With every problem comes a gift in hand.

The problem with a lot of Chinese is that they put up divisions between Taiwanese, Hong Kong natives, mainlanders. We are never united. I really hope that the Chinese can be more united.

It’s rare that you have a policy issue that can be solved by throwing more money at the problem, but the technology to make bus service more frequent and equip buses with GPS systems that...

Though some may see their shortcomings as the greatest evil from the pit of hell, while some throw invectives at God for bringing them into a cruel, problematic world. These shortcomings are transient, the greatest...

The problem most nonprofits have is that they are run by romantics who are great to hang out with, but they have no clue.

I have no problem with anyone being precise about small things.

Got a problem? Good that you know you have one. Otherwise people either don’t know that they have or they don’t accept the fact that they have any.

Before coming here I had a minor back problem and I thought whenever I play Pakistan I get a back problem.

There is no problem with the opening of new houses of prayer for Lutherans and Pentecostals.

The problem with the West is that they start with political reform going towards democracy. If you want to go towards democracy, the first thing is to involve the people in decision making, not to...

The problem that we, as living organisms, face – and not we only, humans, but any living organism faces – is the management of life.

The problem is the myths of Area 51 are hard to dispute if no one can speak on the record about what actually happened there.

The problem is you bring up the name Elizabeth Taylor, people think of jewelry; they think of husbands; the ‘la dolce vita’ lifestyle. I’m happy to have gotten to know her when I got to...

I have no problem twisting the facts if it’s the only way I can be true to the moment.

If one can stick to the training throughout the many long years, then will power is no longer a problem. It’s raining? That doesn’t matter. I am tired? That’s besides the point. It’s simply that...

It’s almost a problem how much I enjoy my work.

I am no theologian, and do not have the answers to these questions, and one of the reasons I enjoy the animals on the farm so much is that they don’t think about their pain,...

That was the problem with reading: you always had to pick up again at the very thing that had made you stop reading the day before.

Negroes’ problem is that they do not have their egos. That’s why our churches end up having a white service, because our preacher is not arrogant enough to take God’s word, so he have to...

We see today that there is a growing understanding in the international community that the extremist regime in Tehran is not just Israel’s problem, but rather an issue that the entire international community must grapple...

Once employed, the employed’s friends are reduced to creatures that he only sees when he has a new problem, or, something new to show off.

Borrow a little and if you can’t pay it back, it’s your problem. Borrow a lot and if you can’t pay it back, it’s the lenders problem.

The first step in solving a problem is to recognize that it does exist.

All the well-meaning advice in the world won’t amount to a hill of beans if we’re not even addressing the real problem.

The problem is we moved to LA… The only way to be punk rock in L.A. is to be a Republican.

We did not treat the Americans badly. They left Iran in a relaxed mood. The embassy was active here after the revolution. We didn’t have any problem with them. They started it.

When you are in a fix, often the fix is in you.

Man is the animal that intends to shoot himself out into interplanetary space, after having given up on the problem of an efficient way to get himself five miles to work and back each day.

Any problem can be made clearer with a picture, and any picture can be created using the same set of tools and rules.

Your mother just carried you literally. The one who really gave you to her is the one who really knows about the main problem you were meant to solve!

If I’m too strong for some people, that’s their problem.

Logic obviously is important. You need to be able to figure things out, to go to the end of a particular problem. But intuition is very important because it references things that logic alone cannot.

Greece needs to work on a cleaner image. It’s a big problem, as they have this reputation of being so corrupt.

I think the deepest problem is between my parents and me. I just don’t know if it will ever be the same.

Problem-insight precedes solution insight. Someone has to recognise a problem before they start to solve the problem…

If you’re a writer, the insight of other writers – if there’s some kind of Holy Grail message on how to deal with writer’s block or how to deal with any problem that can come...

We’ve found that patterns of site looting have increased between 500 and 1000 percent since the start of the Arab Spring. Now this is a problem as old as human beings. People were looting tombs...

The problem I have with schools is, people are taught, ‘This is how you do this.’ They’re not taught about why you do this.

The biggest public health challenge is rebuilding health systems. In other words, if you look at cholera or maternal mortality or tuberculosis in Haiti, they’re major problems in Haiti, but the biggest problem is rebuilding...

I’m the one who gets called up about a problem. I’m the one who gets called up about the street lighting and the abandoned car. I’m the one who gets blamed if the police don’t...

The problem is that we always look for the missing piece of the puzzle instead of finding a place for the one in our hand…

In the euphoria after the Cold War, there was a misplaced notion that the UN could solve every problem anywhere.

You can’t solve a problem: but problems will dissolve in you.

Prevention is a very important part of solving the problem of cancer.

I’m not really interested in writing or reading about people who are nice and easy. I like the problem children.

An international presence in Serbia’s Kosovo province is not a problem. But only a civilian and unarmed mission under U.N. auspices, with Russia’s participation, would be acceptable.

The real problem is what to do with the problem-solvers after the problems are solved.

Time and again, when member states and the governments are faced with an insoluble problem, and they’re under pressure to do something, that something usually ends up being referred to the U.N.

I can’t even be around children. It’s a problem. My ovaries start screaming.

Critics have a problem with sentimentality. Readers do not. I write for readers.