I don't deny that there are problems in the intelligence world but I would argue that in the UK we try to uphold the highest standards in the world.

Too many problem-solving sessions become battlegrounds where decisions are made based on power rather than intelligence.

Intellectuals solve problems geniuses prevent them.

It's not that I'm so smart it's just that I stay with problems longer.

Writing gives me the opportunity to explore ideas play with language solve problems use my imagination and draw on my own childhood.

Let me just say that to imagine racism does not exist is imagination. And to imagine that it does not create its own set of problems is true imagination. So let's not imagine that racism is gone extinguished because it's not. We are seeing this in the top levels of the political arena and we are seeing it very very plainly.

The way that a handful of corporations in Los Angeles dictate how our stories are told creates a real poverty of imagination and it's a big problem.

The costume that I wear on the show is a little snug and doesn't leave a whole lot to the imagination. I don't have a problem with it because of the way this character's been written.

I've never really had a problem with the imagination level of an audience. They're always smarter and savvier than any studio exec will give them credit for.

It always amuses me that the biggest praise for my work comes for the imagination while the truth is that there's not a single line in all my work that does not have a basis in reality. The problem is that Caribbean reality resembles the wildest imagination.

To raise new questions new possibilities to regard old problems from a new angle requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science.

Perhaps naively I thought people understand what humor was that it was invented by the human race to cope with the dark areas of life problems and terrors.

Well the most terrible fear that anybody should have is not war is not a disease not cancer or heart problems or food poisoning - it's a man or a woman without a sense of humor.

I'm not for gratuitous nudity but if there's humor I don't have a problem.

Humor expands our limited picture frame and gets us to see more than just our problem.

One of my pet peeves is that sometimes the talents of my band get overlooked because and it was the same problem that Frank Zappa had with a lot of groups that use humor people don't realize there's a lot of craft behind the comedy.

It is characteristic of all deep human problems that they are not to be approached without some humor and some bewilderment.

It's good to be able to laugh at yourself and the problems you face in life. Sense of humor can save you.

I think the next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it.

There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope.

What can you do if a part of it is uphill? You can't work out another route. You've just got to run the one they give you. But they tell me London is a nice course. Even the cobbles I hope are not very much of a problem for me.

Actually oddly enough I think my work the activism will be forgotten. And I hope it will. Because I hope those problems will have gone away.

If we become too scared to confront the chief problems of our time there is no hope of ever solving them.

My favorite fruit is grapes. Because with grapes you always get another chance. 'Cause you know if you have a crappy apple or a peach you're stuck with that crappy piece of fruit. But if you have a crappy grape no problem - just move on to the next. 'Grapes: The Fruit of Hope.'