The nature of a democracy consists to an important degree in the right of the people to criticize problems and mistakes.
In my view, a political vision is not a grab-bag of discrete problems and solutions. It is the visionary anticipation of a direction.
Sex is a conversation carried out by other means. If you get on well out of bed, half the problems of bed are solved.
In a country as large and diverse as America, compromise is how we get things done. It isn’t always pretty, but we have to find solutions to our problems that, at the end of the day, most people can live with.
I always say leave things at the door. Whether it’s at your audition or at your house, leave the problems of the day away. Keep persevering, stick to yourself. Don’t do what other people ask, do what you want!
Given the slow pace of Washington’s bureaucracy, policymakers are often busy solving yesterday’s problems. This rearview mirror approach afflicts Mr. Obama and his Democratic allies in Congress.
I don’t want to listen to everybody’s problems all the time. And I doubt anybody wants to listen to mine.
I have so many wonderful people in my life. I’ve never had any major physical problems or an accident or anything like that. I’m a very, very lucky person, thus far, knock on wood.
When I get the morning report on security, I call those battalions in the regions where there are problems.
You take your problems to a god, but what you really need is for the god to take you to the inside of you.
The United Nations is the preeminent institution of multilateralism. It provides a forum where sovereign states can come together to share burdens, address common problems, and seize common opportunities. The U.N. helps establish the norms that many countries – including the United States – would like everyone to live by.
Unsolved problems are where you’ll find opportunity. Energy is one sector with extremely urgent unsolved problems.