#problem

It was around the summer of 1982 when the drug problem really impacted. It became a lifestyle rather than a recreation. When you start lying and stealing, you cannot con yourself you're in control any more. ↗

— Irvine Welsh

#around #became #cannot #con #control

I always thought we had an environmental problem, but I hadn't realized how urgent it was. James Lovelock writes that by the end of this century there will be one billion people left. ↗

— Vivienne Westwood

#billion #century #end #environmental #had

If liberals want to send tens of millions of dollars down the drain, I have no problem with that. ↗

— Paul Weyrich

#down #drain #i #liberals #millions

Policy makers still think that if we just hand out more money the world's problems will be solved. ↗

— Paul Weyrich

#just #makers #money #more #out

We experience problem-solving sessions as war zones, we view competing ideas as enemies, and we use problems as weapons to blame and defeat opposition forces. No wonder we can't come up with real lasting solutions! ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#come #competing #defeat #experience #forces

Yet we act as if simple cause and effect is at work. We push to find the one simple reason things have gone wrong. We look for the one action, or the one person, that created this mess. As soon as we find someone to blame, we act as if we've solved the problem. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#action #blame #cause #created #effect

We reinvent ourselves to solve a client's problem. It's more than just tweaking. It's rethinking what your audience wants and needs. Isn't that what great actors constantly do? ↗

— Merrie Spaeth

#client #constantly #great #just #more

That's the whole problem with science. You've got a bunch of empiricists trying to describe things of unimaginable wonder. ↗

— Bill Watterson

#describe #got #problem #science #things

Mick's not good on his own problems, but he's very good at other people's. He's been wonderful over the years. I don't mean I ring him up every week, but he's fantastic. ↗

— Charlie Watts

#every #fantastic #good #him #his

Women don't like advice. They don't want you to fix their problems, they just want you to listen. ↗

— Shawn Wayans

#fix #just #like #listen #problems