William Feather Quotes

Most problems precisely defined are already partially solved.

Generally, you cannot solve a problem without defining the problem completely.

a problem well put is half solved.

If you can properly define the problem, then you've already defined the solution as well.

Like all religions, Reason presents itself as the solution to the problems it has created

You cannot solve a problem unless you diagnose the problem.

To investigate a problem is, indeed, to solve it.

I like to figure things out and solve problems.

I am interested in finding solutions to problems.

Solutions to problems often depend upon how they're defined.

Then you have a big problem, because a human is a thinking animal. If you don't think, you're not really a human.

Intelligence is the ability to solve problems

When you have a problem, the first thing to do in addressing it is to honestly identify it.

The first step to problem solving is figuring out who's got the problem.

I think being a producer makes you a problem solver, so you kind of go, "Well there's a problem. What do we do? How do we solve it?"

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)

You can't solve a problem until you address the problem.

To solve a problem, you have to be able to state what the problem is or at least say the name.

The best place to solve a problem is on paper.

It's much easier to point out the problem than it is to say just how it should be solved.

The trick is to fix the problem you have, rather than the problem you want.

Without a commitment to science and rationality in its proper domain, there can be no solution to the problems that engulf us. Still, the Yahoos never rest.

Critical thinking does seem a superior sort of thinking because it seems as though the critic is actually going beyond the scope of what is being criticized in order to criticize it. That is only rarely a true assumption because, most often, the critic will seize on some little aspect that he or she understands and tackle only that.

There is something magical about putting a problem in writing. It is almost as though by writing about what is wrong, you start to discover new ways of making it right.

To solve a problem or to reach a goal, you don't need to know all the answers in advance. But you must have a clear idea of the problem or the goal you want to reach.