Quotes About Problem-solving

The parent should keep their response empathetic yet vague: "I want you to have that, and you can—as soon as you have a plan for how this isn't going to be a problem." Wise parents keep their response fairly open ended in order to keep the child thinking about the situation and how to move forward.

Algebra is simple.

Whoever had invented long division has a lot to answer for.

Peer mediation is a chance for students to work with other students to help them resolve problems, arguments, disagreements without having to get the teacher or the administration involved.

It's easy to be angry about what is happening with our economy, but being mad at a flat tire doesn't put the spare on.

If Edison had a needle to find in a haystack, he would proceed at once with the diligence of the bee to examine straw after straw until he found the object of his search. I was a sorry witness of such doings, knowing that a little theory and calculation would have saved him ninety per cent of his labor.

An exceptionally knowledgeable person with his deep knowledge of wide ranging subjects has the capability to provide solutions to almost every problem. He has the intelligence required to understand the basic nature of the problem and then work accordingly towards finding it's solution. He always gives right advice to the right people at the right time.

I'd like to thank Tetris for making me really good at loading my dishwasher.

You should take a good look at all sides of an issue before making a decision. Put something away in case of an emergency. New neighbors will bring good cheer. A small problem may occur at home base, but you will solve it quickly and correctly. Don't offer smart advice unless you are really asked to comment.

To solve a problem or to reach a goal, you don't need to know all the answers in advance. But you must have a clear idea of the problem or the goal you want to reach.

Everyone who achieves success in a great venture, solves each problem as they came to it. They helped themselves. And they were helped through powers known and unknown to them at the time they set out on their voyage. They keep going regardless of the obstacles they met.

To solve a problem or to reach a goal, you, like Karl Eller, don't need to know all the answers in advance. But you must have a clear idea of the problem or the goal you want to reach.

Styles come and go, design goes on forever: solving communication problems with new tools applied to the same old common sense.

Everybody in this country should learn how to program a computer, because it teaches you how to think.

I spend almost as much time figuring out what's wrong with my computer as I do actually using it.

All problems in Computer Science can be solved by another level of indirection.

Computer science is the most misunderstood field there is. You are being paid to solve puzzles. For a person who has practiced meditation in past lives, that is the way your mind works.

Confidence in the human capacity for problem solving, for invention, for innovation.

People who bring transformative change have courage, know how to re-frame the problem and have a sense of urgency.

There is a certain degree of satisfaction in having the courage to admit one's errors. It not only clears up the air of guilt and defensiveness, but often helps solve the problem created by the error

Hire sales people who are really smart problem solvers, but lack courage, hunger and competitiveness, and your company will go out of business.

What do you do with the kid who can't read?... You find a pay phone as fast as you can and rectify your idiotic mistake.

We never look back. We have no time for regrets or second thoughts. If a plan goes awry we make another, if one weapon breaks in our hands we find a second. If the steps fall down before us we overleap them and go up.

Action. Action, shaped by intelligence and a moral perspective, is the answer to most problems.