Problem Solving Quotes

"It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something." "The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary." "Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless." "Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work." "I don't spend my time pontificating about high-concept things; I spend my time solving engineering and manufacturing problems." "I think life on Earth must be about more than just solving problems ... It's got to be something inspiring, even if it is vicarious." "And we need things in life that are exciting and inspiring. It can't just be about solving some awful problem. There have to be reasons to get up in the morning." "The scope of one’s personality is defined by the magnitude of that problem which is capable of driving a person out of his wits." "When you’re first thinking through an idea, it’s important not to get bogged down in complexity. Thinking simply and clearly, is hard to do." "Through the right people focusing on the right things, we can, in time, get on top of a lot if not most of the problems of this world. And that’s what a number of us are trying to do." "A business is simply an idea to make other people’s lives better." "I want to see if I can. I don’t know if I can. I want to find out. I want to see. I’m going to do what I always do; I’m going to break it down to its smallest form, smallest detail, and go after it. Day by day, one day at a time." "Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority." "Everything must be made as simple as possible. But not simpler." "Solving big problems is easier than solving little problems" "We’re always going to find a way to break any system set in front of us." "Start with the premise that the worst has happened to you and work backward." "Approach each new problem not with a view of finding what you hope will be there, but to get the truth, the realities that must be grappled with. You may not like what you find. In that case you are entitled to try to change it. But do not deceive yourself as to what you do find to be the facts of the situation." "If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail." "These problems were not created by government action, or government inaction. We created them, and only we can fix them"