Problem Solving Quotes

“I've always been a bit of a fixer. I'm the one who's like, 'I can do it. I'll help. I'll sort it out.'”

“The key thing about all the world's big problems is that they have to be dealt with collectively. If we don't get people to deal with them collectively, we're not going to get them solved.”

“If you're not stubborn, you'll give up on experiments too soon. And if you're not flexible, you'll pound your head against the wall and you won't see a different solution to a problem you're trying to solve.”

“Each pattern is a three-part rule, which expresses a relation between a certain context, a problem, and a solution.”

“If you think it's simple, then you have misunderstood the problem.”

“When eating an elephant, take one bite at a time.”

“When you're in a hole, stop digging.”

“When eating an elephant, take one bite at a time.”

“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”

“If you think cryptography is the answer to your problem, then you don't know what your problem is.”

“A problem thoroughly understood is a problem half solved.”

“In mathematics, the art of proposing a question must be held of higher value than solving it.”

“Intelligence is what you use when you don't know what to do.”

“Intuition is what you use when you don't have all the data. It is a very important problem-solving tool.”

“The Daytona Coupe was born out of necessity. We had the horsepower, but we were being beaten on the long straights by the Ferraris because of aerodynamics.”

“Everything is a design problem.”

“A mathematician is a master of the art of changing the question.”

“Necessity is the mother of invention.”

“Whenever I'm in a difficult situation, I ask myself: What would a really skinny person do?”

“The first step to solving a problem is to admit that you have one.”