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Trouble Quotes

Words on courting trouble, dodging it, and living with the fallout.

This page gathers quotes on getting into trouble as a kid growing up in a tough neighborhood, the modern risk of oversharing on social media, and even a writer's fear of falling behind at the keyboard.

I was a little troublemaker. Always trying to get in trouble, always mischief, like throwing rocks at cars when I was younger, all that kind of stuff.

Quotes by Ryan Lochte

I was always the one pushing the envelope, stirring things up, sometimes getting in trouble. I was always the first one to get a spanking as a kid.

Quotes by Ryan Frazier

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

Quotes by Ruth Benedict

There was Uncle Ken of mine about whom I wrote a lot of stories. I can always write stories about uncles and aunts and distant relatives. They have to be distant, though; otherwise, you'll be in trouble.

Quotes by Ruskin Bond

The cool kindliness of sheets, that soon smooth away trouble; and the rough male kiss of blankets.

Quotes by Rupert Brooke

I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.

Quotes by Rudyard Kipling

Borrow trouble for yourself, if that's your nature, but don't lend it to your neighbours.

Quotes by Rudyard Kipling

The teenage years are my least favorite, though my son is phenomenal. He does not get in trouble, and he's not a bad kid. But the fact that they think they know so much.

Quotes by Rozonda Thomas

When there's trouble in a family, it tends to show up in the weakest member. And all the other members of the family know that. They make allowances for the one in trouble.

Quotes by Ross MacDonald

Sewage works that serve big cities run into trouble when the cities grow up around them.

Quotes by Rose George

Whites would accuse you of causing trouble when all you were doing was acting like a normal human being instead of cringing.

Quotes by Rosa Parks

Literature is without proofs. By which it must be understood that it cannot prove, not only what it says, but even that it is worth the trouble of saying it.

Quotes by Roland Barthes

The politician being interviewed clearly takes a great deal of trouble to imagine an ending to his sentence: and if he stopped short? His entire policy would be jeopardized!

Quotes by Roland Barthes

If it is something particularly useful and for some reason is having trouble getting funding from traditional sources, I may be interested.

Quotes by Roger Ver

Talk about national interests: When we went in with Operation Iraqi Freedom, some of our allies, Turkey, for example, would not let us through. How much trouble did that cause us, because we were not able to go into Iraq...

Quotes by Roger Wicker

Birds are indicators of the environment. If they are in trouble, we know we'll soon be in trouble.

Quotes by Roger Tory Peterson

The trouble that they see me in is a part of my life that I'm working on.

Quotes by Rodney King

One time, I fought 90 fights in 90 days in 90 different places around the world. I didn't even know who I was: about 45 or 50 in, they just kept pushing me, and that's when I really get into...

Quotes by Roddy Piper

From where I sit, I see the digital cinema creating sloppiness on the part of filmmakers because they know if they really get in trouble, they can fix it later. So they don't pay that much attention, and of course...

Quotes by Robert Zemeckis

If you don't have trouble paying the rent, you have trouble doing something else; one needs just a certain amount of trouble.

Quotes by Robert Rauschenberg

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a quote about staying out of trouble in school?
Yes - one quote reflects: "I could never let the teacher down. I always worked hard, too scared to get in trouble."
Is there a quote about community programs that helped kids avoid trouble?
Yes. One quote reflects on being kept "out of trouble and on the straight and narrow" by community programs while growing up in South Central Los Angeles - a personal reflection on the support that shaped the speaker's path.
Is there a quote connecting Facebook to getting into trouble?
Yes, the same candid quote featured on our Dangerous quotes page fits here too: "I think Facebook's dangerous. So many people I know get into trouble with Facebook... I'd rather just pick up the phone. Or Skype."
Is there a quote about writers and trouble?
Yes, a pointed one: "A writer who isn't writing is asking for trouble."
Where can I find more quotes about overcoming challenges?
Check out our Getting and Good quotes pages for more.

Whether it's a lesson learned early or a habit hard to shake, these lines circle the always-present pull of trouble in daily life, alongside good intentions gone sideways.