Addressing Issues Quotes

If answers to our national problems were [readily] available we would not have to spend all our time talking about them.

Where I am right now I'm pretty good at. You know, I understand that there's a problem. I'm addressing it. I'm doing the work that I have to do.

When you face a problem, solve it then and there if you have the facts necessary to make a decision. Don't keep putting off decisions.

It is one thing to diagnose a problem; it is another to resolve it.

I don't think there's anything outside what comedy can address.

Problems breed problems, and the lack of a disciplined method of openly attacking them breeds more problems.

Avoidance has never been a great tactic in solving any problem. For most situations in life, not addressing what's going on only makes matters worse.

There were a couple of things I lost sleep over with the play 'Frost/Nixon,' so I went back and addressed them a bit more in the film.

I can't believe I'm about to say this," I said. "So think real careful about where this is coming from. Have you people ever considered *talking* when you've got a problem?

The wrong thing to do about any given circumstance or situation is to do nothing.

The Vietnam War and the Iraq war, in different ways, both made me feel like I could not not address them. I'm very doubtful about the usefulness of poetry to do that.

Walking away from a problem is never a solution. Never. Solve the problem.

Young readers can sense when you're not addressing what's actually going on.

Laughing about something is one of the more accessible ways to approach a difficult issue.

Meaning what? We're going to pretend nothing's going on? That's stupid. The only way to deal with any of this is to get it out in the open." Have you been watching Oprah again?

Unlike in Washington, Virginia's leaders don't run from serious problems. We tackle them.

You can't solve a problem until you address the problem.

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

You can blame people who knock things over in the dark or you can begin to light candles. You're only at fault if you know about the problem and choose to do nothing.

It's just a crime that people don't take the time and make the effort to have a conversation if it's bothering them that much.

You don't manage a social wrong. You should be ending it.

The thing is, if nobody points out what's wrong, then nothing will ever be done about it.

We are a nation that seeks out solutions and refuses to ignore challenges.

We need to understand where our issues and challenges are and confront them head on. Because you can fix anything if you know there's a problem.

I do feel a responsibility to address things that are problematic, but I don't have to go out of my way to do that.