Quotes About Problem-solving

If necessity is the mother of invention, then dissatisfaction must be its father.

If something is wrong, fix it now. But train yourself not to worry, worry fixes nothing.

If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.

I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when you looked at it in the right way, did not become still more complicated.

Sometimes if you have financial restraints, it's a benefit. It forces you to come up with a more creative way.

Because ideas have to be original only with regard to their adaptation to the problem at hand, I am always extremely interested in how others have used used them.

By asking the question How can I afford it? your brain is put to work.

Never bring the problem solving stage into the decision making stage. Otherwise, you surrender yourself to the problem rather than the solution.

I built a steel plant from the grassroots, so I learned all the nuts and bolts. When there was a problem, I would be able to guide them, though I am not a technical person.

My biggest kick in music -playing or writing- is when I have a problem. Without a problem to solve, how much interest do you take in anything?

Many things which nature makes difficult become easy to the man who uses his brains.

All we have to do to create the future is to change the nature of our conversations, to go from blame to ownership, and from bargaining to commitment, and from problem solving to possibility.

What if, every time I started to invent something, I asked, 'How would nature solve this?'

Wing Chun teaches you what to concentrate on, whether you're here or out in the world dealing with problems. It's second nature for me now. I don't even get to the point where there's a problem.

Whenever I have a serious problem or some assignment of a creative nature...I always receive more assistance in the early morning hours than at any other time of the day.

Nature was tough, it could be dangerous, but unlike Dr. Cable or shay, or peris-unlike people in general-it made sense. The problems it threw at you could be solved rationally.

Tinkering is something we need to know how to do in order to keep something like the space station running. I am a tinkerer by nature.

Real Fathers are Solution Providers and not a part of the problem to be solved.

When a painting problem crops up, don't rush to fix it. You probably already know one way to fix it, but wait for something else to show up... invite the muses to bring you a new solution.

There's a reason I hate jigsaw puzzles. I don't have the patience to find all the border pieces, especially when they're all the same shade of gray.

Picture yourself placing your problem inside a pale yellow balloon letting it go watching it drift until it is a tiny pastel dot in the sky.

Here's my philosophy in life: If there's a fire, you put it out. If there's a flood, you fill sandbags and you build a dike. You roll up your sleeves and you get to work.

I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy.

I tried to think outside the box but couldn't open the lid.