Tony Cardenas Quotes

A Vulgar Mechanick can practice what he has been taught or seen done, but if he is in an error he knows not how to find it out and correct it, and if you put him out of his road he is at a stand. Whereas he that is able to reason nimbly and judiciously about figure, force, and motion, is never at rest till he gets over every rub. (from a letter dated 25 May, 1694)

Every problem can be solved as long as they use common sense and apply the right research and techniques.

It's the people who have an incentive to find the problem who usually find the problem.

I like to figure things out and solve problems.

I'm a pretty good problem solver.

On 'MythBusters,' a lot of what we do does not fall into any category of things we have ever done before. There's a lot of problem solving to figure out how to even approach a given problem. A background in science or engineering helps a lot.

I think you have to be left-brained, to a certain extent, to understand science. I can talk about it, but I can't do it.

An open-minded person running a business might catch a problem faster than a closed-minded person. And when they identify a problem, they can fix it much faster.

I'm a problem-solver.

Crystal-clear thinking is one of the things we look for - not a fancy slide pitch, but crystal-clear thinking.

Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems.

Guys are natural problem solvers - they like to have strategies.

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

The problems of puzzles are very near the problems of life.

When I think of Sherlock Holmes, I think of a guy who can wander into the confusion of life and sort of pluck out answers at will.

I love solving puzzles, I love finding my way around obstacles, and I love learning new things about technology.

As an engineer I'm constantly spotting problems and plotting how to solve them.

My mom was a problem solver.

I have been an editor at Commentary for a number of years and the thing that we all agree about is that we are much better at identifying problems than at solving them.

Mathematics seems to endow one with something like a new sense.

I am interested in finding solutions to problems.

I'm the kid that tried to take Latin in school because I felt if I could understand the root of everything, then I could understand why it worked. That was what took me into engineering. And the reason I stayed is, engineering teaches you to solve problems. It teaches you to think.

One of the fastest ways to find the solution to an issue or challenge you are facing is to ask the right questions.

Some players are wonderful hitters of the ball, but they can't figure out ways to get out of trouble. Eighty percent of the time, there is a way. You just have to know how to look for it.

I don't have any magical ability. I look at a problem, play with it, work out a strategy.