Trouble Quotes: Weathering Life's Storms with Wisdom (Page 4)

"It's really interesting that whenever you do something that is so out of character, like having an emotional outburst, that you don't get in trouble"

Beth Henley, Playwright

"A contented mind is the best source for trouble"

Plautus, Playwright

"When I get into trouble at school I'd like to take an invisibility cloak, drape it over me and sneak out the door. Or I'd like to have a 3 headed-dog because then no one would argue with me"

Daniel Radcliffe, Actor

"Two to three years down the road, other companies not on a model like Dell's will be in trouble"

Jimmy Johnson, Coach

"I think you're running into a lot of trouble if your idea of foreplay is, 'Brace yourself honey, here I come!'"

Phil McGraw, Psychologist

"I believe much trouble would be saved if we opened our hearts more"

Chief Joseph, Leader

"Some dying men are the most tyrannical; and certainly, since they will shortly trouble us so little for evermore, the poor fellows ought to be indulged"

Herman Melville, Novelist

"The trouble with records is that they're too short"

Mahalia Jackson, Musician

"I labored hard to avoid trouble and bloodshed"

Chief Joseph, Leader

"It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it"

Zora Neale Hurston, Dramatist

"Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their true designs"

Denis Diderot, Editor

"I have no trouble with y enemies. But my god damn friends... they are the ones that keep me walking the floors at night"

Oscar Levant, Composer

"And it was a great experience, you know, to travel the world and compete at a certain level. It teaches you discipline, focus, and certainly keeps you out of trouble"

Jason Statham, Actor

"And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more"

Erica Jong, Novelist

"The trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more"

Erica Jong, Novelist

"The trouble with words is that you never know whose mouths they have been in"

Dennis Potter, Dramatist

"My mouth has a tendency to get me into trouble, but because I'm so small and I take on people who are lager than me. If someone punched me, I'd get my drummer beat them up"

Brian Molko, Musician

"When I get logical, and I don't trust my instincts - that's when I get in trouble"

Angelina Jolie, Actress

"I've realized that being happy is a choice. You never want to rub anybody the wrong way or not be fun to be around, but you have to be happy. When I get logical and I don't trust my instincts - Thats when I get in trouble"

Angelina Jolie, Actress

"Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads no excuse of impossibility; for it thinks all things lawful for itself, and all things possible"

Thomas Kempis, Writer

"I wish people who have trouble communicating would just shut up"

Tom Lehrer, Musician

"The trouble with me is that I like to talk too much"

William Howard Taft, President

"In larger things we are convivial; what causes trouble is the trivial"

Richard Armour, Poet

"I have no trouble being a good dude because that's what I am"

Busta Rhymes, Musician

"God writes a lot of comedy... the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad actors who don't know how to play funny"

Garrison Keillor, Writer

"I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every new theory as a danger, every innovation as a toilsome trouble, every social advance as a first step toward revolution, and that they may absolutely refuse to move at all"

Alexis de Tocqueville, Historian

"But, then again, I had to stop because there was too much pain or too much trouble. After I retired I still had one more elbow surgery just to be able to do normal things"

Richard Krajicek, Athlete

"But generally speaking, I felt to engage in the political process was to sully oneself to such a degree that whatever came out wasn't worth the trouble put in"

John Perry Barlow, Writer

"The U.S. is, so far as I know, the only nation which places such extensive reliance on the polygraph. It has gotten us into a lot of trouble"

Aldrich Ames, Criminal

"The trouble with the performance poets is that they don't seem to have read anything. So there is not a real sense of the poetic tradition in their work"

Peter Davison, Actor

"I see nothing wrong with the human trait to desire. In fact, I consider it integral to our success mechanism. Becoming attached to what we desire is what causes the trouble. If you must have it in order to be happy, then you are denying the happiness of the here and now"

Peter McWilliams, Writer

"The trouble with life isn't that there is no answer, it's that there are so many answers"

Ruth Benedict, Scientist

"The trouble with law is lawyers"

Clarence Darrow, Lawyer

"The real trouble with war (modern war) is that it gives no one a chance to kill the right people"

Ezra Pound, Poet

"Americans often have trouble enjoying the present moment"

Alan Dundes, Educator

"I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain't never been seen by this generation"

Satchel Paige, Athlete

"If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done"

Scott Adams, Cartoonist

"That's the trouble with being me. At this point, nobody gives a damn what my problem is. I could literally have a tumor on the side of my head and they'd be like, 'Yeah, big deal. I'd eat a tumor every morning for the kinda money you're pulling down.'"

Jim Carrey, Comedian

"Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you"

Calvin Coolidge, President

"I developed a resistance to authority. Not to discipline - I learned that. But to authority. I like to think for myself. And I like to cause trouble"

Hal Holbrook, Actor

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