H. Jackson Brown Jr. Quotes

A fool can throw a stone in a pond that 100 wise men can not get out.

Basically, if you go looking for trouble, it'll come find you.

I'm always in trouble.

I don't care what you have done before or what you are capable of: if you come up against a guy like me, you are in trouble.

In my experience, people who go about looking for trouble usually find it.

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

People who hate trouble generally get a good deal of it.

The other teams could make trouble for us if they win.

Hey, I was lucky twice. I know it's three strikes and you're out. I don't think of myself as being invincible anymore.

Don't go getting mixed up in the business of your betters, or you'll land in trouble too big for you.

When you tell a fellow to go to hell, you’d better make sure that you can get him there.

I got in so much trouble when I was doing 'Snatched' in Hawaii.

Wherever I go, I'm followed by trouble.

I am not nice. That has gotten me into a lot of trouble.

I'm usually in control of the room, but if I sense some kind of hostility, I address it. Occasionally, there are pockets of homophobia, and it's not just the South - it's all over the country.

You have a genius for bringing trouble upon yourself

You're asking for trouble, Hannagan," he growls. "And you would be....?" Janie asks. She giggles. "Trouble.

There is a time when to avoid trouble is to store up trouble, and when to seek for a lazy and a cowardly peace is to court a still greater danger.

I don't go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me.

It's easy to win forgiveness for being wrong; being right is what gets you into real trouble.

Isn't that how it is when you must decide with your heart? You are not just choosing one thing over another. You are choosing what you want. And you are also choosing what somebody else does not want, and all the consequences that follow. You can tell yourself, That's not my problem, but those words do not wash the trouble away. Maybe it is no longer a problem in your life. But it is always a problem in your heart.

A man to whom you do a favor will not understand if you say nothing, make no noise, just walk away. You may cause more trouble by refusing a bribe than by accepting it.

Collaboration is risky. If it fails, if the occupation is wound up prematurely and the bad guys come back to power, you might find yourself in some serious trouble.

I never knew a man who had better motives for all the trouble he caused.