Problem Quotes

When you're the president of the United States and you know that the biggest issue facing you is this cliff that we're about ready to head over if we don't get this spending and debt situation under control, it's very irresponsible not to take the action that is necessary to fix the problem.

Drilling in the refuge will not solve America's energy problem. The Energy Department's own figures show that drilling would not change gas prices by more than a penny a gallon, and this would be 20 years from now.

Anytime we can take narcotics off the street it is significant because it takes them out of the hands of children. It certainly is not going to stop the drug problem, we have to work very, very hard.

In my books, I never portray violence as a reasonable solution to a problem. If the lead characters in the story are driven to it, it's at the extreme end of their experience.

Where there is a problem, the risks to the public are greater than they've ever been before.

The current neglect of the problem can only irritate this deplorable state of affairs. The Black Muslims should constitute a warning to our society, a warning that must be heeded if we are to preserve the society.

If you give me any problem in America I can trace it down to domestic violence. It is the cradle of most of the problems, economic, psychological, educational.

I'm not tempted to write a song about George W. Bush. I couldn't figure out what sort of song I would write. That's the problem: I don't want to satirise George Bush and his puppeteers, I want to vaporise them.

The costume that I wear on the show is a little snug and doesn't leave a whole lot to the imagination. I don't have a problem with it because of the way this character's been written.

They are scared that the BBC or CNN may call them radicals, so they remain soft instead. The problem lies there, with the Muslim leaders, not the Muslim masses.

The problem we were struggling with within the closed market was what the incentive would be. You probably wouldn't use dollars. But those are all questions that need to be explored.

I have no problem with G14. How can I oppose something that as far as I am concerned, does not exist?

Beset by a difficult problem? Now is your chance to shine. Pick yourself up, get to work and get triumphantly through it.

To be outspoken, or different at all, is a problem for women.

Just because there is a problem doesn't mean that we have to solve it, if the cure is going to be more expensive than the original ailment.

My problem is that I think everybody needs to work as hard as I worked when I was in my prime.

I didn't have any problem bonding with Honey, but I was plagued with insecurities about my ability to bring up my baby.

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

A lasting solution to this problem will have an exceptionally positive influence foremost on the peoples of Palestine and Israel, as well as on the region and the international community.

You never suffer from a money problem, you always suffer from an idea problem.

I remember things that happened sixty years ago, but if you ask me where I left my car keys five minutes ago, that's sometimes a problem.

Liberalism seems to be related to the distance people are from the problem.

I feel very strongly that it is vital for us to constantly keep in mind the fact that the Jewish problem is but a phase of the world problem.

I think it's a problem that we don't have more companies like Facebook. It shouldn't be the only company that's doing this well.

If I have a problem with someone I talk about them. I don't pick on their kids.

The problem is when that fun stuff becomes the habit. And I think that's what's happened in our culture. Fast food has become the everyday meal.

The problem of freedom in America is that of maintaining a competition of ideas, and you do not achieve that by silencing one brand of idea.

The problem - when you cast your net that wide - is you inevitably catch something you don't want to catch.

I was a monster, a problem child.

We have a problem. 'Congratulations.' But it's a tough problem. 'Then double congratulations.'