It's not rebels that make trouble, but trouble that makes rebels. — Ruth Messinger
I was a little troublemaker. Always trying to get in trouble, always mischief, like throwing rocks at cars when I was younger, all that kind of stuff. — Ryan Lochte
Opportunity's favorite disguise is trouble. — Frank Tyger
We need, in every community, a group of angelic troublemakers. — Bayard Rustin
Be the trouble you want to see in the world. — Joey Comeau
The trickster's function is to break taboos, create mischief, stir things up. In the end, the trickster gives people what they really want, some sort of freedom. — Tom Robbins
If you have ever been called defiant, incorrigible, forward, cunning, insurgent, unruly, rebellious, you're on the right track. — Clarissa Pinkola Estes
The highly motivated people in society are the ones causing all the trouble. It's not the lazy unmotivated folks sitting in front of a TV eating potato chips who bother anyone. — George Carlin
Entrepreneurship is the last refuge of the trouble making individual. — Mason Cooley
I believe in social dislocation and creative trouble. — Bayard Rustin
When trouble arises and things look bad, there is always one individual who perceives a solution and is willing to take command. Very often, that individual is crazy. — Dave Barry
Stubborn people get themselves in a lot of trouble, but they also get things done. — Anna Paquin
Short Troublemaker Quotes
Since no one really knows anything about God, those who think they do are just troublemakers. — Rabia Basri
Brunettes are troublemakers. They're worse than the Jews. — Charlie Chaplin
A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill. — Robert A. Heinlein
Out of 6 billion humans, the troublemakers are just a handful. — Dalai Lama
If there had been no troublemakers, no Dissenters, we should still be living in caves. — Sayings
We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails. — Eric Hoffer
Society honors its living conformists and its dead troublemakers. — Mignon McLaughlin
The way of the troublemaker is thorny. — American Indian Proverbs
I was a born troublemaker and might as well earn a living at it. — Bill Mauldin
In the world of comic books, "troublemaker" means someone who has some sense of dignity. — Frank Miller
We entrepreneurs are loners, vagabonds, troublemakers. Success is simply a matter of finding and surrounding ourselves with those open-minded and clever souls who can take our insanity and put it to good use. — Anita Roddick
I was just a goofy little funny kid, who was always getting sent to the principal. It wasn't serious because I was smart. I wasn't like a true troublemaker, just rambunctious - like, talkative and trying to be funny. That was me in middle-school. — J. Cole
Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. — Walter Isaacson
I don't do anything in order to cause trouble. It just so happens that what I do naturally causes trouble. I'm proud to be a troublemaker. — Sinead O'Connor
Christians should be troublemakers, creators of uncertainty, agents of a dimension incompatible with society. — Jacques Ellul
Hard times build determination and inner strength. Through them we can also come to appreciate the uselessness of anger. Instead of getting angry nurture a deep caring and respect for troublemakers because by creating such trying circumstances they provide us with invaluable opportunities to practice tolerance and patience. — Dalai Lama
When I was in high school, I wasn't a troublemaker. I didn't get in fights. I was a good student and I had a lot of friends. — Thomas McDonell
Throughout history, people with new ideas—who think differently and try to change things—have always been called troublemakers. — Richelle Mead
Brian was the oldest, I was in the middle and Carl was the baby. I was the troublemaker. Brian got great grades and Carl got the kind of grades I did. I failed everything. I was too busy fighting and running wild. — Dennis Wilson
It kills me to lose. If I'm a troublemaker, and I don't think that my temper makes me one, then it's because I can't stand losing. That's the way I am about winning, all I ever wanted to do was finish first. — Jackie Robinson
Few novels or plays could exist without at least one troublemaker in the group, and perhaps life couldn't either. — Mignon McLaughlin
I think there is such a thing as a bad seed that comes to flower in certain people. The danger with that theory is that we begin to look for those "troublemakers" early on and try to weed them out. That's very dangerous, because it could work against kids who are just routine troublemakers. — James Hillman
Heroes are born to be troublemakers. — Mason Cooley
Get good at being a troublemaker and saying sorry when you really screw up — Tim Ferriss
A community is a butcher and a doctor, a minister, a town troublemaker. A "community" is not a bunch of people united by some grievance. That's just self-righteousness - incredibly dangerous and antidemocratic. — Fran Lebowitz
I was labeled a troublemaker, my mom an unfit mother, and I was not welcome anywhere. — Bryan White
I was labeled a troublemaker, my mom an unfit mother, and I was not welcome anywhere. — Ryan White
When we talk about global crisis, or a crisis of humanity, we cannot blame a few politicians, a few fanatics, or a few troublemakers. The whole of humanity has a responsibility because it is our business, human business. I call this a sense of universal responsibility. That is a crucial point. — Dalai Lama
Anger, jealousy, impatience, and hatred are the real troublemakers, with them problems cannot be solved. — Dalai Lama
One of my friends once saw another guy's (criminal) record and said, 'Look, this guy is a born troublemaker, just a loser.' I had to tell him, 'No, that's my record - and it doesn't include my juvenile history.' — Mike Tyson
If you are a troublemaker, it’s our job to politically destroy you. Put it this way. As long as JB Jeyaretnam stands for what he stands for – a thoroughly destructive force – we will knock him. Everybody knows that in my bag I have a hatchet, and a very sharp one. You take me on, I take my hatchet, we meet in the cul-de-sac. — Lee Kuan Yew
Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do. — Apple Inc.
For instance, there are many mainstream Reformed theologians that deny the doctrine of "limited" atonement (the "L" in TULIP, the acrostic for the Five Points of Calvinism). These are not thinkers on the margins or troublemakers. They are leaders at the center of Reformed thinking like Bishop John Davenant. — Oliver D. Crisp
I learned that if you're going to be a troublemaker, you don't want a ton of witnesses, because there's inevitable fallout from living like you're in 'Lord of the Flies.' — Natasha Lyonne
What was I thinking? Of all the assistants I could have wound up with, why did I have to choose the one with the scary mother and troublemaking in his bloodlines? I am doomed. — Trudi Canavan
Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers. — Mignon McLaughlin
Anger is the ultimate troublemaker. I feel you can express a strong disapproval or dislike of an object without losing your temper. — Dalai Lama
History's political and economic power structures have always abhorred 'idle people' as potential troublemakers. Yet nature never abhors seemingly idle trees, grass, snails, coral reefs, and clouds in the sky. — Richard Buckminster Fuller
I was very troubled, yes. Me and my brother both - we were troubled and troublemakers. — Chloe Sevigny
All of them turned their backs on me at that time because they thought I was a troublemaker. — Fred Korematsu
I have observed that society in general always seems to honor its living conformists and its dead troublemakers. — Wayne Dyer
I'm just a troublemaker. — Emir Kusturica
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