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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 have a hard time believing athletes are overpriced. If an owner is losing money, give it up. It's a business. I have trouble figuring out why owners would stay in if they're losing money.

Quotes by Reggie Jackson

When I was with the Yankees in 1978, we were playing Baltimore at Yankee Stadium, and the score was 3 - 3 going into the bottom of the ninth inning. I led off against Tippy Martinez - a little left-hander...

Quotes by Reggie Jackson

If I played today, I'd stay in trouble. I'd be in the commissioner's office all the time, I guess. I'd be everywhere - including where I wasn't supposed to be.

Quotes by Reggie Jackson

The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple.

Quotes by Rebecca West

All marriages are happy. It's the living together afterward that causes all the trouble.

Quotes by Raymond Hull

I always thought my best album was 'Trouble in Paradise.' I was the happiest with that one.

Quotes by Randy Newman

Being independent caused us nothing but trouble. I do not want Chechnya to be independent from Russia.

Quotes by Ramzan Kadyrov

I wasn't unpopular. I didn't have any trouble getting girls.

Quotes by Rainer Weiss

If you've got a fast and strong defender, on the left, I feel like I can give him trouble going down the line, coming inside, or making runs in behind.

Quotes by Raheem Sterling

If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.

Quotes by Rachel Johnson

I do that mostly because I believe that the fantasy business is in terrible trouble right now, for several reasons, not the least of which being the almost Democrat vs. Republican mentality of readers on the Internet.

Quotes by R. A. Salvatore

Making my class laugh and getting in trouble. I was the class clown.

Quotes by R. L. Stine

The trouble with children is that they're not returnable.

Quotes by Quentin Crisp

It's amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don't have anything else to do.

Quotes by Quincy Jones

The tutor gave us our work, and if we had trouble, she'd help us on it, but we were really only working on the stuff that our school gave us - well, I was, because I go to a public...

Quotes by Quinn Shephard

Hindi has never been a trouble. In fact, Hindi is the only language I can speak and write apart from Malayalam and English.

Quotes by Prithviraj Sukumaran

A contented mind is the best source for trouble.

Quotes by Plautus

A constitutional democracy is in serious trouble if its citizenry does not have a certain degree of education and civic virtue.

Quotes by Phillip E. Johnson

My traducers propound my alleged malefaction as though I have spewed venom on women for half a century. But only a madman would go to the trouble of writing 31 books in order to affirm his hatred.

Philip Roth

The trouble in America is not that we are making too many mistakes, but that we are making too few.

Quotes by Phil Knight

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.