Challenging Problems Quotes

Mathematicians always like a deceptively difficult problem.

Mathematics is not yet ready for such problems.

I have the experience and ability to step in on day one in Washington and start working on the challenging problems facing our country.

I hope that seeing the excitement of solving this problem will make young mathematicians realize that there are lots and lots of other problems in mathematics which are going to be just as challenging in the future.

There are no painless solutions to this problem, but we’ve got to solve it.

I'm motivated by solving new and challenging problems, especially ones that people say can't or shouldn't be tackled.

It makes sense for social scientists to become more involved in policy because many of society's most challenging problems are, in essence, behavioral.

When you attack a problem as though it were solvable, even though you don't know how to solve it, you will be shocked with what you come up with. It's 100 times more worth it. It's never 100 times harder.

The first thing I look at is, 'Is the entrepreneur going after really big problems, to the extent that it feels scary when they talk about it?' You wonder if the idea is possible. I have seen that a lot of times, people go after small problems, and that's a sign that they are not confident.

You don't become enormously successful without encountering and overcoming a number of extremely challenging problems.

Take a new look at your present "impossible." Consider positive ways to handle it.

In fact, one reason I am interested in developing things in virtual reality is that they're so fascinating. I can come up with problems that are harder than warfare to take up people's time.

How many theorems in geometry which have seemed at first impracticable are in time successfully worked out!

Just as the lunar landings inspired many young people to consider careers in space and related fields, the solution of the challenging instrumentation problems presented in space science can inspire young people to push beyond the current state of the art.

Deep in the human nature, there is an almost irresistible tendency to concentrate physical and mental energy on attempts at solving problems that seem to be unsolvable. Indeed, for some kinds of active people, only the seemingly unsolvable problems can arouse their interest.

If you seek only easy problems to solve, then ultimately, there'll be nothing about you to distinguish yourself from others.

In essence, what Innocentive does is it provides a platform where you can post a really challenging problem and offer a reward to anybody who can come and provide a solution. And it's been remarkably effective. People get very challenging problems and get solutions to those problems.

There are problems that just end up being really hard and by definition the only problems that come to my desk are the ones that nobody else can solve.