Zitat des Tages über Das Problem mit / The Problem With:
The problem with certainty is that sometimes it can sound cold and heartless, although it is the most compassionate and supportive answer.
The problem with the gene pool is that there's no lifeguard.
The problem with me is that nothing embarrasses me.
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 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 TV now is that there's so much competition, that you're always on the chopping block.
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 Danity Kane is everybody wanted to play everybody's role, and when you're in a group like that, that can't survive.
The problem with marriage is that it ends every night after making love, and it must be rebuilt every morning before breakfast.
The problem with naming a No. 2 is you really want to throw all your weight behind the guy who is going to be the leader.
The problem with feature filmmaking is that it offers you this mirage of being able to achieve perfection, as the theory of it is that you have control of every part of the film, though in reality, it is as inexact as the next thing in your life.
The problem with airports is that we go there when we need to catch a plane - and because it's so difficult to find the way to the gate, we tend not to look around at our surroundings.
The problem with winter sports is that - follow me closely here - they generally take place in winter.
The problem with being Irish... is having 'Riverdance' on your back. It's a burden at times.
The problem with fame is that you get frozen in one frame and nothing you can do can alter the nature.
At some point you start seeing the difference between what you really want, and what is your priority order. I feel that today I know what I want. That's the problem with perspective, as well as focus and concentration.
The problem with being sure that God is on your side is that you can't change your mind, because God sure isn't going to change His.
The problem with climate change is that it's quite complicated for the ordinary person to understand.
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.
Touching on universality is an important part of effective storytelling, but the problem with cliches is that they are tired and dull. And that's where writers must try to be artful.
It doesn't surprise me that men in their twenties and thirties are often looking for a much older woman. What is the problem with a man of 30 being with a woman of 50? It is a matter of energy and the soul, not a matter of age of the body.
To make the argument that the media has a left- or right-wing, or a liberal or a conservative bias, is like asking if the problem with Al-Qaeda is do they use too much oil in their hummus.
That was the problem with reading: you always had to pick up again at the very thing that had made you stop reading the day before.
The problem with most Hollywood movies is they don't give the director enough control.
The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present.
The problem with the Australian practice of abortion is that an objectively grave matter has been reduced to a question of the mother's convenience.
The problem with paparazzi is that it makes you question your boundaries, like, how do I say, 'That's enough guys?'
What's disgusting about genetic modification of food? I speculate that many people have an immediate, intuitive sense that what's healthy is what's 'natural,' and that efforts to tamper with nature will inevitably unleash serious risks - so-called Frankenfoods. The problem with that speculation is that it's flat-out wrong.
The problem with being an employee or self-employed is you pay the highest taxes.
The problem with relying on nostalgia for commentary is that people only remember the good things.
The problem with me is, anything that's easy I will just overdo it. Especially with clothes. But I'm 14 - my mom is super-strict about that.
The problem with making movies is that you have to devote so much of your life to fawning and flattering the men in suits, whereas that doesn't happen in books. You just go and write, and then the book comes out.
That's the problem with news interviews, you work your tail off to get prominent figures in the news on the radio, but once they've been on, the event passes, the urgency, the issues you talked about evaporate.
The problem with the United Nations is that while democracy within nations is the best available form of government, democracy among nations can be a moral disaster - especially if some nations are not democracies.
The problem with growing up in a cafe was the cafe never closed, my parents worked every day of the year from morning to night. So it was a big menagerie of kids, business and cooking!
The problem with revenge is that it never evens the score. It ties both the injured and the injurer to an escalator of pain. Both are stuck on the escalator as long as parity is demanded, and the escalator never stops.