Ronald D. Moore Quotes

Generally, you cannot solve a problem without defining the problem completely.

In the beginning the organizer's first job is to create the issues or problems.

We do not want to just define issues; we want to help to create solutions

With problems and issues groups face- there is an enormous disconnect between understanding and doing.

The trick is to fix the problem you have, rather than the problem you want.

We have to have better intelligence. We have to have better interdiction capabilities. And so the issue is not how much we spend or how hard we try; the issue is are we doing it the right way? Are we being smart about it?

When we're trying to solve difficult national issues its sometimes necessary to talk to adversaries as well as friends. Historians have a word for this: diplomacy.

What I love about the Internet and what I try to do on the issues is insist upon the ability to have bad taste if one wants.

A consultant solves other people"s problems. I could never do that. I want to help other people solve their own problems.

You've got to have a problem that you want to solve; a wrong that you want to right.

I don't micromanage the interiors. People ask me to and I say no. I don't want to control everything.

There are problems everywhere, of course, but you can only see those certain problems when you reach a certain level. So I try to think of those problems as, "This is a sign that I'm having success, that I'm also having issues with this."

If you only try to please others, you're going to resent those people you're trying to please; the ones who are often closest to you. If you choose a path that you yourself want to take, then you're going to be much kinder to the people in your life.

I like to really spend the time and figure it out and rehearsal is to try something that doesn't work. It's hard to do that, because you always want to go with your impulse thought and you wonder if that's the one, did that work, you know?

Manage by objectives. Tell people exactly what you want them to do and then get out of their way.

When you have a problem, the first thing to do in addressing it is to honestly identify it.

If you can properly define the problem, then you've already defined the solution as well.

How do we attack important problems? Pose the right question.

We have a lot of issues with corporate power that have to be addressed. My plan takes us further and it would do the job.

Sometimes you think you want to know something, but it's actually more exciting and more resonant when you have to try [and figure it out].

Look at the world. See the problem. And solve it

As long as it (an issue) remains invisible, it is guaranteed to remain insoluble.

The bigger the issue, the smaller you write.

I don't want problems solved for me. I want the fishing rod, not the fish.

You cannot solve a problem unless you diagnose the problem.