I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness -… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
It is possible to evangelize the world in this generation, if the Church will but do her duty. The trouble is not… — Griffith John Copy Share Image
I remember writing 'All I Want Is You' and hoping it would get me out of trouble. I haven't stopped writing songs… — Cheyenne Kimball Copy Share Image
The only trouble with capitalism is capitalists - they are too damn greedy. — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
My friend Ronald Gottesman says...that the cause of all our trouble is the belief in an essential, pure identity: religious, ethnic, historical,… — Chris Abani Copy Share Image
The kind of eyes that jumped from a woman's dreams right into her morning and made trouble in the marriage bed. — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
The trouble with being educated is that it takes a long time; it uses up the better part of your life and… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
In the legends that males have invented to explain life, the first human creature is a man named Adam. Eve arrives later,… — Oriana Fallaci Copy Share Image
Our policies related to China should not be deviating as they differ in case of Pakistan. During times of trouble, we boycott… — Uddhav Thackeray Copy Share Image
To express himself well, the artist should be hidden. The trouble is that if an artist knows he has genius, he's done… — Pierre-Auguste Renoir Copy Share Image
Some people bear three kinds of trouble - the ones they've had, the ones they have, and the ones they expect to… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
Getting older is tough. I remember the last time I felt an erection. It was at the movies. The only trouble is,… — Rodney Dangerfield Copy Share Image
Therefore, since the world has still Much good, but much less good than ill, And while the sun and moon endure Luck's… — A. E. Housman Copy Share Image
The trouble with the Internet is that it's replacing masturbation as a leisure activity. — Patrick Murray Copy Share Image
Anybody can jump a motorcycle. The trouble begins when you try to land it — Evel Knievel Copy Share Image
In democratic ages men rarely sacrifice themselves for another, but they show a general compassion for all the human race. One never… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If my writing comes to a halt, I head to the shops: I find them very inspirational. And if I get into… — Sophie Kinsella Copy Share Image
We are so impressed by scientific clank that we feel we ought not to say that the sunflower turns because it knows… — Robert Farrar Capon Copy Share Image
He would still see it as his duty to shut up and get on with it, not cause any trouble. In our… — Eddie Campbell Copy Share Image
A constitutional democracy is in serious trouble if its citizenry does not have a certain degree of education and civic virtue. — Phillip E. Johnson Copy Share Image
Whenever I'd get in trouble, my mom would send me to Seattle, and when I would get in trouble there, I'd get… — Lil Tracy Copy Share Image
We trouble our life by thoughts about death, and our death by thoughts about life. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
children once settled and confident can mostly be left, it seems, to manage their difficulties without us. Only what we must do,… — Nan Fairbrother Copy Share Image
But the way to overcome is by patience, forgiving and praying for your enemies, in doing whereof you heap coals upon their… — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share Image
The basic trouble with all long-range population projections is that they are driven by assumptions about birth levels - and there is… — Nicholas Eberstadt Copy Share Image
For the past thirty years or so, much American poetry has been marked by an earnestness that rejects the comic. This has… — Stephen Dobyns Copy Share Image
Leuconoe, close the book of fate, For troubles are in store, . . . . Live today, tomorrow is not. — Horace Copy Share Image
Well, I think that we ought to definitely look at it and debate it. I think there are a lot of people… — Laura Bush Copy Share Image
That's the trouble with loving a wild thing: You're always left watching the door. — Edith Pattou Copy Share Image
I did not know from a scientific perspective why I did not believe in evolution - but I knew from a Biblical… — Ken Ham Copy Share Image
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I got in trouble with the stern-faced Russians who didn't want me to create a guy who is mortal. — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
My idea is, that if capital and labor are left alone they will mutually regulate each other. People who think they can… — Jay Gould Copy Share Image
My whole effort is to help you to disappear. My whole effort is to help you to be so empty: anatta -… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
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