeding it things it wasn't designed to eat. This is perhaps the greatest efficiency of a farm treated as a biological system: health.” NeedsLittlesHas BeensDifferentProblemAnimalResultsPracticeWillingDiseaseTreatedBehaveComplexityFarmsChemicalsFarmersEfficiencyFeedingMachineryCrowdedFertilizerSanitationLivestockSymbiosisDifferent AnimalsMonoculture Author:Michael Pollan
“If you are always waiting to be, do, or have what you want, your energy becomes blocked. Your body may reflect this in excess weight or other physical problems. Express yourself directly. Set clear boundaries with other people and do what you need to do to take good care of yourself. Energy will then move freely through your body and this circulation will dissolve any excess weight. The more you are willing to be yourself, the less you'll need to use food as a substitute nurturer. You will be receiving the natural nurturing of the universe.” PeopleIfsWantNeedsMayUseProblemBodyCareMovingUniverseEnergyWaitingNaturalClearWillingWeightWhat You WantYour BodyBoundariesBeing YourselfSubstitutesExcessReceivingNurturingExpress YourselfCirculationBlockedAlways Waiting Author:Shakti Gawain
“Your rewards in life are determined by the kinds of problems you are willing to solve for someone.” KindProblemWillingRewardsSolveDeterminedRewards In Life Author:Mike Murdock
“The biggest problem that I see that young artists have is they aren't willing to fail. And unless you fail a lot, I think it's difficult to find a voice that shouts above the crowds.” ThinkingProblemYoungArtistDifficultVoiceFailingWillingCrowdsYoung Artists Author:Jacob Hashimoto
“All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think.” IfsThinkingMenWorldProblemIgnoranceWilling Author:Tom Watson
“And luckily, for whatever reason, I've found people who are interested in living with and owning and existing around the DNA of my mind, which is my visual work. I've found collectors who are willing to put money down to live with my work. So I can't criticize the whole mechanism. But I can criticize it as an artist, in spite of the fact that I benefit from it. And there are problems with it.” PeopleMindI CanReasonWholeFactsProblemArtistFoundWillingBenefitsVisualsSpiteCriticizeMechanismDnaCollectorsOf My Mind Author:Wangechi Mutu
“I think television is one of the last real bastions of the white beauty standard, but still in many industries the workers can be replaced by someone who's willing to play the game or who looks like the person in charge. And this is a problem for all women, not just women of color.” ThinkingLooksPersonsStillsRealPlayProblemLastsGamesWhiteTelevisionColorWillingIndustryStandardsWorkersReplaced Author:Jami Floyd
“The biggest single problem of American parents today is the foolish idea that you just have to be a friend to your children. Kids need parents, not just another pal. This means being able and willing to say no, to challenge faulty thinking, and to expect accountability.” ThinkingNeedsMeanChildrenIdeasProblemKidsTodayAbleParentChallengesWillingOur ChildrenFoolishYour ChildrenAccountabilityPals Author:Steve Biddulph
“I'm convinced that a lot of people simply don't know what's available out there and how it is possible to find a job and work your way up if you are willing to accept responsibility for your life. I know what it's like to be on the bottom. I've been broke. I've been fired seven times from jobs. And I don't even have a college degree. But I didn't blame anyone else for my problems. I knew that if I didn't try to solve them on my own or with the help of friends or family members, no one else was going to take care of me.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayTryingHelpingProblemCareJobsMy OwnResponsibilityAcceptingCollegeWillingMembersDegreesBlameSevenBottomAvailableSolveTake CareConvincedBrokeFamily MembersCollege DegreeTake Care Of MeResponsibility For Your Life Author:Rush Limbaugh
“As a writer, you have to be willing to kill your darlings, and I'm a writer first. As a director, I've got no problem cutting the scenes.” FirstsProblemCuttingWillingSceneDirectorsNo ProblemDarling Author:David Ayer
“If you have a slave around the house how can you expect to make a revolution outside it? The problem for women is that if we try to be free, then we naturally become lonely, because so many women are willing to become slaves, and men usually prefer that.” IfsMenTryingProblemHouseWillingRevolutionLonelySlave Author:Yoko Ono
“Indeed we do have an entitlement problem: some feel so entitled to power & wealth that they're willing to undermine our economy and our democracy.” FeelsProblemWealthEconomyDemocracyWillingEntitledEntitlement Author:Annabel Park
“Like all of you I'm angry. I'm angry at what's happening to our nation. Citizens, it's time to take our country back. Bombastic insults wont take it back. Political rhetoric that promises a lot and delivers little, won't take it back. All of our problems can be solved. All of our wounds can be healed by a tested leader who is willing to fight for the character of our nation.” LittlesCountryCharacterProblemPoliticalFightingNationsLeaderWillingCitizensPromiseHappeningsAngryWoundsOur CountryInsultRhetoricTestedHealedBombasticPolitical Rhetoric Author:Carly Fiorina
“I have tried to write soundtracks, and the main problem with those was that the directors often had in their minds a much stronger sense of what they wanted to hear, than what I was willing to give them, and I guess there was no way to say, "Well why don't you write your scene around my music?" Because that's just cocky and awful.” WayGivingWritingMindWellsProblemWantedWillingSceneDirectorsMusic IsStrongerAwfulCockySoundtracks Author:Zach Condon
“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
“The people who inspire me most are those who are willing to see the world from a loving perspective. People who perceive obstacles as opportunities and problems as spiritual assignments. People who choose love.” PeopleWorldProblemSpiritualOpportunityInspireWillingPerspectiveObstaclesPerceiveAssignments Author:Gabrielle Bernstein
