The problem with movies is that you see from the first day – you’re on a train, and if the movie is not going in the right direction you know it right away. Sometimes, you can’t get off the train, and the whole experience is painful.
Colonel Qaddafi’s tyranny was absolutist, monarchical, and personal. The problem with such dictatorships is that as long as the tyrant lives, he reigns and terrorizes.
Kids should speak to each other. They’re horrid to each other online, they bully each other – they should shut up and stop it. The problem with social media is there is too much freedom. It’s too much, too young.
The problem with the NCAA – it’s slow-moving.
The problem with touring isn’t the traveling and the shows, it’s the vegetal state you get into.
Part of the problem with the discovery of the so-called breast-cancer genes was that physicians wrongly told women that had the genetic changes associated with the genes that they had a 99% chance of getting breast cancer. Turns out all women that have these genetic changes don’t get breast cancer.
The problem with online shopping is that you cannot feel the fabric.
To score points, you need a lot of consistent effort over the course of the game. If you’re throwing it or running it in, it’s not a big difference in terms of the score at all, obviously. But turnovers limit your scoring. That’s the problem with turnovers.
The problem with the Iranian regime, of course is, one, its unsettling effects on the Sunnis, particularly Saudi Arabia, and, secondly, its potential threat to Israel.
The problem with some of our noisier exponents of ‘American exceptionalism’ is that they lack Reagan’s moral maturity.
The problem with the Dorises and the Nicki Minajes and Mileys is that they reach their goal very quickly. There is no long-term vision, and they forget that once you get into that whirlpool, then you have to fight the system that solidifies around you in order to keep being the outsider you claim you represent.
It’s really hard to talk about writing, and I’m usually conscious if I’m misleading people or misleading the questioner, because the problem with writing is the next line.
The problem with cats is that they get the exact same look on their face whether they see a moth or an axe-murderer.
The problem with the bronco is to get on and stay on. This is the problem with the Golden Rule-to understand and apply.
I love my body. I’m very much OK with it. I don’t think artists are ever the ones who have the problem with their weight, it is other people.
As the Tories know, the problem with setting yourself up as a shining example for others to follow is that when you get caught out, that proverbial substance really hits the fan.
The problem with some stars is that they lose perspective about correct adult behavior. People laugh at everything they say and do. Nobody says, ‘Chill out, man. That’s out of line.’
I don’t think any actor feels comfortable watching themselves in movies. You must be very narcissistic. The problem with your own opinion of yourself is that contrary to the normal spectators, when you watch a film you are in, you only watch yourself.
The problem with educating in online video is that online video is funded by advertising almost exclusively.
I think partly the problem with Yes – and I’ve had this discussion with people from the Hall of Fame in the past – is that it’s going to be difficult to decide how many of the members of Yes you’re gonna put in it and how many you’re not because of the extensive membership of the band through the years.
Failure is an extremely personal thing, and so is success. The problem with people is they don’t own their failure, and if you don’t own your failures, you’re never going to own your successes.
My first few years in the league, I was relying on my athleticism to get me by, because that’s what got me to the NBA. The problem with that is, you end up getting really, really tired by February.
The problem with the literary hothouse of New York City is that people spend so much time looking in the mirror. They go to parties with people who are just like them, and they write novels about people who are just like them. It’s limiting.
The problem with data is that it says a lot, but it also says nothing. ‘Big data’ is terrific, but it’s usually thin. To understand why something is happening, we have to engage in both forensics and guess work.
The problem with money issued by any government is that its only value is what those in charge decree.
The problem with car dealerships is you’ve already decided what you want to buy before you even go there, and you’re really just going there to talk through some annoying negotiation.
I have my meals delivered… you know what I like? Chicken and rice… But the problem with being a defensive lineman is, if we get out of hand with our eating, we balloon up to, like, 300-some pounds. So I really got to watch what I eat.
The problem with my peers is they don’t understand television. You have to work within the confines of what executives will allow you to put on TV. Otherwise, we’ve not done anything, we’ve not really struggled to change the culture at all.
The problem with the auto industry is layered upon the lack of consumer confidence. People are not buying cars. I don’t care whether they’re or American cars, or international cars.
The problem with liberal Protestantism in America is not that it has not been orthodox enough, but that it has lost a lot of religious substance.
I think part of the problem with charity is that it tends to make us view people as helpless victims. I think in the future, we’ll look back on charity in the same way that we look back on colonialism today: as a very paternalistic system that doesn’t fully recognise the full spectrum of humanity.
The problem with our region is that there are areas with oil and too much money, and then there are places such as south Lebanon and the Palestinian territories where there is no work, and instead of developing industry, they become dependent on oil money – this results in extremism.
The problem with music was always that the sound system often obliterated the words, and words, not music, have always been what I was about.
The problem with losing your anonymity is that you can never go back.
The problem with books, now that I’ve written one, is that the idea of adaptation is so much easier than sitting down to write something new.
I think the problem with schools is not too many incentives but too few. Because of tenure, teachers’ unions, and the fact that teachers generally aren’t observed in their classrooms, they can do whatever they want in class.
The problem with merely writing so that you can be understood is that the wrong people, in advancing their agendas, are only too ready to misunderstand you. Writing so that you cannot be misunderstood anticipates and preempts those who would willfully distort what you are trying to say.
I think the problem with the art market and the art scene is that it is its own beast. It thrives and breathes and defecates independently of the artist.
The problem with relying on nostalgia for commentary is that people only remember the good things.
The problem with Bush is that yes, he’s religious in a fundamentalist sort of way, they read the Old Testament as a sort of charter for the chosen people to do what they like.
For a long time, I’ve been an overthinker. The problem with that is when you’re in perfect shape for a fight and you’ve got everything worked out and you’ve got all the moves you think you’re going to need and everything’s fine but in your own mind you’re going to make up things and you just add pressure.
Remember that the problem with hyper-parenting isn’t that it’s bad for children; it’s that it’s bad for parents.
The problem with being human is that there’s far too much responsibility, too much pressure and too many expectations placed on you to achieve.
I’m so into music that I just stop and listen, whenever there’s music on. That’s the problem with being a musician for so long. I can get lost in the bassline, fascinated with the arrangement, curious about the production. I can’t shut it out.
The problem with a lot of narrative films is that they’re not real enough.
That DMC Act is a disgrace. And the problem with independent art in this country is that independent artists have been economically blacklisted.
The problem with people who live in a world of speeches and books and theories is they don’t know how to fix things in the real world when they go wrong. They feign ignorance, blame others, and make another eloquent speech.
The problem with most liberals – myself included – is we tend to think we’re post-racial: that we’ve got a handle on things because we’re not racists.
The problem with Deep South to me is that there was a group that were tight with the boss, and they would always go out and drink and have barbeques. Then, when WWE would say, ‘Who should we look at?’ Bill Demott would say, ‘Oh, look at this guy and this guy.’ Of course those were his buddies.
The problem with movies is you are over-rewarded for the work you do. It’s hard to give up, and I got used to a certain lifestyle.
The problem with being a film actress or a movie star is that people see you so huge that somehow you’re visually massive or somehow you’re in some removed space, which is a television or wherever. It somehow takes your humanity.
