George Polya Quotes

It is better to solve one problem five different ways, than to solve five problems one way.

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• If you ask an economist what's driven economic growth, it's been major advances in things that mattered - the mechanization of farming, mass manufacturing, things like that. The problem is, our society is not organized around doing that.

  

  Larry Page
  • Society
  • Problem
  • Growth

• The best way to resolve any problem in the human world is for all sides to sit down and talk.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • World
  • Problem
  • Best

• Every true, eternal problem is an equally true, eternal fault; every answer an atonement, every realisation an improvement.

  

  Otto Weininger
  • True
  • Problem
  • Improvement

• My father's drinking was sometimes a problem. And a great deal went unspoken. He was not particularly acute or articulate about the emotions. But he was very affectionate towards me.

  

  Ian Mcewan
  • Great
  • Father
  • Problem

• If the government would like to hire my services to maximize value for their stake, they should approach me. No problem.

  

  Dan Gertler
  • Problem
  • Government
  • Value

• The biggest problem has been exhaustion. I've spent about 6 of the last 14 years completely bedridden.

  

  Laura Hillenbrand
  • Problem
  • Years
  • Last

• You can always make a film somehow. You can beg, borrow, steal the equipment, use credit cards, use your friends' goodwill, wheedle your way into this or that situation. The real problem is, how do you get people to see it once it is made?

  

  Walter Murch
  • People
  • Real
  • Friends

• The main problem that we have in Lebanon, and in the region, is we don't have a real peace process and I think this is the main focal problem that we have in the region.

  

  Saad Hariri
  • Real
  • Peace
  • Problem

• Bangalore now wants a person who doesn't only play politics. Bangalore needs a problem solver, and I am a problem solver. I will be the bridge between Bangalore and the Centre.

  

  Nandan Nilekani
  • Problem
  • Politics
  • Bridge

• I love the idea that movies, like 'Fast Times,' can be iconic and change people's lives in little, tiny ways.

  

  Taylor Negron
  • People
  • Like
  • Idea

• When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty but when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.

  

  R. Buckminster Fuller
  • Beautiful
  • Problem
  • Beauty

• The most vexing problem Israel faces is its relations with its neighbors. From the inception of the state until today, Israelis have felt besieged, surrounded by enemies who want to make them disappear.

  

  Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
  • Today
  • Want
  • Problem

• The first step in solving a problem is to recognize that it does exist.

  

  Zig Ziglar
  • Problem
  • Step
  • First Step

• It can be safely asserted that since early Colonial times, the North has had a distinct race problem. Every one of these States had slaves, and at the beginning of Washington's Administration, there were 40,000 black slaves and 17,000 black freemen in this section.

  

  W. E. B. Du Bois
  • Black
  • Problem
  • Beginning

• When I was in high school, I had a gambling problem.

  

  Young Thug
  • School
  • High
  • Problem

• I am for violence if non-violence means we continue postponing a solution to the American black man's problem just to avoid violence.

  

  Malcolm X
  • American
  • Man
  • Black

• I think you choose how you walk through this life. I think if you choose to participate in a paradigm that is looks-based, if you're an actor, then it can be empowering in some ways, and it can be really limiting in some ways in terms of time and longevity.

  

  Bellamy Young
  • Life
  • Time
  • Actor

• Don’t just look at the problem that you face; look at the reason behind it

  

  Vijay Sethupathi
  • Problem
  • Reason
  • Face

• There's no problem so great it can't be solved. If it can't be solved, it's not a problem, it's reality.

  

  Barbara Coloroso
  • Great
  • Reality
  • Problem

• The Olympics are coming... and it's a big problem in American politics, because the problem with holding the Olympics this fall is that we're all going to be focused on the Olympics, and it makes that window of opportunity for Gore to win the election that much smaller.

  

  Susan Estrich
  • Opportunity
  • Problem
  • Fall

• He was there for them as he was for us right here in New York City, inspiring a nation as he stood on hallowed ground, supporting the first responders. This fight against terrorism takes decisiveness, not contradiction.

  

  Bernard Kerik
  • City
  • Terrorism
  • New York City

• The idea of letting a recording be a moment in time appealed to me. With digital recording, it's easy to create a perfect text of whatever song you have.

  

  David Longstreth
  • Song
  • Perfect
  • Moments

• I think every credit you get and every film you have your name attached to makes things a little bit easier. It definitely opens doors up, but it's still a grind.

  

  Caitriona Balfe
  • Up
  • Name
  • Doors

• It is better to solve one problem five different ways, than to solve five problems one way.

  

  George Polya
  • Problem
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