“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
“The public is really not kept abreast, and our leaders are not clear and forthright about what the terms of engagement are right now - that we really have no choice except to undertake a wartime scale mobilization, but a mobilization knowing that we can actually fix this. It's only a disaster if we continue to plunge headlong into the problem, which is only accelerating in spite of everything that the Democrats have been willing to say and do about it.” IfsHas BeensProblemChoicesTermLeaderKnowingClearWillingRight NowDemocratDisasterScalesSpiteEngagementPlungeWartimeMobilization Author:Jill Stein
“It's important to recognize the vital role that the financial markets play in our economy and that so many of you are contributing to. To function effectively those markets and the men and women who shape them have to command trust and confidence, because we all rely on the market's transparency and integrity. So even if it may not be 100 percent true, if the perception is that somehow the game is rigged, that should be a problem for all of us, and we have to be willing to make that absolutely clear.” IfsMenShouldMayImportantPlayProblemGamesRolesEconomyClearWillingHe ManIntegrityShapesPerceptionPercentMen And WomenFunctionFinancialCommandRelyTransparencyContributingFinancial MarketsRigged Author:Hillary Clinton
“What does have a chance of becoming law is a process that begins with securing the border. Currently the border is not secure and not just immigrants are coming across, but also drugs, weapons a whole series of problems. And I think that if you can prove to the American people that illegal immigration is under control, I think that the American people are willing to do something very reasonable about people who have been here for many years, who are not criminals, who are going to pay a fine, who are going to pay taxes, who are working.” PeopleIfsThinkingYearsDoeHas BeensWholeProblemLawProcessChancePayWillingFineBecomingDrugProveTaxesWeaponsSeriesCriminalsImmigrationSecureBordersReasonableImmigrantsIllegalIllegal Immigration Author:Marco Rubio
“I think that some of it is electoral - helping candidates that are willing to take dramatic actions, not just to say a few words about how climate change might be a problem.” ThinkingHelpingProblemMightActionWillingClimateClimate ChangeDramaticCandidatesFew Words Author:Bill McKibben
“What the white man in America needs to realize is there's a new thinking among black people today which makes them not willing to sit around and wait for five years to get this problem solved, much less a hundred years.” PeopleThinkingMenNeedsYearsProblemTodayAmericaWaitingBlackRealizingWhiteFiveWillingHundredFive YearsBlack PeopleWhite Man Author:Malcolm X
“I was encouraged, though, because I saw feminist writers - male and female - calling out the bias. I feel like more and more writers are cognizant of the problems and are willing to try to challenge them.” FeelsTryingProblemChallengesSawsWillingCallingFemaleMalesFeministBiasCognizantWilling To Try Author:Paula Broadwell
“I don't care if you're a liberal icon or a conservative icon. If you are not willing to be active in your democracy and do what is necessary to deal with our problems, I think you should be voted out.” IfsThinkingShouldProblemCareDealsDemocracyWillingConservativeDon't CareActiveI Don't CareIcons Author:Hillary Clinton
“Our problem is that we don't have enough people in America, including black people, who are progressive and willing to sacrifice their popularity in order to tell the truth.” PeopleEnoughProblemAmericaOrderBlackSacrificeWillingIncludingTelling The TruthProgressiveBlack PeoplePopularity Author:Cornel West
“If somebody is considering being willing to go out and work in the field in global health, those are a particular class of heroes because it's hard to work in those places. Our foundation gets so many of our learnings from people who've been out there and seen, "this tool is not going to work there, there's more of a problem here than you know." You should really get involved in that.” PeopleIfsKnowsShouldHardProblemClassFieldsParticularWillingHeroInvolvedToolsFoundationConsideringGoing To WorkGet InvolvedGlobal Health Author:Bill Gates
“Obviously cheap sentimentality isn't something any good novelist wants to traffic in, but I think it's a problem if you consider it to be the most egregious of all creative sins. I think it's a problem if you consider it the thing to be avoided at all cost. I think it's a problem of you're not willing to risk the consequences of that kind of emotionalism under any circumstances. Then you wind up in the cul-de-sac of irony.” IfsThinkingWantKindProblemSinCreativeRiskWillingWindCircumstancesCostConsequenceIronyNovelistsTrafficAvoidedSentimentality Author:Steve Erickson
“Heroes represent the best of ourselves, respecting that we are human beings. A hero can be anyone from Gandhi to your classroom teacher, anyone who can show courage when faced with a problem. A hero is someone who is willing to help others in his or her best capacity.” HumansHelpingShowsProblemHuman BeingsTeacherWillingHeroCapacityHelping OthersClassroomBeing A HeroHelping Others In Need Author:Ricky Martin
“America's got a Darwin problem - and it matters. According to a 2009 Gallup poll taken on the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth, fewer than 40% of Americans are willing to say that they 'believe in evolution.'” BelieveMatterProblemAmericaTakenWillingEvolutionBirthFewerPollsAnniversary Author:Kenneth R. Miller
“If you have debt I'm willing to bet that general clutter is a problem for you too.” IfsProblemWillingDebtHouseholdCleaningClutter Author:Suze Orman
“All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think. The trouble is that men very often resort to all sorts of devices in order not to think, because thinking is such hard work.” IfsThinkingMenWorldHardProblemOrderTroubleWillingHard WorkDevicesResortsWatson Author:Thomas J. Watson