“A trouble is a trouble, and the general idea, in the country, is to treat it as such, rather than to snatch the knotted cords from the hand of God and deal out murderous blows.”

— William McFee

Book I: The Suburb, Ch. IV
Casuals of the Sea (1916)

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American writer 1881–1966

Andy McDermott (1974) British writer

"I see," Assad said, unhappy. A nod to the ASPS, and the soldiers opened more cases, taking out compact FN P90 submachine guns. "Another contingency," he told Nina and Macy. "I really hope we don't have to use them, Mr. Chase."

The Pyramid of Doom (2009), pp. 428-429

“The god looked out upon the troubled deep
Waked into tumult from its placid sleep”

Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809–1894) Poet, essayist, physician

"Translation From The Æneid, Book I" written while at Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts (c. 1824).
Context: The god looked out upon the troubled deep
Waked into tumult from its placid sleep;
The flame of anger kindles in his eye
As the wild waves ascend the lowering sky;
He lifts his head above their awful height
And to the distant fleet directs his sight.

“You look at the hands, not at the face, if you want to stay out of trouble.”

Franco Battiato (1945) Italian singer-songwriter, composer, and filmmaker

Source: da Strani giorni

“The trouble with this country is… that there're too many people going about saying "The trouble with this country is—"”

Sinclair Lewis book Dodsworth

Dodsworth, Ch. 10 http://books.google.com/books?id=_nL1PGgdVDIC&q=%22The+trouble+with+this+country+is%22+%22that+there're+too+many+people+going+about+saying%22&pg=PA82#v=onepage (1929)