“I could never figure out or probably did not take the trouble to figure out what the great philosophical problems are about. The momentous statements I come across are at best a storm in a teacup. There are quite a number of people who have a vested interest in the stuff, make a noble living out of it, and they conspire with one another to keep it alive.” PeopleProblemStuffInterestNumbersAliveTroubleFiguresPhilosophicalStormNobleStatementsVested InterestsGreat Philosophical Author:Eric Hoffer
“We easily fall into the habit of accepting compressed statements which save us from the trouble of thinking. Thus arises what I shall call 'Potted Thinking'.” ThinkingFallAcceptingTroubleHabitAriseStatements Author:Susan Stebbing
“The basic trouble is that people make statements without sufficient data.” PeopleTroubleStatementsDataSufficient Book:Ups and downs: stories Source: Ups and downs: stories
“You get in a lot of trouble when you start putting fictitious numbers on value. I think to just say, we're going to say a dollar of cash is worth $2 all of a sudden, it isn't worth $2. It's worth a dollar today. And I think once you start putting phony figures into financial statements, you get in a lot of trouble.” ThinkingTodayValuesNumbersTroubleFiguresDollarsFinancialStatementsCashPhonyFinancial Statements Author:Howard Warren Buffett
“The trouble is, when professional spies go out of their way to make a definitive statement about one of their own, the public tends to believe the opposite: which puts us all back where we started.” WayBelieveTroubleOppositesStatementsSpy Author:John le Carre
“My hair is such a statement that it's like a neon sign asking for trouble.” TroubleHairAskingStatementsNeonNeon Sign Author:Natasha Lyonne
“They [the people under you] may desire help, but more than anything else they desire sympathy. Don't make the mistake of turning such men down with the statement that you have troubles of your own.” PeopleMenMayHelpingDesireMistakeTroubleStatements Author:Napoleon Hill