Problems Quotes

"It saves trouble to be conventional, for you're not always explaining things." ~ Old Rose and Silver by Myrtle Reed "Half the trouble in life is caused by pretending there isn't any." ~ The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton If she was faintly aware of fresh difficulties ahead, she was sure of her ability to meet them: it was characteristic of her to feel that the only problems she could not solve were those with which she was familiar. ~ The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton "To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted by no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it; to go through intrigue spotless; and to forgo even ambition when the end is gained--who can say this is not greatness." ~ The Virginians by William Makepeace Thackeray "It is quite a three pipe problem." ~ The Red-Headed League by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle "My mind," he said, "rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation. That is why I have chosen my own particular profession, or rather created it, for I am the only one in the world." ~ The Sign of The Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle "In solving a problem of this sort, the grand thing is to be able to reason backwards. That is a very useful accomplishment, and a very easy one, but people do not practice it much. In the every-day affairs of life it is more useful to reason forwards, and so the other comes to be neglected. There are fifty who can reason synthetically for one who can reason analytically." ~ A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle