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I am not part of the problem. I am a Republican. -- Dan Quayle
You're either part of the solution or you're part of the problem. -- Eldridge Cleaver
I think part of the problem is the education system doesn't work - it's not accountable. -- Luis Guzman
Iran is part of the problem, not the solution. And the Russian government is ignoring reality. -- Lindsey Graham
People have decided that career politicians may be part of the problem, not part of the solution. -- Carly Fiorina
The reasons for food insecurity are many and varied. But part of the problem is the global farming systems. -- Marcus Samuelsson
Be part of the solution and answer to the problem versus part of the problem and continuing argument around it. -- David Pratt
We should embrace our immigrant roots and recognize that newcomers to our land are not part of the problem, they are part of the solution. -- Roger Mahony
The bottom line is this. When it comes to preventing violent extremism and terrorism in the United States, Muslim Americans are not part of the problem, you're part of the solution. -- Denis McDonough
Be part of the solution, not part of the problem. -- Stephen Covey
If you're not a feminist, you're part of the problem. -- Jon Krakauer
Become part of the solution rather than part of the problem -- Robin Sharma
I am deeply a part of the problem for which Christ died. -- Keith Miller
If you you think there is a solution, you're part of the problem. -- George Carlin
Making ourselves the solution, rather than part of the problem is our greatest challenge. -- Arron Wood
What if the way we perceive a problem is already part of the problem? -- Slavoj Å½iÅ¾ek
Real Fathers are Solution Providers and not a part of the problem to be solved. -- Fela Durotoye
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People who can't admit they are part of the problem, will never be part of its solution. -- Kenneth Kaye
Part of the irony of environmentalism is questing for solutions when you know you're part of the problem. -- Diane Ackerman
The longer we remain in Iraq the more our occupation becomes part of the problem... rather than the solution. -- Robin Cook
Conflict is a violation of harmony. If you participate in it, you're part of the problem, not the solution. -- Wayne Dyer
Place yourselfYou are either a.) part of the problem; b.) part of the solution, or c.) part of the landscape. -- James D. Sass
Islam is not part of the problem in combating violent extremism - it is an important part of promoting peace. -- Barack Obama
When you change from being a part of the problem to being a part of the solution, allow somebody that. -- Karla Faye Tucker
It takes our government an awful lot of time to do most things competently, and that's part of the problem here. -- Kellyanne Conway
If you only take offense when the president of your party is compared to Hitler, then you're part of the problem. -- John Avlon
Like most of us, I determined that I'd rather be a large part of the problem than a small part of the solution. -- Kinky Friedman
Calling gender violence a women's issue is part of the problem. It gives a lot of men an excuse not to pay attention. -- Jackson Katz
In the great non zero sum games of history, if you're part of the problem, then you'll likely be a victim of the solution. -- Robert Wright
I'm aware that dialogue isn't my strength. I use it as a device. I don't particularly like dialogue which is part of the problem. -- George Lucas
It doesn't matter how strong your opinions are. If you don't use your power for positive change, you are, indeed, part of the problem. -- Coretta Scott King
Everything is a battlefield. If you fight with anger, you are part of the problem. If you fight with joy, you're part of the solution. -- Carlos Santana
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem, but the perpetual human predicament is that the answer soon poses its own problems. -- Sydney J. Harris
The turnover of fashion is just so quick and so throwaway, and I think that is a big part of the problem. There is no longevity. -- Alexander McQueen
I think part of the problem sometimes is that there's so much happening in my books, to whittle it down into a single script is hard. -- Sarah Dessen
part of the problem with a war on poverty today is that many Americans have decided that being poor is a character defect, not an economic condition. -- Anna Quindlen
ï¿¼That's part of the problem, the overkill. And when they make it complicated, they make it expensive and so then you can no longer stay in business. -- Michele Bachmann
If the first words out of your mouth are to cry 'political correctness!', ... chances are very, very high that you are in fact part of the problem. -- N. K. Jemisin
A large part of the problem, is that young people are being born into the world and growing up without much hope. And so, they become murderers, they become suicide bombers. -- Arthur Hertzberg
A big part of the problem that we face today is that our children have been taught at schools that every idea is right, that no one should criticize others' positions, no matter how odious. -- Ed Royce
We know that there are unaccounted-for Scud and other ballistic missiles in Iraq. And part of the problem is that, since 1998, there has been no way to even get minimal information about those programs except through intelligence means. -- Condoleezza Rice
Not being a racist is definitely not enough. You have to always stand up and speak against it; whether it's coming from your siblings, parents, relatives or friends. Keeping quiet about racism makes you a part of the problem. -- Edmond Mbiaka
If we think we have ours and don't owe any time or money or effort to help those left behind, then we are a part of the problem rather than the solution to the fraying social fabric that threatens all Americans. -- Marian Wright Edelman
Zionism was originally a rebellion against religious Judaism and the PLO Charter was essentially secularist. But because the conflict was allowed to fester without a resolution, religion got sucked into the escalating cycle of violence and became part of the problem. -- Karen Armstrong
