Famous quotes containing the word rough:
“no little brass rollers
and small easy wheels on the bottom
my townspeople what are you thinking of!
A rough plain hearse then
with gilt wheels and no top at all.”
—William Carlos Williams (18831963)
“What war has always been is a puberty ceremony. Its a very rough one, but you went away a boy and came back a man, maybe with an eye missing or whatever but godammit you were a man and people had to call you a man thereafter.”
—Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (b. 1922)
“He doesnt want you for friends, thats why he did it. You see, when guys have been in the line as long as we have, you find out its no good to make friends, cause when a friend gets itwell, its rough on you. The buddies that come with you youre stuck with, but you dont make no new ones. Its the dyin truth.”
—Gil Doud, U.S. screenwriter, and Jessie Hibbs. Johnson (Marshall Thompson)