Underlying Causes Quotes

Unless we act boldly and quickly to deal with the underlying causes of global warming, our world will undergo a string of terrible catastrophes.

It’s what’s invisible that creates what’s visible.

When you say, "there's no reason [to hit a woman]" that kills any examination as to how two people ended up at that place. When you say, "there's no reason," you cut out the build-up and you're just left with the act. How you gonna solve it if you don't figure it out?

No one disputes that seeming order can come out of the application of simple rules. But who wrote the rules?

Terrorism needs to be fought against and certainly delegitimized or attacked, but some of the underlying grievances that might in fact lead individuals astray to terrorism cannot be ignored.

Tightening up border and immigration controls go nowhere in addressing the underlying causes of terrorism in our society and in our world.

The solution to putting an end to bullying is to stop it at the source but also to find out what is causing the person to behave the way that they do.

I'm actually interested in poor behavior. I'm interested in what drives people to poor behavior.

I think women go crazy for a reason. It's not like it just happens.

And as far as I'm concerned, it's like I say, drugs are not the problem. Other stuff is the problem.

The thing about those conditions [anxiety and depression] that sucks the worst is that you don't address the root cause, so you never see it coming. What's worse is when you don't even KNOW what the root cause is, you can never fix the problem. So that's what's really scary.

Placing too much emphasis on a yes/no diagnosis, meaning you either have a disease or you don't, can lead even the most well-meaning physicians to miss underlying causes and early warning signs of illness.

My job gives me the permission to ask really great questions, like, 'Are you sure you're not pissed at him?' or, 'Is the eating really about food, or does it have something to do with your mother?' or, 'How is your sex life? I mean, I know we're here talking about your job, but I can tell this has to do with your sex life.'

No one does anything from a single motive.

There's a lot of things you don't see on the stats.

Many of the underlying factors in poor mental health are societal.

No matter how bad the individual, everybody has reasons for why they do what they do.

All great results in our universe are founded in motions and forces the most minute.

I would have handled it differently than the mayor of Baltimore, that's for sure. I think it's a mistake to say, hey, guys, you can pillage the city for a while and we'll let that go, and we'll be sort of standing back. I think it's also important to know some of the underlying causes of why there's unease in our country.

I cannot judge what motivates people. We are all moved by one of four things or a combination of these four things: money, romance, recognition or survival.

Some people think they're depressed and they go to the doctor and want pills. And you just think: 'You hate where you live, you've lost your job, your boyfriend has dumped you, could all this be why you're depressed?'

I think when people are abusing drugs it is probably a symptom of a bigger problem that they need to address.

When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvelous personality that started you drinking in the first place.

You may have decided again and again, and again and again you have failed - not because smoking is such a great phenomenon that you cannot get out of it, but because you are trying from the wrong end. Rather than becoming aware of the whole situation - why you smoke in the first place - rather than becoming aware of the process of smoking, you are simply trying to drop it. It is like pruning the leaves of a tree without cutting the roots.

I don't believe in revenge. When people are bullies it's because of a deeper-rooted issue - either their family life is tough or they're being bullied by someone bigger than they are.