Michael Dyson Quotes

Our best comes out when we have honest discussions.

Be part of the solution and answer to the problem versus part of the problem and continuing argument around it.

We're going to hear a lot of spirited discussion about the President's plan in the next few days and weeks and that's fine as long as everyone comes ready to talk and not just snipe, complain and argue.

A critical component of progress is engaging with people you don't agree with - everything else is the status quo.

I knew that part of the problem with sensitive issues is that, because they're uncomfortable to address, we have a hard time doing so honestly, if at all.

I like people with their own opinions, and I like people who argue with me. It's very exhausting to be in a room full of people who just nod and smile.

I think debate is good. Everyone has an opinion, and it's definitely healthy to voice those.

What I want is a clash of ideas, not opinions.

You don't have to wait until people say they accept everything you say until you are actually prepared to sit down and discuss matters with them.

In a dilemma, it is helpful to change any variable, then reexamine the problem.

The loss of candor is grievous, and in my opinion it may yet prove to be mortal, because if we cannot discuss our problems in plain speech that describes reality, it is unlikely that we will be able to solve them.

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

If you are creative enough to imagine a problem, you're clever enough to discover a solution.

Whatever the field under discussion, those who engage in debate must not only believe in each other's good faith, but also in their capacity to arrive at the truth.

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

I always thought problem solving was greatly overrated - and that the most important thing was problem creation.

Approach each new problem not with a view of finding what you hope will be there, but to get the truth.

The definition of the problem, rather than its solution, will be the scarce resource in the future.

He that is not open to conviction is not qualified for discussion.

Point out the problems, as long as you have a solution. I don't like critics who aren't doers themselves.

We shall find the answer when we examine the problem, the problem is never apart from the answer, the problem IS the answer, understanding the problem dissolves the problem.

To investigate a problem is, indeed, to solve it.

Problem-solving typically involves the construction of discriminative stimuli

Problem solving, and I don't mean algebra, seems to be my life's work. Maybe it's everyone's life's work.

Men are never so likely to settle a question rightly as when they discuss it freely.