If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on the solution, I would spend the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask, for once I know the proper question, I could solve the problem in less than five minutes.
Interpretation
Understanding the right question is crucial for solving problems effectively.
This quote by Albert Einstein emphasizes the importance of framing the right questions before attempting to solve a problem. He suggests that dedicating time to understand the core issue leads to a more efficient and effective solution process, as the right question directs the path toward clarity and resolution.
In practice
A keynote speaker discussing strategic thinking at a business conference.
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If I would follow your advice and Jesus could perceive it, he, as a Jewish teacher, surely would not approve of such behavior.
I want to know all Gods thoughts; all the rest are just details.
In the middle of adversity there is great opportunity.
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Would you convey my compliments to the purist who reads your proofs and tell him or her that I write in a sort of broken-down patois which is something like the way a Swiss waiter talks, and that when I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it will stay split, and when I interrupt the velvety smoothness of my more or less literate syntax with a few sudden words of bar-room vernacular, that is done with the eyes wide open and the mind relaxed but attentive.
We should never rush into folly just because other nations are practicing it.
[E]xceptional claims demand exceptional evidence.
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