“I cannot see the word ‘troubled’ prefixing the name of some poor starlet who has been dragged through the mire of tabloid spite without vomiting directly onto the newspaper. Troubled by whom? Troubled by you, you fuckwits.”

“The trouble about working on a tabloid is that they tend to be run by bullies.”

Ian Hislop (1960) Satirical comedian, Editor, Television and radio presenter

“Do not trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.”

Robert Jordan The Shadow Rising

“Never trouble trouble, till trouble troubles you”

Katie Fforde (1952) British novelist (1952-)

“The only thing that you can get into without a lot of trouble is a lot of trouble.”

Bill Cosby (1937) American actor, comedian, author, producer, musician, activist

“I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”

Dr. Seuss (1904–1991) American children's writer and illustrator, co-founder of Beginner Books

“Cricket's all right in spite of the newspapers, but the trouble is that three quarters of us don't know how to use our own gifts.”

Dudley Carew (1903–1981) English journalist, writer, poet and film critic

“Be the trouble you want to see in the world.”

Joey Comeau (1980) writer

“They who in trouble untroubled are
Will trouble trouble itself.”

Thiruvalluvar book Tirukkuṛaḷ

“When you know quite absolutely that everything is unreal, you then cannot see why you should take the trouble to prove it.”

Emil M. Cioran book The Trouble With Being Born