If we think we have ours and don't owe any time or money or effort to help those left behind, then we are a part of the problem rather than the solution to the fraying social fabric that threatens all Americans -- Marian Wright Edelman
You couldn't even prove the White House staff sane beyond a reasonable doubt. When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half. I am not part of the problem. I am a Republican. -- Dan Quayle
Play is under attack in our nation's schools - and shrinking recess periods are only part of the problem. Homework is increasing. Cities are building new schools without playgrounds. Safety concerns are prompting bans of tag, soccer, and even running on the schoolyard. -- Darell Hammond
When you see the Escalades and the Hummers driving down the street, at least in Los Angeles, this dry, flat desert with shopping malls, when you see someone driving one of those through this you're like, 'You are definitely part of the problem.' -- Henry Rollins
In articulating all my feelings about marriage equality, I almost don't know where to begin. And perhaps that's part of the problem. Why do we have to explain ourselves when it comes to issues of fairness and equality? Why is common sense not enough? -- Scott Fujita
Theres nothing wrong with making the best of ones declining years, but what does annoy me is the fatalism. Now that were seriously in range of finding therapies that actually work against ageing, this apathy, of course, becomes an enormous part of the problem. -- Aubrey de Grey
There's nothing wrong with making the best of one's declining years, but what does annoy me is the fatalism. Now that we're seriously in range of finding therapies that actually work against ageing, this apathy, of course, becomes an enormous part of the problem. -- Aubrey de Grey
If you don't want to have to kill or capture every bad guy in the country, you have to reintegrate those who are willing to be reconciled and become part of the solution instead of a continued part of the problem. And then, above all, the resources. -- David Petraeus
I've often said in the past that I thought MTV was sort of evil incarnate and signified the beginning of the end. And I don't know if I'm entirely wrong about that, but they did sign my paychecks a year ago, so I guess I'm part of the problem. -- Martha Plimpton
Unfortunately, religions have become a part of the problem instead of part of the solution. We have fought our wars in the name of God, questioning whose God is the best God and whose exploration of this deeper reality is the best explanation. That defies everything that this deeper reality teaches. -- Edgar Mitchell
So the - the part of the problem is not just the rhetoric. It's the fact that we - we're so polarized in what we've done to each other as parties over the last thirty years in redistricting that it's very, very hard to overcome your own constituencies and move to the middle. -- Howard Dean
Capitalism is just a front lined big word people use to hide their ignorance in their sophisticated clothing. People have a full spectrum of words to snub their part of the problem to console that they are not the cause of a callous situation, so they cannot be a part of the solution. -- M. T. Panchal
I think - I think you have a conscience growing up in a loving family with a nurturing community. And I think what happens is, and that's part of the problem of being in the closet which is a very sick place. I mean it's self loathing. It's self denial. And you keep that separate. -- James McGreevey
The mindset of legislating for the betterment of society guarantees the growth of the beast. ... Politicians see government as a solution but the people see government as part of the problem. Beastly bureaucracy is born out of good intentions married to poor solutions. Only when politicians realize what constituents already know will the true problem even be addressed much less solved. -- R. Lee Wrights
When I sat down to write I just felt like a geek writing about myself. And then it dawned on me, just because of the way I am, I can't stop talking, and part of the problem is that anything that gets said reminds me of something that happened to me one time, and invariably I cut people off and talk about myself. -- Paula Poundstone
To be honest, I was the world's worst vegetarian. You see - I didn't really like vegetables very much. I'd spent most of my childhood terrified of them - horrid bland mushy things. It's only as an adult I realise that part of the problem is my mother's cooking - she hates using salt and has a tendency to overboil things. Thanks, Mum. -- Rob Manuel
Discrimination and multiple deprivations of human rights are also frequently part of the problem, sentencing entire populations to poverty... It is surely a matter of outrage that over half a million women die annually from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth. This is nearly half the annual global death toll, and arguably, a direct reflection of the disempowerment of women in social, economic and political life. -- Navi Pillay
Prevention is a very important part of solving the problem of cancer. -- Eva Vertes
Len and I had parted musical ways and this was one of the problems. -- Suzi Quatro
I feel it's part of my job to make the problems of the poor compelling. -- Paul Farmer
Each and every one of us has unknowingly played a part in the obesity problem. -- Indra Nooyi
I think the New Bohemians' inability to say no was a big part of our problem. -- Edie Brickell
Everybody likes Johnny Cash. I think the sad part of it is his health is givin' him problems. -- Merle Haggard
British politics is more nuanced. Part of the problem with New Labour is that they are a moving target. -- Rory Bremner
Part of making any endeavour is that each one has its own special problems. It's the nature of the process. -- Martin Scorsese
Marijuana is a much bigger part of the American addiction problem than most people - teens or adults - realize. -- John Walters
If the national government doesn't fix your problem, you've got a problem. You've got to fix it yourself. That's just part of the American way. -- Tony La Russa
It became inevitable that television would address life's mundane problems because television itself is so mundane, part of the ordinary flow of time the way those problems are. -- Lee Siegel
