Quotes About Problem-solving

I'm a fighter, so when someone says 'no' to me, I try to figure out what I need to adjust to hear the yes.

Often the most important moment in the design process is figuring out what the right question is.

I've always been driven, and I like the creative aspect of figuring things out.

I liked the challenge of designing and building things, figuring out how something works and how to make it better or apply it in a different way.

Scorsese has very defined ideas about how to shoot a scene, and he's an editor himself - we cut together. It means he's constantly thinking about my problems while he's filming.

Usually, the best ideas come from having to fix a really hard problem.

I learned to not be afraid to fix things that break.

There is always one more bug to fix.

If something doesn't go your way, then look for another way. If something's broken, fix it.

Part of being a really good chef or cook is being able to fix disasters.

I started to learn some common sense. Even just sort of day-to-day things. I started to cook a little bit more and try to learn to fix things around the house. If something breaks down, rather than call a guy, there's got to be more I can do.

I'm not a complainer. I'm a doer. So if I see something is wrong, then I feel like I have to get in there and try to fix it.

A lot of white-collar work requires less of the routine, rule-based, what we might call algorithmic set of capabilities, and more of the harder-to-outsource, harder-to-automate, non-routine, creative, juristic - as the scholars call it - abilities.

I submit that those who run the American military at the top, and those whose boots are on the ground and who run the machinery and equipment, are sending a signal: You asked us to do something. Give us some time and we will solve the problems and we will do it.

It was used for decades to describe talented computer enthusiasts, people whose skill at using computers to solve technical problems and puzzles was - and is - respected and admired by others possessing similar technical skills.

Throughout his presidency, Clinton made a point of getting close - physically and emotionally - to the people whose problems his administration was working to solve.

You can make a million excuses for why something didn't go well, but ultimately, just fix it and get on with it. Be a solutions person.

I actually work better within restrictions. When you leave everything wide open, things tend to get a little convoluted. So when you give me those restrictions and I start to use my brain creatively to work around those, that's when things get interesting.

A guy digging ditches or a plumber wiping joints - it solves problems, you know? You have to dig this hole so wide, so long, so deep. You dig it, and that's it.

Dad was an outstanding leader. He'd bring in top thinkers from a wide array of fields - how to fix the Detroit schools, for example. I watched him in these meetings. He listened and probed.

Forensic techniques are enormously useful in a wide range of fields outside the criminal justice system.

The real questions are: Does it solve a problem? Is it serviceable? How is it going to look in ten years?

I've always been tenacious. I don't let go of things until I think it's fixed. On the other hand I'm a fairly jovial, smiley person.

I think entrepreneurship is combining a passion with the tenacity to problem-solve and the fearlessness to fail.