Keyword: Trouble

With extremely few exceptions, nothing is worth the trouble.

Murphy’s Laws

Things are gradually falling into place on top of me.

(1933 – ) English author & cartoonist
Problems Self

Sex: The thing that takes up the least amount of time and causes the most amount of trouble.

(1882 – 1942) American actor
Problems Sex Time

Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
Problems Situations

You can always tell you're in trouble when the good option involves a prosthetic leg.

blogger (Standing Room Only)
Problems Situations

Trouble strikes in series of threes, but when working around the house the next job after a series of three is not the fourth job – it's the start of a brand new series of three.

Murphy’s Laws Problems Work

This isn’t life in the fast lane, it’s life in the oncoming traffic.

(1948 – ) English novelist
Life

When your head is in the bear's mouth, it is not the time to be smacking him on the nose.

Communication Problems

All of the troubles that some people have in life is that which they married into.

(1853 – 1937) journalist, writer & editor
Marriage Problems

Beware of the physician who is great at getting out of trouble.

Doctors Health Murphy’s Laws

We seem to have unleased a hornet's nest.

Malaprops Situations

No matter which book you need, it's on the bottom shelf.

Books Communication Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing

Woman's Rule of Thumb: If it has tires or testicles, you're going to have trouble with it.

Men People

I don't look to jump over seven-foot bars: I look around for one-foot bars that I can step over.

(1930 – ) financier & investment businessman
Problems

Husbands are awkward things to deal with; even keeping them in hot water will not make them tender.

Husbands Marriage

Nobody ever grew despondent looking for trouble.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
Characteristics Problems

The fools in this world make about as much trouble as the wicked do.

(1818 – 1885) humorist
Fools Intelligence

Help a man when he is in trouble and he will remember you when he is in trouble again.


Memory Murphy’s Laws People Problems Situations

There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.

(1930 – ) financier & investment businessman
Characteristics Problems

Pass some words

Miscellaneous

Never insult an alligator until after you have crossed the river.

Communication Insults Murphy’s Laws