Whatever the problem - be part of the solution -- Tina Fey
Whatever creativity is, it is in part a solution to a problem. -- Brian Aldiss
Part of the problem is that he lacks confidence. He is nervous -- Charles Clarke
Being scared isn't the problem. It's not running away that's the hard part. -- John Connolly
Imperfection is not our personal problem - it is a natural part of existing. -- Tara Brach
If we are not a part of the solution, then we are the problem -- Shiv Khera
It's not the gentle part I have a problem with, it's the dull, stupid part. -- Gabrielle
The problem with the youth of today' is that one is no longer part of it. -- Salvador Dali
Lying makes a problem part of the future; truth makes a problem part of the past. -- Rick Pitino
Working within the constraints of a problem is part of the fun and challenge of design. -- Ellen Lupton
When you love a problem, its contours, obstacles and resistances are all just part of its character. -- Steven Strogatz
Aggression, like every other part of human behavior we take for granted, is a challenging engineering problem! -- Steven Pinker
Part of the challenge of innovation is coming up with the problem to solve, not just its solution. -- Scott Berkun
Nothing is hidden, nothing is ever lost, nothing is ever forgotten. That's always been part of my problem. -- Simon R. Green
I think I could create a cult, no problem. The hard part is getting people to kill themselves. -- Howard Stern
Whatever the problem, be part of the solution. Don't just sit around raising questions and pointing out obstacles. -- Tina Fey
He who seeks for methods without having a definite problem in mind seeks in the most part in vain. -- David Hilbert
Part of our problem is this: we are accustomed only to doing things for God that are not impossible. -- Bill Johnson
Problem-solving becomes a very important part of our makeup as we grow into maturity or move up the corporate ladder. -- Zig Ziglar
Overpopulation is perhaps the biggest problem facing us, and immigration is part of that problem. It has to be addressed. -- David R. Brower
Human overconsumption is a greater problem than human population growth, and meat eating is a big part of that problem. -- Sharon Gannon
In the end, I think part of my problem was that I was a better legislator than I was a politician. -- Dan Maffei
Germany's problem, in part, is that it went into the euro at the wrong exchange rate that overvalued the deutsche mark. -- Milton Friedman
Fifty percent of the game is mental and the other 50 percent is being mental. I've got that part down, no problem. -- Basil McRae
when faced with a problem you do not understand, do any part of it you do understand, then look at it again. -- Robert A. Heinlein
If you procrastinate when faced with a big difficult problem... break the problem into parts, and handle one part at a time. -- Robert Collier
During my time in prison, I told myself that I wanted to be a part of the solution and not the problem. -- Michael Vick
We have to promote human solidarity, avoid indifference, and play a part with society in the solution of the problem of violence... -- Shakira
The fundamental problem most patients have is an inability to love themselves, having been unloved by others during some crucial part of their lives. -- Bernie Siegel
We have a massive heroin opioid epidemic problem in America, part of that is because of drugs coming from the cartels from the south. -- Paul Ryan
We need to recognize that part our political problem is that we do not participate effectively, that we suffer from a kind of mental slumber. -- Marianne Williamson
A good boss asks what part she could have played in the problem. And then she asks herself what she can do better next time. -- Lisi Harrison
It's a big responsibility to be the main part of a film because if you don't like me, you have a problem for two-and-a-half hours. -- Carice van Houten
The problem comes when you say that danger is part of the equation. Then you don't do any more work on safety. That shouldn't happen. -- Damon Hill
When it comes to expanding opportunity, businesses and young adults are not the sources of the problem - they are a substantial part of the solution. -- Gerald Chertavian
When you have a problem, if you tell the truth, the problem becomes part of your past. If you lie, it becomes part of your future. -- Rick Pitino
Part of this country's problem is that people from New York City - Wall Streeters - don't think about the little guy who can't afford things. -- Wayne Huizenga
You've got a problem. Part of what you own isn't yours. It belongs to Uncle Sam. May I show you how much belongs to Uncle Sam? -- Ben Feldman
That's the problem with having a moral code. We want to destroy the jerkish part of the jerks, but we want to save the human being underneath. -- David Levithan
I always wanted to do a baseball book; I love baseball. The problem is that a very large part of my following is in non-baseball playing countries. -- Bill Bryson
Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be a part of the solution, not the problem. -- Stephen Covey
I tried to fit it in with some previous broad conceptual understanding of some part of mathematics that would clarify the particular problem I was thinking about. -- Andrew Wiles
The real problem with happiness is neither its pursuers nor their books; it's happiness itself. Happiness is like beauty: part of its glory lies in its transience. -- Amy Bloom
Part of the problem I find with money books is that there's this whole set of money books that make you feel almost guilty to spend a dollar. -- Hill Harper
Raising the minimum wage a lot across the board would make a big difference. It's not the only thing, but it's an indispensable part of solving the problem. -- Nick Hanauer
I think that the task of philosophy is not to provide answers, but to show how the way we perceive a problem can be itself part of a problem. -- Slavoj Å½iÅ¾ek
Part of the problem is we had so far to go, given the deep homophobia in our society. But, the movement is very real. The movement is very real. -- Cornel West

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