Given the slow pace of Washington's bureaucracy, policymakers are often busy solving yesterday's problems. This rearview mirror approach afflicts Mr. Obama and his Democratic allies in Congress.
Fred Upton
MirrorProblemsBusySlowYesterday
We were postwar middle-class white kids living in the slipstream of the greatest per-capita rise in income in the history of Western civilization; we were 'teen-agers' - a term, coined in 1941, that was in common usage a decade later - a new, recognizable franchise. We had money, mobility, and problems all our own.
John Lahr
HistoryMoneyProblemsWhiteLiving
We followed the law, we follow our policies, we self-report, we identify problems, we fix them. And I think we do a great job, and we do, I think, more to protect people's civil liberties and privacy than they'll ever know.
Keith B. Alexander
GreatJobPeopleLawProblemsThink
The return of democracy in our land has indeed thrown the problems of development into bolder relief.
Ibrahim Babangida
DemocracyProblemsDevelopmentLand
I think the facts reveal that the European partners have taken extraordinary measures to help Greece address its problems.
Lucas Papademos
ProblemsThinkFactsHelpReveal
Recast your current problems into proactive goals.
Suze Orman
GoalsProblemsProactiveYour
I don't need therapy. I'm not going to see a therapist; comedy acts as my therapy. I put my problems out there. I talk about them. I talk about everything before anybody has a chance.
Kevin Hart
ChanceProblemsComedyTalkNeed
I don't understand actors who complain when they get work. 'I'm working too much. I've got to get up too early ...' Isn't this the point? There's somebody right now who's bussing tables who would love your problems.
Aldis Hodge
WorkLoveProblemsEarlyToo Much
I guess some kids around me had to grow up quickly, had all those problems. But I wasn't one of those kids, or around those kids, not at all.
Venus Williams
MeProblemsGrowGrow UpUpKids
Haven't we put off problems without clarifying Japan's will to protect the lives and assets of its people and territory with its own hands, and merely accepted the benefits of economic prosperity?
Shinzo Abe
PeopleProblemsHandsProsperityOwn
The thing that drives me crazy is when comics say 'I have low self-esteem.' No you don't. You're standing on stage asking people to pay. You don't play an instrument. You want people to pay to hear what's in your mind. You don't have low self-esteem. You might have other problems.
Colin Quinn
PeopleMindMeCrazyProblemsYou
For many people, being asked to solve their own retirement savings problems is like being asked to build their own cars.
Richard Thaler
PeopleProblemsRetirementBuildOwn
I like being small - I've known so many women with big boobs who feel overweight or end up with back problems.
Eva Longoria
WomenSmallProblemsEndFeelBack
As he assumes the awesome responsibilities of the presidency, Donald Trump has inherited a world on fire and a U.S. military weakened by years of senseless budget cuts. I am encouraged that he recognizes these problems and has pledged to rebuild the military.
John McCain
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Had the Hebrews not been disturbed in their progress a thousand and more years ago, they would have solved all the great problems of civilization which are being solved now under all the difficulties imposed by the spirit of the Middle Ages.
Isaac Mayer Wise
GreatProgressProblemsCivilization
I never participated in far-reaching political decisions, since I never belonged to the circle of the closest associates of Adolf Hitler, neither was I consulted by Adolf Hitler on general political questions, nor did I ever take part in conferences about such problems.
Hans Frank
ProblemsPoliticalQuestionsCircle
I feel that women - without wishing to foster any strict separatist notions, homo or hetero - indeed have a need for their own publications and organizations. Our problems, our experiences as women are profoundly unique as compared to the other half of the human race.
Lorraine Hansberry
WomenProblemsFeelUniqueRaceOwn
Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore... prove ultimately futile.
Pope John Paul II
ProblemsProveResolveFutileWars
We're all human beings, and we all have the same problems. I do remember how blessed I am, and no matter how bad things are, they can always get worse.
Khloe Kardashian
I AmBlessedProblemsRememberBad
One of my biggest problems this season was with the clutch at the start of the race. I hate to risk the car.
Alain Prost
CarHateStartProblemsRaceRisk
The intricacies, the problems, the trials and tribulations in relationships inspire me to give words to people's journeys.
Umera Ahmad
WordsPeopleMeProblemsInspire
The way I try to simplify my job is that I have two lists - I have a list of all the crazy, interesting problems that I get to solve every day or that need to be solved, and I have a crazy list of things I'd like to invent. And I kind of just prioritize them and work my way down, and try to simplify what I do when managing a big company.
Travis Kalanick
WorkDayJobCrazyProblemsDown
While not a panacea for the nation's illegal immigration problems, employer sanctions are one necessary means of stopping the exploitation of vulnerable workers and the undercutting of American jobs and living standards.
Coretta Scott King
ProblemsImmigrationAmericanLiving
Anyone can be a moral individual, concerned with human rights and problems; but only a college professor, a trained expert, can solve technical problems by 'sophisticated' methods. Ergo, it is only problems of the latter sort that are important or real.
Noam Chomsky
CollegeProblemsMoralImportant
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