"The problem is we don't understand the problem."

-- Paul MacCready

#Problem Quotes

“Success is hastened or delayed by oneâ€™s habits. It is not your passing inspirations or brilliant ideas so much as your everyday mental habits that control your life.”
“Things on the whole are faster in America; people don't stand for election, they run for office. If a person says he's sick, it doesn't mean regurgitating, it means ill. Mad means angry, not insane. Don't ask for the left-luggage; it's called a checkroom.”

Source : Jessica Mitford (2016). “Hons and Rebels: Hons & Rebels”, p.141, Hachette UK
“One of the first things I do with people is help them figure out what their limiting beliefs are and then encourage them to question, "Well, do I really want to keep that one? Is it limiting me? Does it not fit me? Is it holding me back?"”

Source : Source: www.edgemagazine.net
“I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant.”

Source : "O.J. Simpson: 10 years later". "Dateline" with Katie Couric, www.nbcnews.com. June 18, 2004.
“As science is more and more subject to grave misuse as well as to use for human benefit it has also become the scientist's responsibility to become aware of the social relations and applications of his subject, and to exert his influence in such a direction as will result in the best applications of the findings in his own and related fields. Thus he must help in educating the public, in the broad sense, and this means first educating himself, not only in science but in regard to the great issues confronting mankind today.”
“Italian girls are famous for being snobby and expecting men to make the first move. In America, if I don't make eye contact, the guys won't come over and talk. American girls just go for it. You men are spoiled.”
“Black widows may be powerful predators, but every predator is somebody else's prey.”
“I don't go out of my way to be outrageous, I just go out of my way to look at things.”

Source : "Dave Allen's comic quotes", news.bbc.co.uk. March 11, 2005.

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