Keyword: Trouble

The number one thing about trouble is… don't get into more.

American professional golfer
Golf Problems Sports

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

Never go out to meet trouble; if you will just sit still, nine cases out of ten someone will intercept it before it reaches you.

(1872 – 1933) 30th U.S. president
Problems

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

Never underestimate a child’s ability to get into more trouble.

(1943 – ) comedian & actor
Children Family

Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.

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

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

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Husbands Marriage Problems

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

Husbands Marriage

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

(1930 – ) financier & investment businessman
Characteristics Problems

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

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

Doctors Health Murphy’s Laws

The only thing God didn't do to Job was give him a computer.

(1907 – 1989) American writer
Beliefs Computers God Things

Your mother's down there throwing a monkey wrench into the halls of justice.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
Malaprops

We seem to have unleased a hornet's nest.

Malaprops Situations

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

Communication Insults Murphy’s Laws

I saw a license plate yesterday that said 'I Miss New York,' so I smashed their window and stole their radio.

(1962 – ) American actor & comedian
New York City Places Problems

Up the creek without a saddle.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
Malaprops Situations

When in trouble, obfuscate.

Murphy’s Laws

The other teams could make trouble for us if they win.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager
Baseball Yogi-isms

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

(1948 – ) English novelist
Life

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

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