Problem quotes

“The problem is when that fun stuff becomes the habit. And I think that's what's happened in our culture. Fast food has become the everyday meal.” Michelle Obama

“When things go badly, individuals look for scapegoats. I just do not believe that barbed-wire fences or guns on our border will solve any of our problems.” Ron Paul

“People don't want their lives fixed. Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distractions. Their stories resolved. Their messed cleaned up. Because what would they have left? Just the big scary unknown.” Chuck Palahniuk

“Every woman is just a different kind of problem.” Chuck Palahniuk

“Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.” Colin Powell

“Don't bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.” Colin Powell

“In other words, don't expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a company and what the leader has to do is constantly be up and say 'we have a problem, let's go and get it'.” Colin Powell

“You are priests, not social or political leaders. Let us not be under the illusion that we are serving the Gospel through an exaggerated interest in the wide field of temporal problems.” Pope John Paul II

“Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men.” Pope John Paul II

“Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore... prove ultimately futile.” Pope John Paul II

“It strikes me as odd that the free exercise of religious faith is sometimes treated as a problem, something America is stuck with instead of blessed with.” Mitt Romney

“Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem.” Ronald Reagan

“The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.” Ronald Reagan

“Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.” Ronald Reagan

“Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.” Ronald Reagan

“Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them.” Ronald Reagan

“What we have found in this country, and maybe we're more aware of it now, is one problem that we've had, even in the best of times, and that is the people who are sleeping on the grates, the homeless, you might say, by choice.” Ronald Reagan

“Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.” Keith Richards

“I've never had a problem with drugs. I've had problems with the police.” Keith Richards

“Let me be clear about this. I don't have a drug problem. I have a police problem.” Keith Richards

“I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act.” Bill Gates

“Governments will always play a huge part in solving big problems. They set public policy and are uniquely able to provide the resources to make sure solutions reach everyone who needs them. They also fund basic research, which is a crucial component of the innovation that improves life for everyone.” Bill Gates

“Security is, I would say, our top priority because for all the exciting things you will be able to do with computers - organizing your lives, staying in touch with people, being creative - if we don't solve these security problems, then people will hold back.” Bill Gates

“Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority.” Bill Gates

“Maintaining a consistent platform also helps improve product support - a significant problem in the software industry.” Bill Gates

“The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.” Milton Friedman

“Many people want the government to protect the consumer. A much more urgent problem is to protect the consumer from the government.” Milton Friedman

“The problem of social organization is how to set up an arrangement under which greed will do the least harm, capitalism is that kind of a system.” Milton Friedman

“Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems.” Rene Descartes

“The greatest problem in the world today is intolerance. Everyone is so intolerant of each other.” Princess Diana