“At first, when California started winning its water lawsuits and shutting off cities, the displaced people just followed the water-right to California. It took a little while before the bureaucrats realized what was going on, but finally someone with a sharp pencil did the math and realized that taking in people along with their water didn't solve a water shortage.” PeopleFirstsLittlesWinningWaterCitiesSolveMathCaliforniaPencilsShortageBureaucratsLawsuitSharp Pencils Book:Pump Six and Other Stories Source: Pump Six and Other Stories
“Pheu Thai has to find prominent party leaders that can solve the problems of the country now. If we can find those types of people, then we can win. There are many good people in Thailand but we have to recruit them.” PeopleIfsCountryProblemWinningPartyLeaderTypeSolveGood PeopleProminentRecruitThailandThai Author:Thaksin Shinawatra
“If you apply conservative principles and you stick with it, and you have the leadership skills to bring people toward the cause, you can move the needle on these things, i reject the notion that we can't solve problems, that the gridlock is too enormous to forge consensus. It requires some creativity to get to a win for everybody.” PeopleIfsProblemMovingWinningCausesLeadershipPrinciplesCreativitySkillsSticksNotionConservativeSolveEnormousRejectsConsensusNeedlesLeadership SkillsGridlock Author:Jeb Bush