Robert Downey Jr. Quotes

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

It must be able to assist in devising the method of solution of problems and not merely solve them.

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

I usually have pretty good intuition on projects that I work on.

I like to figure things out and solve problems.

Intellectuals are good at seeing the big picture. But they are not so good at process.

When you're trying to solve a problem on a new product type, you become completely focused on problems that seem a number of steps removed from the main product. That problem solving can appear a little abstract, and it is easy to lose sight of the product.

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

If you don’t understand how problems came to be, how are you going to know how to fix them?

I try to look at problems very clearly and think, 'How do we get out of this? What will work? What will be the consequences for the people involved?'

The methodologies and best practices used to develop software can be applied successfully to any challenge in life.

I'm a common sense person who tries to analyze and I have to look at all sides of the issue because you don't want software that only does something but doesn't fix the other errors.

The two worst strategic mistakes to make are acting prematurely and letting an opportunity slip; to avoid this, the warrior treats each situation as if it were unique and never resorts to formulae, recipes or other people's opinions.

I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when you looked at it in the right way, did not become still more complicated.

You must acquire something of that industrious habit of mind which the study of natural science gives,—the art of comparing, of perceiving true likenesses and true differences, and so of classifying and arranging what you see; the art of connecting facts together in your mind in cause and effect

I'm a pretty analytical guy, all right?

When I want to understand a problem, I want to understand it from the ground level.

Some people are great at the pure mathematical things - like Bill Gates, he's great at math things. He loves to do puzzles. Me, I like to look at an overall landscape and try to figure out, how do you solve a problem?

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.

I'm not interested in 'lovey dovey,' everything is so great in the world. That doesn't interest me at all.

When you listen intensely to anything, you see how it can be improved.

I'm not sure people would think of me in this light, but frankly, what I enjoyed most about Bain & Company, the consulting firm, was the analytical process of solving tough problems.

I'm a pretty good problem solver.

I've always been a glass-half-empty sort of person.

I find it fascinating that you can look at the same problem from different perspectives and approach it using different methods.