Andrew Young Quotes

No given measure and no given set of measures will work a perfect cure for any serious evil.

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

There are many people who want simple solutions, but there are none ... nor will there be.

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

It's very difficult to solve a lot of problems from the top down.

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.'

It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.

There is no silver bullet. I know people in Washington want grand solutions for everything.

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.

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

Each success buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.

No solution can be more elegant than the problem at which it is aimed allows.

Are our problems moving faster than our ability to solve them?

The problems of the real world are primarily those you are left with when you refuse to apply their effective solutions.

The only stupidities that are not easily solved are those created by very intelligent men.

We can't solve all of our problems in a short time.

The world is complicated. But does every problem require a complicated solution?

The problem is that we attempt to solve the simplest questions cleverly, thereby rendering them unusually complex. One should seekthe simple solution.

Our agenda, by necessity, is as complex and encompassing as the problems we face: beware of politicians promising simple solutions.

One cannot legislate problems out of existence. It has been tried.

Whether the task is fixing health care, upgrading K-12 education, bolstering national security, or a host of other missions, the U.S. is better at patching problems than fixing them.

They say the world has become too complex for simple answers. They are wrong.

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.

All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.