"Every complex problem has a simple solution..." - Quote by H L Mencken
Every complex problem has a simple solution that doesn't work.
More by H L Mencken
“Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they congenitally lack the equipment to do so, just as they congenitally lack the equipment to fly over the moon.”
“It costs more to maintain ten vices than one virtue.”
“Popularity--The capacity for listening sympathetically when men boast of their wives and women complain of their husbands.”
More on Problems
“Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.”
“More and more we try to effect an adaptation to life by means of external gadgets, and attempt to solve our problems by conscious thinking rather than unconscious 'know-how'. This is much less to our advantage than we like to suppose.”
“Troubles are only mental; it is the mind that manufactures them, and the mind can gorge them, banish them, abolish them.”
More on Solutions
“If we are demoralized, sad and only complain, we’ll not solve our problems. If we only pray for a solution, we’ll not solve our problems. We need to face them, to deal with them without violence, but with confidence - and never give up. If you adopt a non-violent approach, but are also hesitant within, you’ll not succeed. You have to have confidence and keep up your efforts - in other words, never give up.”
“You cannot solve a problem by condemning it”
“That's why the American Recovery & Reinvestment Plan won't just throw money at our problems, we'll invest in what works”