Jacob J. Lew Quotes

We cannot solve a problem until we understand the full extent of the problem.

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

You can't fix a problem if you don't have the words to describe it. You can't even think about it clearly.

If you are unable to understand the cause of a problem it is impossible to solve it.

How you define a problem shapes how you address it.

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

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

No problem can be solved until it is reduced to some simple form. The changing of a vague difficulty into a specific, concrete form is a very essential element in thinking.

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

When there is a problem, always identify and evaluate your underlying assumptions that may be contributing to the problem or preventing you from seeing the problem clearly.

To solve a problem it is necessary to think. It is necessary to think even to decide what facts to collect.

It is one thing to diagnose a problem; it is another to resolve it.

The way a problem is described is bound to influence the choice of how to solve it.

If you define the problem correctly, you almost have the solution.

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

How do we attack important problems? Pose the right question.

You cannot solve a problem unless you diagnose the problem.

If you are able to state a problem - any problem - and if it is important enough, then the problem can be solved.

The most important step in getting a job done is the recognition of the problem. Once I recognize a problem I usually can think of someone who can work it out better than I could.

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

In the life of a nation, few ideas are more dangerous than good solutions to the wrong problems.

I think I was always inspired by seeing a problem, and finding a solution.

The art of research [is] the art of making difficult problems soluble by devising means of getting at them.

The meaning and design of a problem seem not to lie in its solution, but in our working at it incessantly.

Know how to solve every problem that has been solved.