Trouble Quotations | Page 5

Lots of kids, including my son, have trouble making the leap from reading words or a few sentences in picture books to chapter books. Chapters are often long... 10 pages can seem like a lifetime to a young reader. Then reading becomes laborious and serious. That's why some of the chapters in my books are very short.

We're not disciplined enough to do things correctly, ... We take downs off and it gets us into trouble. It's personal fouls. It's holding. It's facemask. It's the whole gauntlet of stuff.

There are people so alienated from the mainstream of American culture that it's like a parallel universe. They don't expect anything but trouble from the square world. Every time they interact with that world, they're given a ticket, sent to jail, drafted. It's never good. So they live by a separate value system.

The plane in trouble started flip-flopping around and turning somersaults. When it came down, it came down.

When this happens, the insurance companies that are in trouble will count on state guarantee funds to cover them. This is one reason to make sure your homeowners insurance company is a so-called 'admitted' carrier; nonadmitted carriers are not covered by state guarantee funds.

When we started the season, we knew this team would have trouble shooting free throws. And we did all kinds of things to try to take the kids' minds off it. Everyone on our bench knew it could come back to haunt us, and it did. I remember thinking three weeks ago, this could cost us a state championship.

When you can't get your best shooter off, you're in trouble.

We're glad we got a chance to play the game. We've been having some trouble scoring, so it was nice to put the puck in the net.

Mr. Selig looked at me and said, 'I want to know one thing. Did you bet on baseball?' ... I looked him in the eye. 'Sir, my daddy taught me two things in life -- how to play baseball and how to take responsibility for my actions. I learned the first one pretty well. The other, I've had some trouble with. Yes, sir, I did bet on baseball.'

Since I was a child, I started to ask very difficult questions; even my family was telling me all the time, 'You're a very difficult person, and we were having trouble answering your questions. Why are you asking so many questions?'

Most people get into financial trouble because they don't know where their money goes.

Most people have trouble caring if he gets re-elected or not. They're having a difficult time seeing that he's different from the opposition. He needs to give them a reason to care.

May good luck be your friend in whatever you do and may trouble be always a stranger to you.

Matt was huge on offense and defense. He got into foul trouble early but he continued to battle. On defense I think he must have taken at least four charges.

May your neighbors respect you, trouble neglect you, the angels protect you, and heaven accept you. May the Irish hills caress you. May her lakes and rivers bless you. May the luck of the Irish enfold you. May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you.

May your trouble be like the old man's teeth - few and far between

Since there is practically nobody else around, you're going to have to rely much more on your own ability to get out of trouble should you get into trouble, ... If the weather does turn bad, it can turn very, very bad indeed and very quickly.

Shaq did a great job tonight. We have to make sure he's not in foul trouble and constantly look to go to him.

Shaq getting in foul trouble really changed the game for us.

Shaq in foul trouble makes life easy for everybody.

She has no problem with the double-team. When we get in trouble on offense is when our guards don't have good passing lanes to her. But once she gets the ball, she usually doesn't have any problem.

She hasn't been in foul trouble all season. It was so uncharacteristic that it kind of left us at a loss for a little bit.

Most teams love seeing the bases loaded, nobody out. We seem to have a little trouble with it. We fought in the game, though. We had other opportunities, perhaps, to do some things. We just couldn't break through.

She moved inside a little bit early, but she did a great job to get back again and not get in trouble with officials.

She just got in some trouble for skipping school.

She just wanted to have a good senior season, so the trouble within the team was frustrating to her. She also had to play through her own set of injuries and was trying to hold everybody together too.

She has been having a lot of trouble with her car recently. I got mad at her and told her that her vehicle wasn't worth $100, she shouldn't spend any money on it.

She could also testify to bouts of rage, sexual problems and other behavior consistent with steroid use. If he said he didn't use and he knowingly used them, he is in trouble and Bell can help the government's case.

She'd go to bat for you and she'd really try to help you out if you were having trouble in the class or outside the class. I know she was very happy when I ran for office and was very proud of me.

