Famous quotes containing the words clean, room and/or reverse:
“I know what youre thinking. Did he fire six shots or only five? Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement Ive kinda lost track myself. But being this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean offyouve got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?”
—Harry Fink, U.S. screenwriter, Rita Fink, U.S. screenwriter, Dean Riesner, U.S. screenwriter, and Don Siegel. Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood)
“Mrs. Small went to the kitchen for her pocketbook
And came back to the living room with a peculiar look
And the coffee pot.
Pocketbook. Pot.
Pot. Pocketbook.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)
“Now listen, buddy, there are a few corny ideas you got to get out of your head if youre going to fly an airplane. Most things are just the reverse from what people think. The higher you are the safer you are. The Earth down there, that, thats your enemy because once you hit that, boy, you splatter.”
—Dalton Trumbo (19051976)