Quotes with trouble-makers

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  • William Somerset Maugham The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties.
    William Somerset Maugham
    English writer (1874 - 1965)
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  • Carolyn Murphy The turnover with models - I cannot keep up. And in my day, we had so much personality. We probably caused a lot more trouble, but it was fun.
    Carolyn Murphy
    American model and actress (1974 - )
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  • Edgar W. Howe The way out of trouble is never as simple as the way in.
    Edgar W. Howe
    American journalist and writer (1853 - 1937)
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  • Josh Billings There are people who are always anticipating trouble, and in this way they manage to enjoy many sorrows that never really happen to them.
    Josh Billings
    American humorist (1818 - 1885)
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  • Franklin Pierce Adams There are plenty of good five cent cigars in the country. The trouble is they cost a quarter.
    Franklin Pierce Adams
    American columnist, well known by his initials F.P.A., and wit (1881 - 1960)
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  • Bruce Cockburn There are some decision-makers in the world whose version of sanity is a little different from what I consider the right one.
    Bruce Cockburn
    Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (1945 - )
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  • Sinclair Lewis There are two insults no human will endure. The assertion that he has no sense of humor and the doubly impertinent assertion that he has never known trouble.
    Sinclair Lewis
    American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright (1885 - 1951)
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • Ben Hecht There's only one law you gotta follow to keep outta trouble. Do it first, do it yourself, and keep on doin' it.
    Ben Hecht
    American writer, playwright (1894 - 1964)
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  • John Morley They act as if they supposed that to be very sanguine about the general improvement of mankind is a virtue that relieves them from taking trouble about any improvement in particular.
    John Morley
    British journalist, statesman (1838 - 1923)
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  • A. E. Housman They say my verse is sad: no wonder.
    Its narrow measure spans
    Rue for eternity, and sorrow
    Not mine, but man's.

    This is for all ill-treated fellows
    Unborn and unbegot,
    For them to read when they're in trouble
    And I am not.
    More Poems (1936)
    A. E. Housman
    British poet (1859 - 1936)
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  • Benjamin Franklin Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Thomas à Kempis Thou art my glory and the exultation of y heart: thou art my hope and refuge in the day of my trouble.
    Thomas à Kempis
    Dutch medieval Augustinian canon, writer and mystic (1380 - 1471)
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  • Dorothy L. Sayers Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force.
    Dorothy L. Sayers
    British writer (1893 - 1957)
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  • Abu Sa'id To be a Sufi is to cease from taking trouble; and there is no greater trouble for thee than thine own self, for when thou art occupied with thyself, thou remainest away from God.
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  • Mark Twain To be good is noble, but to teach others how to be good is nobler and less trouble.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • A. W. Tozer To be right with God has often meant to be in trouble with men.
    A. W. Tozer
    American Christian pastor, preacher and author
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  • Akhenaton To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not.
    Akhenaton
    Egyptian King, Monotheist (1372 - 1337)
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  • Aeschylus To mourn and bewail your ill-fortune, when you will gain a tear from those who listen, this is worth the trouble.
    Aeschylus
    Greek dramatist (525 - 456)
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  • Charles Horton Cooley To persuade is more trouble than to dominate, and the powerful seldom take this trouble if they can avoid it.
    Charles Horton Cooley
    American sociologist (1864 - 1929)
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