Troubling Quotes

122 quotes by 116 authors

Nothing is more capable of troubling our reason, and consuming our health, than secret notions of jealousy in solitude. — Aphra Behn
The safe haven that al-Qaida has found in Pakistan is very troubling. — Hillary Clinton
It often happens that we pray God to deliver us from some dangerous temptation, and yet God does not hear us but permits the temptation… — Alphonsus Liguori
Heaven: A place where the wicked cease from troubling you with talk of their personal affairs, and the good listen with attention while you expound… — Ambrose Bierce
When you're operating on uninvestigated theories of what's going on and you aren't even aware of it, you're in what I call "the dream." Often… — Byron Katie
In recent weeks we learned that scientists have created human embryos in test tubes solely to experiment on them. This is deeply troubling, and a… — George W. Bush
The latest developments in Iraq are deeply troubling, but as the United States considers military and diplomatic responses to the actions of the Islamic State… — Sean Patrick Maloney
Having a crush is a bit like being infected with the most annoying, troubling and yet delicious disease you could get. It is almost more… — Claire Smith
It worries me a little bit the reach and power of TV. More people saw me in The Practice than will ever see me in… — Michael Emerson
When something is troubling me, people know about it — Rachael Leigh Cook
I will resign as party leader to take full responsibility for troubling the public and party supporters. — Seiji Maehara
The imagined memories had to have as much weight as the real, or we had to at least pretend they did to such a degree… — Dinaw Mengestu
Love shook my heart/ Like the wind on the mountain/ Troubling the oak-trees — Sappho
Where's the progress that we're going to see in Afghanistan? You have to keep public support both on the economy and the war or these… — Doris Kearns Goodwin
It's disingenuous and wrong to say that the attorney general's expanded powers in the Patriot Act come with adequate oversight by the courts, ... In… — Anthony Romero
An example is often a deceptive mirror, and the order of destiny, so troubling to our thoughts, is not always found written in things past — Pierre Corneille
I used to be a conservative, and I watch these debates and Iâ€™m wondering, I donâ€™t think Iâ€™ve changed, but itâ€™s a little troubling sometimes… — Jeb Bush
Parody by itself is not subversive, and there must be a way to understand what makes certain kinds of parodic repetitions effectively disruptive, truly troubling,… — Judith Butler
A man's true greatness lies in the consciousness of an honest purpose in life, founded on a just estimate of himself and everything else, on… — Marcus Aurelius
Everybody in politics lies, but they do it with such ease, it's troubling. — David Geffen

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