A Quote by John Dewey

It is a familiar and significant saying that a problem well put is half-solved.

John Dewey

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John Dewey
American - Philosopher
October 20, 1859 - June 1, 1952

a problem well put is half solved.

John Dewey

A problem well stated is a problem half-solved.

Charles Kettering

We have a saying in Tibet: If a problem can be solved there is no use worrying about it. If it can't be solved, worrying will do no good.

Heinrich Harrer

A problem clearly stated is a problem half solved.

Dorothea Brande

A problem defined, is a problem half solved.

Albert Einstein

Becoming carbon neutral is only the beginning. The climate problem will not be solved by one company reducing its emissions to zero, and it won't be solved by one government acting alone. The climate problem will not be solved without mass participation by the general public in countries around the globe.

Rupert Murdoch

A problem adequately stated is a problem solved theoretically and immediately, and therefore subsequently to be solved, realistically.

R. Buckminster Fuller

A problem is often half-solved when it is clearly stated.

Dorothea Brande

If the problem can be solved why worry? If the problem cannot be solved worrying will do you no good.

Shantideva

A problem adequately stated is a problem well on its way to being solved.

R. Buckminster Fuller

When you have solved the problem of controlling the attention of the child, you have solved the entire problem of its education.

Maria Montessori

I believe acknowledging our own mistakes is half the problem solved.

Yolanda Hadid

I am a good man and I behave well on an everyday basis. It was not a decision of waking up one day and saying "I will be a good person today, problem solved", no, it has to be an everyday thing.

Juan Pablo Escobar

There's a tremendous popular fallacy which holds that significant research can be carried out by trying things. Actually it is easy to show that in general no significant problem can be solved empirically, except for accidents so rare as to be statistically unimportant. One of my jests is to say that we work empirically -- we use bull's eye empiricism. We try everything, but we try the right thing first!

Edwin Land

We had global warming between 1940 and 1998. Since then, we haven't had a rise in temperature. That doesn't mean we don't have a problem. If that problem is going to be solved, it ought to be solved by an international treaty.