“The day will come, sooner or later, when people will wonder at the necessity of taking all this trouble to expose the folly of a system, so childish and absurd, and yet so often enforced at the point of a bayonet.” PeopleWonderTroubleAbsurdFollySooner Or LaterBayonets Book:A treatise on political economy Source: A treatise on political economy
“Live Free or Die Hard may work better for an audience that doesn't know much about the series is than it will for Die Hard die hards, who will be wondering who that impersonator is and what he did with the real John McClane. The original Die Hard came out of nowhere to blitz the 1988 summer box office. The fourth installment arrives with a weight of expectations that Atlas would have trouble shouldering and, when the dust settles in September, it's unlikely that Live Free or Die Hard will be one of this year's big success stories.” KnowsYearsMayRealHardStoriesBigsDiesWonderAudienceTroubleOfficeSummerExpectationsWeightOriginalsSeriesBoxesDustSettlingFourthSeptemberUnlikelyBox OfficeAtlasSuccess StoriesLive FreeBlitzImpersonators Author:James Berardinelli
“I realize that this is not what you want to put on a cover with Wonder Woman emblazoned on it. She could be in trouble, but she doesn't need to be completely out of control. So whenever I'm doing these covers, I try to make sure that there's an element where, even if there is danger, it's not something where agency is taken away from her.” IfsWantNeedsTryingBookRealizingWonderTakenTroubleDangerElementsWhat You WantComicAgencyComic BookWonder Woman Author:Cliff Chiang
“Miracles are happening every day. I do think that's true. If you can take the time to look. It took me a while to learn that, though some children know it instinctively and they do have wonder when they are kids. But the trouble is, as we grow older, we lose it.” IfsThinkingKnowsLooksChildrenKidsGrowsLosesWonderTroubleHappeningsMiracle Author:Julie Andrews
“I guess what I always found funny was the human condition. There is a certain comedy and pathos to trouble and accidents. Like, when a driver has parked his car crookedly and then wonders why he has the bad luck of being hit.” HumansCountryCertainFoundWonderComedyTroubleConditionsCarLuckAccidentsDriversHuman ConditionBad LuckPathos Author:John Prine
“Go! dive into the Southern Sea, and when Th'ast found, to trouble the nice sight of men, A swelling pearl, and such whose single worth Boasts all the wonders which the seas bring forth, Give it Endymion's love, whose ev'ry tear Would more enrich the skilful jeweller.” MenGivingFoundWonderNiceTroubleSeaTearsSightSouthernPearlsJewelsBoastSwellingEndymion Author:William Davenant
“My constant prayer, these days, as I start my backswing is, 'Oh, please let me swing slowly.' The trouble is that sometimes I wonder whether I swing at all; whether I am not strictly a chopper.” SometimesSportsPrayerWonderTroublePleaseLet MeConstantThese DaysSwingsSometimes I WonderChoppers Book:The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower: NATO and the campaign of 1952 Source: The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower: NATO and the campaign of 1952
“One thing I learned, with permission of the school committee of Indianapolis, was that when a tyrant or a government gets in trouble it wonders what to do. Declare war! Then nothing else matters. It's like chess; when in doubt, castle.” WarMatterGovernmentSchoolWonderDoubtTroubleOne ThingChessTyrantsPermissionCommitteesCastlesWhen In DoubtIndianapolis Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“People copy examples and then they wonder what is the trouble. They look at examples and without theory they learn nothing.” PeopleLooksWonderTroubleExampleTheoryCopies Author:W. Edwards Deming