A Quote by Charles Kennedy

There is always a temptation for governments: see a problem and announce a quick fix.

Charles Kennedy

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Charles Kennedy
British - Politician
November 25, 1959 - June 1, 2015

There is no quick technical fix for a social problem.

Kate Crawford

In the soil of the quick fix is the seed of a new problem, because our quiet wisdom is unavailable.

Wayne Muller

Jesus resisted the temptation of outrage and the quick fix of condemnation. He spent most of his time preparing wineskins before pouring new wine into them. Our tendency is to start pouring the wine into skins that will only burst.

Ravi Zacharias

The difficult notes are when they say, "And this is how we want you to fix it . . ." Just tell me what the problem is. Just tell me what the issue is, and I'll go off an fix it. It's usually when executives get to a place where they're trying to fix the problem for you that you have issues

Ronald D. Moore

Since the '60s, we've lived so much in an age of quick fixes that the culture itself has become a quick fix.

Michael McDonald

If we do not like what we see in that mirror the problem is not to fix the mirror, we have to fix society.

Vinton Cerf

Since all human governments, like all human individuals, are subject to temptation, especially the temptation to use this God-given role for their own ends, there must be clear and wise critique, and holding to account.

N. T. Wright

After you have written a thing and you reread it, there is always the temptation to fix it up, to improve it, to remove its poison, blunt its sting.

Jean Cocteau

It's not always been a happy marriage. I guess I wanted a quick fix.

David Byrne

If the national government doesn't fix your problem, you've got a problem. You've got to fix it yourself. That's just part of the American way.

Tony La Russa

The Missional church always thinks of the long haul rather than the quick fix

Michael Frost

Illegal immigration presents a huge problem. That is why I decided to spend a week along the southern border to see firsthand how bad the problem is and, more importantly, what Congress can do to fix it.

Ric Keller

The problem with addicted people, communities, corporations, or countries is that they tend to lie, cheat, or steal to get their 'fix.' Corporations are addicted to profit and governments to power.

Helen Caldicott

Man has always been dexterous at confusing evil with good. That was Adam's and Eve's problem, and it is our problem today. If evil were not made to appear attractive, there would be no such thing as temptation.

Billy Graham

I do think you can see, throughout American history, this temptation, and it's both a liberal and a conservative temptation, to take a healthy patriotism a little too far. For liberals the temptation is to say the purpose of politics is to straightforwardly bring the kingdom of God to Earth. For conservatives, I talk about Glenn Beck, the temptation is more apocalyptic and messianic, it's the temptation to say we did have a covenant with God, a literal covenant beginning with the Founding, and we are, like Israel in the Old Testament, falling away from it.

Ross Douthat

The trouble with most problem-solving books for parents is that they start with the idea that the child has a problem. Then they try to tell us how to fix the child, or else, after blaming the parent, they suggest how we can fix ourselves.

Polly Berrien Berends

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