Effective Solutions Quotes

Success is a collection of problems solved.

Why don't we scale up those things that do work.

When government programs aren't working, those on the Left tend to support more funding, while those on the Right want to scrap them altogether. It is better to ask whether the problem is complexity and poor design. We can solve those problems - sometimes without spending a penny.

At the end of the day, leaders have to come up with pragmatic solutions that work

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.'

[Pragmatism's] only test of probable truth is what works best in the way of leading us, what fits every part of life best and combines with the collectivity of experience's demands, nothing being omitted.

Mitt Romney has spent his entire life finding ways to solve problems.

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

Solve a real problem and the world is yours.

That's why the American Recovery & Reinvestment Plan won't just throw money at our problems, we'll invest in what works

When we face problems with compassion, sincerity, and good motivation, our solutions may take longer, but ultimately they are better.

Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good.

Nearly every problem has been solved by someone, somewhere. The challenge of the 21st century is to find out what works and scale it up.

What I am proposing this year are not lofty concepts far removed form the daily struggle so of ordinary Georgians. They are proposals that directly effect the lives of the people we serve.

We experience problem-solving sessions as war zones, we view competing ideas as enemies, and we use problems as weapons to blame and defeat opposition forces. No wonder we can't come up with real lasting solutions!

... good intentions are not sufficient to solve our problems.

Know how to solve every problem that has been solved.

I didn't just start with ...local city officials because I knew that they would understand the problem. I started with them because I knew that our cities, towns and counties would be a key part of the solution to this issue. ...there is no one-size-fits all policy or program that can solve this problem. And Washington certainly does not have all the answers. Instead, many of the best, most innovative, most effective solutions start in our city halls and our towns and our county councils.

The strongest streak in the American character is a fierce pragmatism that mistrust blind ideology of every stripe and insists on finding what really works.

We value seriousness and willingness to solve problems.

I love when problems have simple solutions. Cold medicine. Umbrellas. Condoms. Tax incentives & subsidies attracting favored industries.

The path to success isn't through my lizard brain, it's through high quality collaboration and making good stuff and understanding difficult situations fully enough to come up with good (or even great) solutions quickly.

It is axiomatic in politics that the earlier one addresses a problem, the more the alternatives and the easier the solutions.

The problems we face are human problems and therefore are capable of human solutions.

When you're dealing with someone who only has a pair of underpants on, if you take his underpants off, he has nothing left - he's naked. You're better off trying to find him a pair of trousers to complement him rather than change him.