The trouble with most of the things that people want is that they get them.
The trouble with Reason is that it becomes meaningless at the exact point where it refuses to act.
Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes.
I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.
I sincerely believe I could have wounded up in a lot of trouble if I had not been taught as a boy to fear Hell, and to believe that certain wicked acts could lead me to damnation.
When I sing, trouble can sit right on my shoulder and I don't even notice.
The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.
I'm in trouble because I'm normal and slightly arrogant. A lot of people don't like themselves and I happen to be totally in love with myself.
Fabulous place, Dublin is. The trouble is, you work hard and in Dublin you play hard as well.
I can never tell ahead of time which book will give me trouble - some balk every step of the way, others seem to write themselves - but certainly the mechanics of writing, finding the time and the psychic space, are easier now that my children are grown.
My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.
It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.
The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.
To be good is noble; but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble.
I have terrible hearing trouble. I have unwittingly helped to invent and refine a type of music that makes its principal proponents deaf.