Quotes about problems

A collection of quotes on the topic of problem.

„Who is like the wise man? Who knows the solution to a problem? A man’s wisdom lights up his face and softens his stern appearance. I say: “Obey the king’s orders out of regard for the oath to God. Do not rush to depart from his presence. Do not take a stand for anything bad; for he can do whatever he pleases, because the word of the king is absolute; who can say to him, ‘What are you doing?“

— Solomon king of Israel and the son of David -1011 - -931 BC
Ecclesiastes 8:1-4 http://www.jw.org/en/publications/bible/nwt/books/ecclesiastes/8/, NWT

Wisdom, God, Light, Appearance

„I know what I'm capable of — it's other people who have a problem with my image, not me.“

— Julie Andrews British actress, singer, author, theatre director, and dancer 1935
Context: Every time I do anything, I have to ask myself: Is it a good role, and is it right to do it? There may be sex or nudity or violence in the script, and then you have to say: Is it gratuitous just out to shock people? Or is it there because it has to be? If role demands it, and it isn't gratuitous, I'll do it. It's my job, after all. I'm an actress. I know what I'm capable of — it's other people who have a problem with my image, not me. I hope I can do all sorts of things, not just one type who's all sweetness and light. Unfortunately, people forget it's a role and confuse it with you. News of the World (June 1986)

People

„The thinking in the show, the hacker thinking of how do you approach every problem, I think they're hacking life more than they're hacking systems.“

— Walter O'Brien Irish businessman, founder of Scorpion Computer Services 1975

Life, Thinking

„My mind rebels at stagnation, give me problems, give me work!“

— Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign of Four

„Sometimes a single event can be so rich in itself and its facets that it is necessary to move all around it in your search for the solution to the problems it poses — for the world is movement, and you cannot be stationary in your attitude toward something that is moving.“

— Henri Cartier-Bresson French photographer 1908 - 2004
Context: The picture-story involves a joint operation of the brain, the eye and the heart. The objective of this joint operation is to depict the content of some event which is in the process of unfolding, and to communicate impressions. Sometimes a single event can be so rich in itself and its facets that it is necessary to move all around it in your search for the solution to the problems it poses — for the world is movement, and you cannot be stationary in your attitude toward something that is moving. Sometimes you light upon the picture in seconds; it might also require hours or days. But there is no standard plan, no pattern from which to work. The Decisive Moment (1952), p. i; also in The Mind's Eye (1999)

World, Search

„The problem is that everybody treats teenagers like they're stupid.“

— Johnny Depp American actor, film producer, and musician 1963

Stupidity

„Economic, social, political, environmental and population development in Thailand have created a series of problems that must be addressed addressesed by education.“

— Sukavich Rangsitpol Thai politician 1935

Education

„One basic principle must be the absolute rule for the S. S. men. We must be honest, decent, loyal, and comradely to members of our own blood and nobody else. What happens to a Russian and a Czech does not interest me in the least. What the nations can offer in the way of good blood of our type we will take, if necessary by kidnapping their children and raising them here with us. Whether nations live in prosperity or starve to death interests me only in so far as we need them as slaves for our culture: otherwise it is of no interest to me. Whether ten thousand Russian females fall down from exhaustion while digging an anti-tank ditch interests me only in so far as the anti-tank ditch for Germany is finished. We shall never be tough and heartless where it is not necessary, that is clear. We, Germans, who are the only people in the world who have a decent attitude towards animals, will also assume a decent attitude towards these human animals. But it is a crime against our blood to worry about them and give them ideals, thus causing our sons and grandsons to have a more difficult time with them. When somebody comes up to me and says: 'I cannot dig the anti-tank ditch with women and children, it is inhuman, for it would kill them,' then I have to say: 'You are the murderer of your own blood, because if the anti-tank ditch is not dug German soldiers will die, and they are the sons of German mothers. They are our own blood....' Our concern, our duty, is our people and our blood. We can be indifferent to everything else. I wish the S. S. to adopt this attitude towards the problem of all foreign, non-Germanic peoples, especially Russians....“

— Heinrich Himmler Nazi officer, Commander of the SS 1900 - 1945
The Posen speech to SS officers (6 October 1943)

Death, Women, Men, Children

„The dramatic problems of today's complex world can only inspire a humble approach.“

— António Guterres Secretary-General of the United Nations 1949
Quoted in "UN General Assembly elects Guterres as secretary-general" http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-un-secretary-general-guterres-20161013-story.html, Chicago Tribune (13 October 2016)

World

„If we deal with our problem not knowing, or pretending not to know the general theory encompassing the concrete case before us, if we tackle the problem "with bare hands", we have a better chance to understand the scientist's attitude in general, and especially the task of the applied mathematician.“

— George Pólya Hungarian mathematician 1887 - 1985

Understanding, Chance

„It would be an incredible adventure. And life needs to be more than just solving every day problems. You need to wake up and be excited about the future“

— Elon Musk South African-born American entrepreneur 1971
On "eyeing" for Mars, IAC 2016 meeting, presentation on sustainable Mars colonization.

Life, Future

„The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts while the stupid one are full of confidence".“

— Charles Bukowski American writer 1920 - 1994

People, Stupidity, World, Confidence

„I know zoos are no longer in people's good graces. Religion faces the same problem. Certain illusions about freedom plague them both.“

— Yann Martel, Life of Pi

People, Religion, Freedom

„I believe in love at first sight. You want that connection, and then you want some problems.“

— Keanu Reeves Canadian actor, director, producer and musician 1964

Love, Making love

„These problems do not disappear just because we do not hear about them. There is so much more happening around the world than what is communicated to us about the top stories we do hear.“

— Angelina Jolie American actress, film director, and screenwriter 1975
Context: These problems do not disappear just because we do not hear about them. There is so much more happening around the world than what is communicated to us about the top stories we do hear. We all need to look deeper and discover for ourselves.... What is the problem? Where is it? How can we help to solve it? Notes from My Travels: Visits with Refugees in Africa, Cambodia, Pakistan and Ecuador(2006)

World, Communication

„The way we see the problem is the problem.“

— Stephen R. Covey American educator, author, businessman and motivational speaker 1932 - 2012

Way

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