She can't get tired, she can't get in foul trouble because she means too much to us out there. If she gets tired in practice, I don't take her out because she's not going to come out in the game. I tell her getting tired is not an option, she can get that out of her head.

When you raise both feet off the ground in a tackle these days, you are facing trouble. I think, especially away from home, when you lift your feet and launch yourself at someone you are risking everything. That's the game today.

Magic has been around forever, and it's also been in trouble forever. I'm not suggesting that there was ever a time when the practice of magic was celebrated by those in power. Actually, such practices were routinely demonized by monarchs and organized religions precisely because magic is inherently democratic.

Lyndon Johnson in his prime would have trouble getting it through.

Many people, blacks as well as whites, have some trouble having the story of slavery told in a major public venue, ... But we do not have the right not to tell the story.

Solid productivity gains are helping to restrain inflationary pressures. However, because the recent improvements are due to a dramatic reduction in work hours, they reflect the deep trouble the economy is in.

So far, we haven't had any trouble getting it, but we're paying 10 percent to 15 percent more for plywood,

Shooting the puck up ice is something we've been working on all season. It's gotten me in trouble a couple of times, turning it over to the other team and getting goals against us. It was a bang, bang play and fortunately it worked out.

Simons got into some trouble early but he made some adjustments and pitched well.

Shifting debt from one card to another can get you in trouble if you just accrue more debt.

Sean had a great first game and a great last game. In between he did OK, but was not as productive as I hoped. He had some trouble dropping the ball, as did some other guys.

On a gay situation, I think we set a trend too. I remember how Blake Carrington in Dynasty hated his son being gay. And the son finally moved out and Blake was mean to his son's lover, but in the last show, I'll never forget that, Blake visited the apartment his son and his lover were living in. They were expecting trouble and hell, but nothing happened and he kissed his son.

She's never been in trouble before. She has no record at all.

She's never been in trouble with the law, not ever.

She's down the middle, the same thing every time. She doesn't get in a lot of trouble and has a great short game. She's definitely the best putter on our team.

She's not going to have any trouble at all,

She's so strong and she's lanky. The only thing she might have trouble in is the javelin.

So many of them (blacks) are evacuated. So many who are back are not living where they used to. We were having trouble finding them on the phone.

So many of the problems we deal with are preventable. But we try to work things out and explain to the students that they don't want to get in even more trouble in the future. I like talking to them and finding an answer.

She will need to articulate a vision of the Constitution and the role of a judge that is sound or she could be in trouble with the Republican senators,

She was having trouble in kindergarten and we questioned it, but not a whole lot because she wasn't having that much trouble. Then, when she went to the first grade, they kept saying 'She's immature, she's immature' and we finally got her tested in the first grade and they said she needed speech therapy, which was a big problem.

She's usually more trouble when she's ahead of me. She should be fine. She took out two of our cars. A little rookie mistake had a big consequence. But I've got no problem racing with her.

She's usually more trouble when she's in front of me. Starting behind, it should be OK. She made a little mistake at Indy. Unfortunately, it had a big consequence and took our two cars out. But I've got no problem racing with her.

She was all over the place and swinging wildly. Mary has to be more patient when she's got someone in trouble and not get caught up in styles. We'll work on it and she'll be OK.

She?s been sick and she can only play in short spurts because she has trouble breathing.

The only person I had any trouble with was Gloria Swanson, and her objections were completely off the wall. She didn't have any legal leg to stand on. And she took me to court, saying that I libeled her. There's absolutely no libel in the chapter on her. She was the mistress of Joe Kennedy.

Where there's no mutual respect, there's trouble!

Mutual respect is so important because as soon as it disappears in relations between you and the next person, there's trouble.

Where there is love, nothing is too much trouble and there is always time.

When the Shah found himself in trouble, we quite literally stabbed him in the back.

I don't know anything about Angola, but Angola's in trouble.

Let's put it this way: I did not get in trouble every time I drank, but every time I got in trouble, I'd been drinking

One woman reads another's character Without the tedious trouble of deciphering

one should discuss one's difficulties only when they are over.

