#troubles

When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#friends #great #his #laughs #loses

What troubles me is not that movie stars run for office, but that they find it easy to get elected. It should be difficult. It should be difficult for millionaires, too. ↗

— Shana Alexander

#easy #elected #find #get #me

The fact that religion plays such a part in how people vote troubles me, troubles me as a minister's daughter. Because I always felt that the separation of church and state was what our forefathers and foremothers really fought for. ↗

— Tori Amos

#because #church #daughter #fact #felt

People laugh to forget their troubles, and to forget their troubles they like to look at people who aren't doing better than they are. ↗

— Drew Carey

#doing #forget #laugh #like #look

Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore upon another's great tribulation; not because any man's troubles are a delectable joy, but because to perceive you are free of them yourself is pleasant. ↗

— Lucretius

#any #because #delectable #free #gaze

Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has likely learned how to have a little fun in spite of his troubles. ↗

— Don Marquis

#best #fun #his #how #learned

Belfast during the Troubles looked like a different world. ↗

— Clive Owen

#different #different world #during #like #looked

The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves. ↗

— William Penn

#jealous #others #themselves #torment #troublesome

Golf is a thinking man's game. You can have all the shots in the bag, but if you don't know what to do with them, you've got troubles. ↗

— Chi Chi Rodriguez

#game #golf #got #know #man

What troubles me is the Internet and the electronic technology revolution. Shyness is fueled in part by so many people spending huge amounts of time alone, isolated on e-mail, in chat rooms, which reduces their face-to-face contact with other people. ↗

— Philip Zimbardo

#chat #contact #e-mail #electronic #face-to-face