Quotes About Problem-solving

There is only one way of thinking that is capable of making progress, or of surviving in the long run, and that is the way of seeking good explanations through creativity and criticism. What

Not only is there constant backtracking, but the many subproblems all remain simultaneously active and are addressed opportunistically.

After all, computers play chess mindlessly – by exhaustively searching the consequences of all possible moves – but humans achieve a similar-looking functionality in a completely different way, by creative and enjoyable thought.

The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

The attitude of exclusive professionalism (which restricts the label of professionalism to the advisor) manifests itself in a number of dysfunctional ways. It reinforces a misleading belief that the advisor's job is to solve problems rather than to help the client solve problems.

Finding a needle in a haystack was not as hard as it sounded, if you had a thread tied to the needle.

be creative, adapt quickly, and rely on your wits instead of automated tools.

If what you've done is stupid, but it works..then it really isn't all that stupid.

Worry is focused thinking on something negative. Meditation is doing the same thing only focusing on God's word instead of your problem.

On the sixth day God saw He couldn't do it all, so He created ENGINEERS

When you solve a problem, you ought to thank God and go on to the next one.

God has given me a mule-like stubbornness to stick with a difficult problem and the intuitive powers to conceptualize complex hypothetical situations in my mind.

I'm thrilled to feel that I can rely on myself totally and absolutely; that my children are being brought up so that when they meet a problem they can't cop out by foisting it off on God.

Christians can be positive even in a negative situation because we know God has a purpose for allowing that problem.

God is the greatest problem solver, without Him we are doomed.

And with it all, good design's not about what medium you're working in, it's about thinking hard about what you want to do and what you have to work with before you start."

I have some ideas on how to fix that. They're not very good ideas, but at least they're ideas!

A committee is a group of individuals who all put in a perfectly good color, and it comes out gray.

It always helps to be a good programmer. It is important to like computers and to be able to think of things people would want to do with their computers.

Architecture and building is about how you get around the obstacles that are presented to you. That sometimes determines how successful you'll be: How good are you at going around obstacles?

There are two ways to look at most problems... 'Oh Crap!' or, 'Good Information!,' and our choice will give us good information on how to deal with problems in the future.

Violence is what people do when they run out of good ideas.

Large companies are very good at solving extremely complex problems in a globally optimal way.

Bad sales managers push two buttons: 'more' and 'panic.' Great sales managers have one more button to push: the 'how'.