Alexander McCall Smith Quotes

You read something and you know it's not there yet. There's a little section here that... this part's good but that is a little not, it doesn't quite work. That doesn't quite work. That's easy. To say, "OK, now, this is what I think will fix it." That's harder. And most people can tell you what's wrong with something. Very few people can say what they would do to fix it.

I am interested in finding solutions to problems.

Never attack a problem without also presenting a solution.

I believe that when you find problems, you should also find solutions.

Look at the world. See the problem. And solve it

I see myself as a problem solver, creating solutions.

There's a solution to every problem. I just have to find the right solution to fix this problem

It's not enough to be against something.

Listen to the people who are talking about how to fix what's wrong, not the ones who just work people into a snit over the problems. Listen to the people who have ideas about how to fix things, not the ones who just blame others.

It seems that we're better at finding someone to blame for our problems than we are at finding creative solutions to fix them.

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

I'm a problem-solver.

If you criticise something then you have to have an alternative, but we do have to try and improve things.

The point is to solve problems, not point fingers.

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

I think being negative is being positive. You can't improve without stating the problem.

Creating problems is easy. We do it all the time. Finding solutions, ones that last and produce good results, requires guts and care.

If we are going to be part of the solution, we have to engage the problems.

Finding a solution is the way to go.

I'm mainly interested in people trying to figure s#!t out.

This is the hard part. Knowing and admitting a problem are not the same as solving it. But executing a solution is also the fun part, because the solution save you and gets you moving again.

The best way to solve any problem is to remove its cause.

You may have problems to solve but for every problem there is always a solution. It's a positive-and-negative thing: you can't have a problem without there being a solution. There always is. Your job is to find it.

I'm trying to teach people of all ages to, number one: how to criticize, how to offer creative analysis on top of that, how to try to build things in a new direction and how to compliment people when the thing gets done.

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