Quotes About Problem

In the nineteenth century the problem was that God is dead. In the twentieth century the problem is that man is dead.

A good problem should be more than a mere exercise; it should be challenging and not too easily solved by the student, and it should require some "dreaming" time.

If it is someone else's problem, you probably don't have the solution.

You haven't found all the answers yet. Electricity, telephones, these are lovely magic. But the poor go unfed. Men kill for what they cannot gain by their own labour. How to share the magic, the riches, the secrets, that is still the problem.

Sometimes I think the theologians have got it backwards. The big problem is not How to explain the existence of evil in this world. It's How to explain the existence of good.

There had been a problem in Bean's house. The problem was staples. Bean loved staples. She loved them so much that she had stapled things that weren't supposed to be stapled. The things looked better stapled, but her mother didn't think so, and now Bean was outside. She was going to be outside for a long time.

My own diagnosis of my problem is a simpler one. It's that I share 50 per cent of my genome with a banana and 98 per cent with a chimpanzee. Banana's don't do psychological consistency. And the tiny part of us that's different - the special Homo sapiens bit - is faulty. It doesn't work. Sorry about that.

The central problem for human freedom is that groups that are well organized enough to defend themselves against others are well organized enough to oppress their own. Power is so readily abused that one could almost say that its concentration is antithetical to freedom.

The central problem for human freedom is that groups that are well organized enough to defend themselves against others are well organized enough to oppress their own.

Creating value through interaction is far more important than solving a consumer's problem in thirty seconds.

Marketing is the generous act of helping someone solve a problem. Their problem.

FIVE QUESTIONS If we knew the right answer, would that be enough to solve our problem? Which edges are working for unrelated organizations? Could we get closer to the edge? How do we make our product or service public, not private? Is it really remarkable?

The problem with meeting expectations is that it's not remarkable. It won't change the recipient of your work, and it's easy to emulate (which makes you easy to replace).

The passion wasn't in making the money—it was in making a difference, solving a problem, creating a change that would help millions.

Everyone has a problem, a desire, and a narrative. Who will you seek to serve?

Is there something I can do? About what? she snapped. About your problem, he persisted. Does anybody's ass need kicking? I can take care of that for you. I kick good ass. Her laughter rang out, sweet and bright and gorgeous. Wow, she said. You'd do that for me? After, what has it been now, a fifteen-minute acquaintance? Twenty, maybe, tops? He considered that, and opened his mouth, and the raw, uncut, uncensored truth just plopped right out. Yeah, he said. I would.

as was his way, once he acknowledged the problem, he set about finding a means to resolve it

That was bad news. Terrible. The worst.

I would have, had someone not detonated their charges prematurely. (Nykyrian) Yeah, Cruel. You have to watch that premature detonation problem of yours. (Hauk)

Lucille certainly picked a fine time to leave us, didn't he? I just wish our only problem was four hungry children and a crop in the field. (Danger) You know, your sarcasm isn't helping anymore than your bizarre and scattered references to literature and bad country songs. (Alexion) Not true, it's helping me maintain a calm facade that I most definitely do not feel. (Danger) Well, it's starting to piss me off. (Alexion) Ooo, you almost scare me when you say that.

I should have thought of this years ago. But that was the problem with being sane. Sane people played by the rules. They looked for rational explanations and solutions in an insane universe.

And he's just plain odd. And what is your problem that you keep putting yourself in my way? (Geary) She's feisty, Skotos. I can see the appeal. (ZT)

I don't have an attitude problem. You have a perception problem! Nick

I'm just doing a favor for my brother. (Fury) That's what I told myself, too. But the problem with family, they get you into shit and then abandon you to it. Or worse, get themselves killed off. (Sasha)