Traditional Long Drink

Famous quotes containing the words traditional, long and/or drink:

    The traditional American husband and father had the responsibilities—and the privileges—of playing the role of primary provider. Sharing that role is not easy. To yield exclusive access to the role is to surrender some of the potential for fulfilling the hero fantasy—a fantasy that appeals to us all. The loss is far from trivial.
    Faye J. Crosby (20th century)

    Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto
    the bitter in soul;
    Which long for death,
    Bible: Hebrew Job (l. III, 20–21)

    She was a charming middle-aged lady with a face like a bucket of mud. I gave her a drink. She was a gal who’d take a drink if she had to knock me down to get the bottle.
    John Paxton (1911–1985)