Good food is always a trouble and its preparation should be regarded as a labour of love.

Prohibition has made nothing but trouble

Much of the really serious trouble in the world gets going with a sense of humiliation.

The trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify.

Don't bring anything to me but trouble.

The price of progress is trouble.

I don't have any sexual hang-ups, but I'm sure there are bodybuilders who have trouble with sex, and obviously the body building hasn't helped.

The trouble with me is that for a long time I have just been an I person. All people belong to a We except me. Not to belong to a We makes you too lonesome.

... if God took the trouble to tell us eight hundred times to be glad and rejoice, He must want us to do it—SOME.

Comfort the troubled, and trouble the comfortable.

Had Luther and Calvin been confined before they had begun to dogmatize, the states would have been spared many troubles.

The trouble with words is that you never know whose mouths they've been in.

When the biggest, richest, glassiest buildings in town are the banks, you know that town's in trouble.

I have a very strong opinion that brands get in trouble when they lose focus of who they are. And we're not going to let that happen.

Kerry didn't show up at the Speed Queen or Leon's, but he had no trouble eating a filet mignon and asparagus at a lakefront restaurant instead, ... It will be interesting to see whether Kerry's cuisine matches his rhetoric in Kansas City tomorrow.

Kerry's line is, 'If this is the best we can do, we're in trouble,'

Kind words, kind looks, kind acts and warm handshakes, these are means of grace when men in trouble are fighting their unseen battles

I was in serious cabin-fever trouble being out of football,

I would say more important than having these big conversations with children about sex abuse would be every single day tell the child how much you love them, whatever happens to them even if they thought they were in trouble that you'll never hate them, never get them in trouble because they came to you.

I would they were even cut off which trouble you.

Half the time, if you really want to know the truth, when I'm horsing around with a girl, I have a helluva lot of trouble just finding what I'm looking for, for God's sake, if you know what I mean

Halfway through the second half things fell apart for us. They shot 60 percent and were very athletic. We got into foul trouble and couldn't bounce back.

Greer's win over (Anthony) was his best of the year. He was down 8-1 at one point, but that kid had trouble keeping up with Greer's pace. This is the first time I've seen Greer dig his way out of a hole like that, and I think it all goes back to the fact that he's wrestling more relaxed and confident.

He is very physical, holds the ball up well. He can trouble teams with his heading, especially on the second ball. We have to be wary of him.

He is saying as little as he needs to be confirmed and hasn't made many mistakes that trouble a majority of senators whose votes he needs.

He just had a tough time getting pitches where he wanted them and too many walks. It's really tough to spot-start. He's in a tough role right now and was coming off a great game. He's had trouble locating his stuff.

He just has that chip-on-the-shoulder toughness, like a riverboat gambler. He's going for it. He's got huge, huge heart. You're never out of trouble with him.

He just wasn't quite sharp enough with his curve. His breaking ball wasn't quick enough at times. When your starter gets in trouble like that, you want him to fight through it, but I probably waited too long to pull him.

I'd be happy if someone said he could come back by May 1. The trouble is, there is nothing in baseball to compare this injury to.

I couldn't pick up his fastball. I just had trouble with him.

I am really hoping for a trouble-free weekend as the car feels good and I feel I can get some good results in it.

I didn't have any trouble. One rebound I gave up was a little tentative, but I can't say that I had any trouble. ... It was a good test. I don't see it being any problem at all.

For some reason we just have trouble finishing. Slade did an excellent job (at keeper), our back four played great, we controlled the ball at mid field and we got good looks. We just couldn't finish.

(Foy) is a real pleasant kid. He's good to be around, never in any trouble and he has great character.

Foul trouble can hurt us. We don't have a lot of depth.

Foul trouble hurt us, and we had to change our defense. We had been doing well with our man defense, but when we had to change it, we weren't as aggressive.

Foul trouble killed us. We didn't get to do what we wanted to do. We wanted to pressure them, but that was taken out by the foul trouble. We settled into a zone defense and they shot the ball over us. You have to give Morton credit. They got the good looks and knocked down the shots.