Keyword: Trouble

Things are gradually falling into place on top of me.

(1933 – ) English author & cartoonist
Problems Self

Woman's Rule of Thumb: If it has tires or testicles, you're going to have trouble with it.

Men People

Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
Problems Situations

There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.

(1930 – ) financier & investment businessman
Characteristics Problems

Trouble strikes in series of threes, but when working around the house the next job after a series of three is not the fourth job – it's the start of a brand new series of three.

Murphy’s Laws Problems Work

Never underestimate a child’s ability to get into more trouble.

(1943 – ) comedian & actor
Children Family

An unexpectedly easy-to-handle sequence of events will be immediately followed by an equally long sequence of trouble.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

The other teams could make trouble for us if they win.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager
Baseball Yogi-isms

Sex: The thing that takes up the least amount of time and causes the most amount of trouble.

(1882 – 1942) American actor
Problems Sex Time

Husbands are awkward things to deal with; even keeping them in hot water will not make them tender.

author
Husbands Marriage Problems

Husbands are awkward things to deal with; even keeping them in hot water will not make them tender.

Husbands Marriage

I saw a license plate yesterday that said 'I Miss New York,' so I smashed their window and stole their radio.

(1962 – ) American actor & comedian
New York City Places Problems

When you are in it up to your ears, keep your mouth shut.

Problems Situations

The great advantage of being in a rut is that when one is in a rut, one knows exactly where one is.

1867 – 1931) English novelist
Failure Problems

You can always tell you're in trouble when the good option involves a prosthetic leg.

blogger (Standing Room Only)
Problems Situations

We seem to have unleased a hornet's nest.

Malaprops Situations

Help a man when he is in trouble and he will remember you when he is in trouble again.


Memory Murphy’s Laws People Problems Situations

Your mother's down there throwing a monkey wrench into the halls of justice.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
Malaprops

Never go out to meet trouble; if you will just sit still, nine cases out of ten someone will intercept it before it reaches you.

(1872 – 1933) 30th U.S. president
Problems

This isn’t life in the fast lane, it’s life in the oncoming traffic.

(1948 – ) English novelist
Life

The only thing God didn't do to Job was give him a computer.

(1907 – 1989) American writer
Beliefs Computers God Things