I'm a mathematician, basically. What I do is look around for problems where I can find useful applications for mathematics. All I do, really, is... →
Freeman Dyson
As an engineer I'm constantly spotting problems and plotting how to solve them.
James Dyson
Life is a mountain of solvable problems, and I enjoy that.
I think almost all strategic problems could at least be improved upon if people would do more careful game-theoretic analysis. The reason game theory... →
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
We need scientists and mathematicians explaining why they are excited about their subjects but also why they are important for solving social... →
Marcus du Sautoy
There are sometimes problems for which there is no immediate solution, and there are sometimes problems for which there is no solution.
Lawrence Eagleburger
You hear about actors being late and all that sort of stuff, but you never find that with an actor who's directed, because an actor who's... →
Clint Eastwood
Movies that encourage empathy are more effective than those that objectify problems.
Roger Ebert
When I am writing, my problems become invisible and I am the same person I always was. All is well. I am as I should be.
Hunger and malnutrition have devastating consequences for children and have been linked to low birth weight and birth defects, obesity, mental and... →
Marian Wright Edelman