#lem

The possible solutions to a given problem emerge as the leaves of a tree, each node representing a point of deliberation and decision. ↗

— Niklaus Wirth

#deliberation #each #emerge #given #leaves

Don't get involved in partial problems, but always take flight to where there is a free view over the whole single great problem, even if this view is still not a clear one. ↗

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

#clear #even #flight #free #get

A philosophical problem has the form: I don't know my way about. ↗

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

#form #i #know #philosophical #philosophical problem

Stars wide of belt often cultivated a gentlemanly grandeur, a groomed refinement that filtered through their fingertips - the dainty fidgets of Hardy's plump digits, Orson Welles performing magic tricks with nimble dexterity, Jackie Gleason lofting a teacup to his lips as if he were Lady Bracknell - or through a fine set of twinkle-toes. ↗

— James Wolcott

#cultivated #dainty #filtered #fine #fingertips

Memory is funny. Once you hit a vein the problem is not how to remember but how to control the flow. ↗

— Tobias Wolff

#flow #funny #hit #how #memory

At our college we were taught a universal approach to find out about a person: what problems the person has, what difficulties, what personal tendencies and likings. ↗

— Markus Wolf

#approach #college #difficulties #find #our

It is very comforting to believe that leaders who do terrible things are, in fact, mad. That way, all we have to do is make sure we don't put psychotics in high places and we've got the problem solved. ↗

— Tom Wolfe

#comforting #fact #got #high #high places

I certainly don't like a label that suggests I believe that the military is the solution to most of the world's problems. ↗

— Paul Wolfowitz

#certainly #i #i believe #i believe that #label

Music is an element that should be part and parcel of every child's life via the education system. ↗

— Victoria Wood

#education #element #every #life #music

Sexual harassment at work... is it a problem for the self-employed? ↗

— Victoria Wood

#problem #sexual #work