Craig Reucassel Quotes

Patched-up diplomatic solutions designed to answer the needs of the moment rarely last, and as they unravel they can actually make things worse.

Expedients are for the hour, but principles are for the ages.

We keep saying, 'No more 'band aid' solutions.'

The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.

Sometimes it seems as if there are more solutions than problems. On closer scrutiny, it turns out that many of today's problems are a result of yesterday's solutions.

Not all problems have a technological answer, but when they do, that is the more lasting solution.

Unlike presidential administrations, problems rarely have terminal dates.

Americans are just about the worst at dealing with long-term problems, down there with Uzbekistan, but they respond to a market signal better than almost anyone. They roll the dice bigger and quicker than most.

Yet it looks as if the thing we use to solve our problems with is the source of our problems. It's like going to the doctor and having him make you ill. In fact, in 20% of medical cases we do apparently have that going on. But in the case of thought, its far over 20%.

It is rarely the quick fix that goes the farthest. So don't get tempted by political cycles and the lure of electoral wins.

There is always an easy solution to every problem - neat, plausible, and wrong.

If you find a good solution and become attached to it, the solution may become your next problem.

If you over-react to a crisis legislatively it generally ends in disaster.

Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you gain at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his own tail. It won't fatten the dog.

In human affairs the solution to every problem contains within it the seeds of a new problem.

There are no broad highways that lead us easily and inevitably to quick solutions.

Competing pressures tempt one to believe that an issue deferred is a problem avoided. More often it is a crisis invited.

One generation's reform becomes the next generation's problem.

Technology can relieve the symptoms of the problem without affecting the underlying causes. Faith in technology as the ultimate solution to all problems can thus divert our attention from the most fundamental problem

We have to be about finding long-term solutions to our biggest challenges.

There's an urgent need to stop reacting to each immediate vexing issue in isolation. Such response often creates unanticipated second-order effects and even more problems for us.

Bad policy tends to be done in a rush.

Learn the fundamentals of the game and stick to them. Band-Aid remedies never last.

Most things can be fixed with duct tape and extension cords.

Consequences don’t just go away. They aren’t suddenly dissolved just because forgiveness has been desired or given.