Walter O'Brien Quotes

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

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.

The advice I tell students is to think about the big problems. I mean, work on anything you can work on where you can make progress. But always keep in mind the big problems.

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?'

I always try to stay methodical and logical with everything I do, playing cricket and making decisions.

You've got to be smart about tackling.

I'm a problem-solver.

I want to make smart choices.

I think that one of the things that I can do is I seem to have the ability to zoom in super tight for very small details, but then jump back for sort of that big picture perspective. And I think that ultimately, that's one of my strengths, because you have - every detail matters.

Guys are natural problem solvers - they like to have strategies.

I think my clients would tell you I'm a problem solver. I'm not there to agree with people. I'm there to articulate a point of view. Am I insistent and tenacious? Absolutely. I could not get this work done if I was not.

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

The problems of puzzles are very near the problems of life.

There is no single right answer or path forward, but there is one right way to frame the problem.

I'm very good at deconstructing. I'm a very good troubleshooter for why something is unlikely to work. And most everything is unlikely to work.

I have had my results for a long time: but I do not yet know how I am to arrive at them.

Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems.

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.

We're always looking for candidates that have new approaches to problems.

Debates measure abilities you don't need to govern, like glibness. To govern you should be thoughtful, not glib. A debater has a sense of humor, but what's it got to do with governing? The ability to think on your feet. You make a budget sitting on your tush.

Think small. Don't pretend you know the answers. Experiment; get feedback. These are all the premises of 'Think Like a Freak,' really.

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 always good at seeing five, ten steps ahead. Like, really thinking ahead, you know? Reverse engineering, whatever it is, you know.

It's not an easy job to think creatively and then also have to think logistically.