Problem Solving Quotes

“You cannot fix a problem that you refuse to acknowledge.”
― Margaret Heffernan, Willful Blindness: Why We Ignore the Obvious at Our Peril

“To 'see both sides' of a problem is the surest way to prevent its complete solution. Because there are always more than two sides.”
― Idries Shah, Reflections

“As long as it (an issue) remains invisible, it is guaranteed to remain insoluble.”
― Margaret Heffernan, Willful Blindness: Why We Ignore the Obvious at Our Peril

“Look at your heart-flower and smile.
You will be able to solve your most pressing problems.”
― Sri Chinmoy, Meditation: Man Perfection in God Satisfaction

“What a pity human beings can't exchange problems. Everyone knows exactly how to solve the other fellow's.”
― Olin Miller

“Silk laughed. "You really should try not to let your knife do all your thinking for you. That's the one quality we find least attractive in our Cherek cousins."
"And we find this compulsion to make clever remarks which seems to overwhelm our Drasnian brothers now and then almost equally unattractive," Barak told him coolly.”
― David Eddings, Queen of Sorcery

“Faced with a brass band that was positioned to drown out free speech, Russian activists reacted to the potential confrontation with lemons. With activists eating lemons or pretending to, involuntary saliva reaction of the band made it impossible for them to interrupt.”
― Masha Gessen, The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin