Robert A. Heinlein Quotes

I don't really get things very... intuitively. I mean, I don't immediately understand things. The only way I really get it is by writing it down.

We must break problems down into small, digestible bits. We must define the concepts that we use and explain what components they consist of. We must tackle small problems.

We have to ask, 'How can we break a huge challenge like sending humans to Mars into a series of doable, affordable steps? How can we break that problem down into chunks in order to keep making progress?'

It's just human nature to try and figure things out. So, when we're in the midst of a situation, we usually try to reason our way through it.

When you are studying from a book, lots of people go straight to the end to look for the answers. But that's not my style. For me, the most enjoyable part is the puzzle, the process of solving, not the solution itself.

I'm starting to feel like I can actually figure out how stuff works. I can actually pick stuff apart and have a chance of fixing it.

No problem exists in isolation, one must first reduce it to its basic components, then tackle each component in turn.

I actually hate programming, but I love solving problems.

To ask the right question is already half the solution of a problem.

By approaching my problems with "What might make things a little better?" rather than "What is the solution?" I avoid setting myself up for certain frustration. My experience has shown me that I am not going to solve anything in one stroke; at best I am only going to chip away at it.

He was a 'how' thinker, not an 'if' thinker.

Don't try to solve the entire problem on day one.

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

You can't solve a problem until you address the problem.

Ugly problems often require ugly solutions. Solving an ugly problem in a pure manner is bloody hard.

The task is not so much to solve problems as to propose questions.

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.

The grievance industry always seeks to blame other people while never finding a solution. That's my problem with it, when solutions are there to be had.

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.

Look at nature, work independently, and solve your own problems.

As a producer, you've got to be involved in helping out with solving problems.

I'm not making a problem out of a personal question; I make of a personal question an absence of a problem.

Our most important problems cannot be solved; they must be outgrown.

Problem-solving typically involves the construction of discriminative stimuli