Eric Sevareid Quotes

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.

Why was so much done in remedying the evil instead of avoiding it in the first place?

There are no big problems, there are just a lot of little problems.

As part of our renewal - we need to fight problems, not just wait for them to take place.

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

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem, but the perpetual human predicament is that the answer soon poses its own problems.

The best way to cope with trouble is to stay out of it as much as possible.

Science never solves a problem without creating ten more.

Solving big problems is easier than solving little problems.

We solve last year's problems without thinking about the future.

Early on, in discussions of financial oversight, people would say, 'Well, this is a very complicated problem, therefore it requires a complicated solution.' And at that step, I would say, 'Well, wait a minute. Just because it's a complicated problem doesn't mean the best course of action immediately is one that's complicated.'

In the astronaut business - the shuttle is a very complicated vehicle; it's the most complicated flying machine ever built. And in the astronaut business, we have a saying, which is, 'There is no problem so bad that you can't make it worse.'

Science has not solved problems, only shifted the points of problems.

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

The solution of one problem always brings a few more problems to the surface to be solved, which were hidden underneath the theory of transmission.

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.

The best way to address a problem is at its initial stages.

The earlier you start to solve a problem, the less draconian the solution needs to be.

There are no simple solutions to today’s problems.

We must solve problems before they occur, rather than scrambling to deal with crises after they erupt..

… problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not.

Big problems usually come from big sources.

Problems are cured by facing their cause.

Look several months ahead, see where the obstacles lie, and figure out ways to overcome them.

My experience in government is there is a whole host of unintended consequences you have to think through. I can't un-know that, I find it harder now to offer simple solutions.