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Problem Quotes - Page 86

Most "original" ideas aren't completely original, but instead are the result of two basic methods for generating ideas: problems in search of solutions and solutions in search of problems.

Barry Nalebuff, Ian Ayres (2006). “Why Not?: How to Use Everyday Ingenuity to Solve Problems Big and Small”, p.14, Harvard Business Press

It is quite a three-pipe problem.

"The Red-Headed League" (1891)

I doubted myself for a long time... I'm comfortable not using my vision. I weave around my problems.

"Black Eyed Pea Reveals Disability: Are Blind Musicians More Talented?". www.foxnews.com. January 18, 2011.

If you have a problem you can solve by throwing money at it, you don't have a very interesting problem.

Anne Lamott (2000). “Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith”, Anchor

I loved doing problems in school.

"Andrew Wiles on Solving Fermat". The NOVA Interview, www.pbs.org. November 01, 2000.

Problems cannot be solved with words, but only through experience.

Alice Miller (1997). “The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self”, p.104, Basic Books

It is just as important to make knowledge live and keep it alive as to solve specific problems.

Albert Einstein (2011). “The World As I See It”, p.21, Open Road Media

What the problem was was this colossal redundancy, the squandering of brilliant technique on cheap material.

Alan Hollinghurst (2014). “The Line of Beauty: Picador Classic”, p.73, Pan Macmillan