Intractable Quotes

What I am proposing today will not by itself change the culture that has produced what is perhaps the most intractable American problem this century. The programs outlined are only a start. - Bill Bradley

This is the kind of intractable problem that can probably only be resolved through negotiations, and those negotiations may have to include the Boeing-Airbus dispute - which, given its complexity, should be settled through negotiations anyway. - Jean Anderson

There will be more ... apparently intractable trade arguments and economic arguments, because there is an enormous amount of ... economic insecurity in wealthy countries. - Bill Clinton

The presidential candidates are offering prescriptions for everything from Iraq to healthcare, but listen closely. Their fixes are situational and incremental. Meanwhile, the underlying structural problems in American politics and government are systemic and prevent us from solving our most intractable challenges. - Larry J. Sabato

The more powerful and concentrated our facilities grow, the more they have the ability, and perhaps even the incentive, to close off Internet lanes and block IP pathways... The conditions we adopt today speak directly to this issue before increased concentration of last-mile facilities and the Internet backbone make it intractable. - Michael Copps

The moment I saw the model and heard about the complementing base pairs I realized that it was the key to understanding all the problems in biology we had found intractable - it was the birth of molecular biology. - Sydney Brenner

The mayor is gratified by this public support as he launches an ambitious agenda in a second term to put the city on track for long-term stability and growth, fight for state funds to build new schools, and tackle intractable problems like poverty, AIDS, and diabetes. - Stu Loeser