Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.
George Washington
36 quotes about troublesome follow in order of popularity. Be sure to bookmark and share your favorites!
All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse.
Benjamin Franklin
Lincoln had a longtime practice of dealing with troublesome animals and people. He did so with good humor and with compassion and with generosity of spirit.
John Mcclarey
April is going to be a troublesome period because of a convergence of a number of factors.
David Lipschutz
The troublesome ones in a family are usually either the wits or the idiots.
George Eliot
The pseudonymous perpetrator of America's only unsolved airline hijacking [is] a folk hero as shadowy as Deep Throat and as morally troublesome as Jesse James.
David Gates
I know it's silly to say it, but I love 29th Street and I love Jack Ruby. Moonstruck I liked, but my character was troublesome to me.
Danny Aiello
There's a negative aura that surrounds BlackBerries. They've been known to be sort of troublesome for some people.
Spencer Taylor
Affordability declines are worrisome, but consistent with strong markets for the past 30 years. More troublesome is the inability to find affordable starter homes.
Glenn Crellin
In many countries the bullet or the bomb is a cheap and relatively risk-free way of silencing troublesome reporting. Lack of proper inquiries by the authorities and absence of punishment of the perpetrators encourages more killings and intimidates other journalists into silence.
Rodney Pinder
Virtually every university in the country has an alcohol problem. I am concerned about the problems we have with alcohol, but they are less troublesome than some of the Eastern schools I'm familiar with. Students at UW are a lot more focused on their education, I've found, and they are more responsive to authority figures.
Richard Stegman
The Indians began to be troublesome all around me, killing and wounding cattle, stealing horses, and threatening to attack us. I was obliged to make campaigns against them and punish them.
John Sutter
Marc plays a very important role, not just at the university, but in the community. While most of us just push along, Marc comes up with those troublesome questions along the way that make us think about what we are doing. Every community needs someone like that.
Michael Shames
For as many yards as we had [452 vs. the Browns], to only score 17 points until 4 seconds were left in the game is pretty troublesome. We struggled, and we know we struggled.
Mark Tauscher
I struggled last year and didn't play very well. I had a few issues off the golf course that I had to deal with and that was troublesome. But most of all, I wasn't real confident last year. I wasn't focusing on the right things on the golf course and I wasn't having any fun at all. That's a bad combination pretty much.
Jonathan Byrd
Having a third party know all of the news you read is troublesome enough. It gives away key details about your beliefs, your opinions and your interests.
Kevin Bankston
When I was young I had all the advantages. My father worked for Howard Hughes, we lived in Bel Air. I went to the best schools, and got the best girls. My intelligence quotient was well above average; and yet I could be a rebellious, troublesome punk who brought more than a little anxiety to my parents.
Jan Berry
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
Isaac Asimov
Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
Benjamin Whichcote
The illegal trafficking in prescription medications constitutes a particularly troublesome aspect of the substance abuse problem in America.
Dick Durbin
I find it troublesome that the USDA initiated the process of FSA service center consolidation without public notice or comment. Given the size and scale of potential office consolidation in South Dakota, I am requesting that hearings be conducted on the USDA's consolidation plan.
Tim Johnson
We have been able to defeat some teams that were troublesome for us last year.
Sean O'connor
[Despite its dreadful record and two-month losing streak, Real was troublesome in the early moments.] I wasn't happy at the halftime with our mentality, ... We were too careless with the ball and we were doing a lot of running without the ball.
Peter Nowak
I think in national security, the war in Iraq is troublesome and a difficult challenge, but our troops and the military leaders we have are managing that situation, although it continues to be very risky and very dangerous.
Thad Cochran
The quantum theory of parallel universes is not the problem, it is the solution. It is not some troublesome, optional interpretation emerging from arcane theoretical considerations. It is the explanation, the only one that is tenable, of a remarkable and counter-intuitive reality.
David Deutsch
Talking points use worst case scenarios. But we should not pit ethanol against Wisconsin manufacturing - that is very troublesome.
Paul Zimmerman
It's troublesome that Wall Street is looking at this. It hurts the company. But because of what the General Assembly is doing, it is predictable.
Greg Massoni
This whole alcohol issue is not good, ... I take my hats off to our coaches. They bring in police officers, FBI agents ... we've done everything we can to educate. It's a concern around the country, people worried about health and safety of kids. It's troublesome. There is no magic solution. If we had it, every school in the country would call. It's scary. It's not good.
Lew Perkins
It's kind of troublesome. They're getting around the intent of the law to require that parties and committee disclose what they're spending their money on.
Ben Wilcox
It's a little daunting, a little troublesome.
Michael Axelrod
We look for this settlement to largely open the way to positive developments. The sheer magnitude of the claims that the plaintiffs were asserting has been troublesome for investors.
Lasan Johong
My daughter and son-in-law sold their condo (because of a troublesome downstairs neighbor). They are in a rental waiting for the market to go down, and I think they are right in doing so.
Peter Wheeler
The best for me is word of mouth, because all who know my work know how good I can be at what I do. It also makes the interview easier, because they've heard about me from someone else and know it's not just me boasting. I still dread looking. It's troublesome to be turned down for any reason, good or bad.
Cynthia Morgan
I'm really surprised this has become so troublesome. The U.S. depends on imports for many textile categories, so the two sides should be able to find more common ground.
Zhao Yumin
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