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 | All of humanity’s problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone. — Blaise Pascal, 1623-1662, French thinker 29 likes |
 | The easiest way to solve a problem is to deny it exists. — Isaac Asimov, 1920-1992, American Sci-Fi writer 25 likes |
 | Men do not stumble over mountains, but over molehills. — Confucius, 551-479 BC, Chinese teacher & philosopher 16 likes |
 | Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them. — Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German-Jewish physicist 16 likes |
| We can not solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them. — Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German-Jewish physicist 13 likes |
 | Stop thinking, and end your problems. — Lao-Tzu, 6th cent. BC, Chinese philosopher 12 likes |
 | Government is not a solution to our problem; government is the problem. — Ronald Reagan, 1911-2004, American President [1981-1989] 12 likes |
 | Never tell your problems to anyone...20% don't care and the other 80% are glad you have them. — Lou Holtz, 1937-, American football coach 8 likes |
 | Every man should ask himself each day whether he is not too readily accepting negative solutions. — Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Prime Minister, Nobel 1953 8 likes |
| Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not. — Isaac Asimov, 1920-1992, American Sci-Fi writer 8 likes |
 | The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as we keep our foot upon his neck. — William James, 1842-1910, American philosopher 8 likes |
 | A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist. — Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, Wife of the 32nd USA president 7 likes |
 | Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them. — Laurence J Peter, 1919-1990, Canadian writer & educator 7 likes |
 | If a problem cannot be solved, enlarge it. — Dwight Eisenhower, 1890-1969, American general & President 7 likes |
 | There is always a well-known solution to every human problem: neat, plausible, and wrong. — H.L. Mencken, 1880-1956, American columnist & cultural critic 6 likes |
 | The only real problem in life is what to do next. — Arthur Clarke, 1917-2008, British Sci-Fi writer 6 likes |
 | The remedy is worse than the disease. — Francis Bacon, 1561-1626, English philosopher 6 likes |
 | I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches. — Alice Roosevelt Longworth, 1884-1980, daughter of Theodore Roosevelt 6 likes |
 | If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. — Bernard Baruch, 1870-1965, American businessman & statesman 6 likes |
 | A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards; as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push it. — Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1889-1951, Austrian philosopher 6 likes |
 | When you know that every problem is only a false problem, you are dangerously close to salvation. — Emile M. Cioran, 1911-1995, French-Romanian philosopher 6 likes |
 | It isn't that they can't see the solution. It is that they can't see the problem. — G. K. Chesterton, 1874-1936, English writer & critic 5 likes |
 | It is unfortunate that we try to solve the simplest issues cleverly, and therefore make them unusually complicated. We should seek a simple solution. — Anton Chekhov, 1860-1904, Russian writer 5 likes |
 | If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you and you have to battle with only one of them. — Calvin Coolidge, 1872-1933, American President [1923-1929] 5 likes |
 | When you focus on problems, you get more problems. When you focus on possibilities, you have more opportunities. — Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer 5 likes |
 | There is much less difficulty in solving a problem than in posing it. — Joseph De Maistre, 1753-1821, Savoyard diplomat & philosopher 5 likes |
 | I'm not a writer with a drinking problem, I'm a drinker with a writing problem. — Dorothy Parker, 1893-1967, American writer, poet, satirist, critic 4 likes |
| Government does not solve problems. It subsidizes them. — Ronald Reagan, 1911-2004, American President [1981-1989] 4 likes |
| When a lot of remedies are suggested for a disease, that means it can't be cured. — Anton Chekhov, 1860-1904, Russian writer 4 likes |
 | When someone beats a rug, the blows are not against the rug, but against the dust in it. — Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet 4 likes |
 | When lost in a forest go always down hill. When lost in a philosophy or doctrine go upward. — Ambrose Bierce, 1842–1914, American writer 4 likes |
 | The easiest way to solve a problem is to pick an easy one. — Franklin P. Jones, 1908-1980, American columnist 4 likes |
 | It is quite a three pipe problem, and I beg that you won’t speak to me for fifty minutes. — Arthur Conan Doyle, 1859-1930, British writer 4 likes |
 | Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it. — René Descartes, 1596-1650, French philosopher 4 likes |
 | What good does it do to be afraid? It doesn’t help anything. You better try and figure out what’s happening and correct it. — Chuck Yeager, 1923-2020, American pioneer pilot 4 likes |
| An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered. — G. K. Chesterton, 1874-1936, English writer & critic 3 likes |
| When we can identify a problem and face the problem with confidence and enthusiasm, the solution is on the way. — Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer 3 likes |
