#trouble

A great number of the disappointments and mishaps of the troubled world are the direct result of literature and the allied arts. It is our belief that no human being who devotes his life and energy to the manufacture of fantasies can be anything but fundamentally inadequate. ↗

— Christopher Hampton

#anything #arts #being #belief #devotes

Segregation never brought anyone anything except trouble. ↗

— Paul Harris

#anything #brought #except #never #segregation

We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death. ↗

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

#congratulate #death #dream #may #moment

Nothing has caused the human race so much trouble as intelligence. ↗

— John Michael Hayes

#human #human race #intelligence #much #nothing

I was in New York. Hitchcock was in California. He rang me to make a report on his progress and said, I'm having trouble. I've just sacked my second screenwriter. ↗

— Patricia Highsmith

#having #his #hitchcock #i #just

The more you hesitate in a game, the more your chance of getting hit. Your focus isn't there. When you hesitate, usually you're in trouble. ↗

— Sidney Crosby

#focus #game #getting #hesitate #hit

Prostitution happens to you because of troubles you had. In reality no woman would choose to do that. ↗

— Catherine Deneuve

#choose #had #happens #reality #troubles

When you have a good script you're almost in more trouble than when you have a terrible script. ↗

— Robert Downey, Jr.

#good #good script #more #script #terrible

I don't look at her like she's a bad girl. She just misunderstood sometime, she's a little troubled, she's a little dysfunctional. She's a survivor. ↗

— Aida Turturro

#bad girl #dysfunctional #girl #her #i

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death. ↗

— Leonardo da Vinci

#approves #brave #business #conduct #conscience