 | In my lifetime all our problems have come from mainland Europe and all the solutions have come from the English-speaking nations across the world. — Margaret Thatcher, 1925-2013, British Prime Minister 3 likes |
| Your heart knows the way. Run in that direction. — Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet 3 likes |
| The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult. — Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Prime Minister, Nobel 1953 2 likes |
 | Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams. — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher 2 likes |
 | Without beauty, love, or danger it would be almost easy to live. — Albert Camus, 1913-1960, French writer, Nobel 1957 2 likes |
 | Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie. — Jean Cocteau, 1889-1963, French artist 2 likes |
| Problems seldom go away if they’re ignored. — Arthur Clarke, 1917-2008, British Sci-Fi writer 2 likes |
 | Better a tooth out than always aching. — Dr. Thomas Fuller, 1654-1734, English physician and adage collector 2 likes |
 | If philosophy does not resolve any scientific problem, science, in its turn, does not resolve any philosophical problem. |
 | Never cut what you can untie. |
 | The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution. |
| Every solution seems irrelevant to anyone who doesn’t understand the problem. |
 | Sometimes it seems as if there are more solutions than problems. On closer scrutiny, it turns out that many of today's problems are a result of yesterday's solutions. |
| There are no solutions. There are only trade-offs. |
 | When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves. |
 | Science finds cures more easily than answers. |
| Approach each new problem not with a view of finding what you hope will be there, but to get the truth. — Bernard Baruch, 1870-1965, American businessman & statesman |
 | The answers are always inside the problem, not outside. — Marshall McLuhan, 1911-1980, Canadian academic & media theorist |
| Politics offers yesterday’s answers to today’s questions — Marshall McLuhan, 1911-1980, Canadian academic & media theorist |
 | Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem. |
| Americans have a tendency to believe that when there's a problem there must be a solution. |
| A turbulent history has taught Chinese leaders that not every problem has a solution and that too great an emphasis on total mastery over specific events could upset the harmony of the universe. |
 | For all evils there are two remedies: time and silence. |
 | Everything remains unsettled forever, depend on it. |
 | As long as you can ignore a problem, it is not a problem. — Marty Rubin, 1930-1994, Canadian gay activist, author & journalist |
 | The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives, but have only one course of action in mind. |
 | Patience, time and money accommodate all things. |
 | I think the next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it. |
 | Facing it, always facing it, that's the way to get through. Face it. |
 | One of the most highly developed skills in contemporary Western civilization is dissection: the split -up of problems into their smallest possible components. We are good at it. So good, we often forget to put the pieces back together again. |
| Being a reactionary is not about believing in certain solutions, but about having an acute sense of the complexity of the problems. |
 | I usually solve problems by letting them devour me. |
Latin Quotes
 | Fate will find a way. Fata viam invenient. — Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet 170 likes |
Quotes in Verse
 | And now, what’s going to happen to us without barbarians? They were, those people, a kind of solution. — Constantine Kavafy, 1868-1933, Greek poet ‐ Barbarians at the gate 2 likes |
Funny Quotes
 | I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder. — Steven Wright, 1955-, American comedian 7 likes |
 | There have been times when I've thought of suicide but with my luck it'd probably be a temporary solution. — Woody Allen, 1935-, American actor & film director 7 likes |
 | I don't have any solution, but I certainly admire the problem. — Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist 5 likes |
 | The best cure for sea sickness is to sit under a tree — Spike Milligan, 1918-2002, Irish comedian 4 likes |
| It's not easy taking my problems one at a time when they refuse to get in line. — Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist |
Ancient Greek
 | What cannot be resolved, it is cut. Ό,τι δεν λύεται κόπτεται. — Alexander the Great, 356-323 BC, King of Macedon (cutting the Gordian Knot) 5 likes |
 | Extreme remedies are the best for extreme diseases. Ες δε τα έσχατα νουσήματα αι έσχαται θεραπείαι ες ακριβείην, κράτισται. — Hippocrates, 460-370 BC, Ancient Greek physician, the “Father of Medicine” 3 likes |
 | There is always a way if one does not avoid hard work. Πάντ’ εστίν εξευρείν, αν μη τον πόνον φεύγη τις. — Demosthenes, 384-322 BC, Ancient Athenian & statesman orator 3 likes |
Proverbs
 | Where there's a will, there's a way. 6 likes |
 | A golden key can open any door. 6 likes |
 | Some cannot find a bridge to cross the water, while others cannot find water to drink. 5 likes |
| If it ain't broke, don't fix it. 4 likes |
| We'll cross that bridge when we get to it. 4 likes |
 | Necessity is the mother of invention. 4 likes |
 | Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. 3 likes |
| Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches. 2 likes |
| A problem shared is a problem halved. 2 likes |
Movie Quotes
 | Houston, we have a problem. — from the film Apollo 13 (1995) 2 likes |
