Rough Quotes

From the age of about five to twelve I was very bad, a hideous little terror who beat people up. I was a member of the Rough Gang - we went around and terrorized all the pupils in school.

I kept giving up runs. It was, for sure, a rough road and a very rocky one. I enjoyed my time there, but not as much as I could have if I would have pitched well.

It was a real rough year and a half. I was getting 80 shots every four weeks.

Life is rough for a lot of people. Some people live in greater material circumstances than others, but life is rough for everybody.

I come from Detroit where it's rough and I'm not a smooth talker.

Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.

I got to talking to an old actor, and he had a bunch of stories about the Rough Riders.

The way of the pioneer is always rough.

The competition is pretty rough these days.

I have been in Congress for more than a half century. I have lived through times of fear and times of hope. Of despair and of achievement. I have seen our government at its best, but today I fear that we see our government at its worst.

I've always been a rough kid.

Oh, yes. I knew I was weird by the time I was four. I knew I wasn't like other boys. I knew I was more fearful. I didn't like the rough and tumble most boys were into. I knew I was a sissy.

Blessed be childhood, which brings down something of heaven into the midst of our rough earthliness.

I sketched out a rough story for them and the director said, well it's a good story but we have the go-ahead from Universal to make this script and did I want to do it. I said no, and they left.

Well, I get my subject on Wednesday night; I think it out carefully on Thursday, and make my rough sketch; on Friday morning I begin, and stick to it all day, with my nose well down on the block.

As in nature, as in art, so in grace; it is rough treatment that gives souls, as well as stones, their luster.

We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.

You don't know who you messing with man, I slap people for fun. That's what I do man! You wanna play rough, huh, I kill for fun!

California has a beautiful coastline. It can be a rough coastline. The waves are huge. The rocks are steep. Same thing in Vancouver. It has a beautiful coastline. It's dramatic.

Truth has rough flavours if we bite it through.

Here's a secret. Many novelists, if they are pressed and if they are being honest, will admit that the finished book is a rather rough translation of the book they'd intended to write.

It's not to hurt anyone, but basketball can be rough.

It hasn't been smooth or delightful every minute, there were lean years and rough years, but it's been exciting and good and I'm thrilled to be an actress and a singer and to have spent my life this way.

I've travelled a huge amount, but almost all of it has been through work. I spent five years stationed in London in the special services of the American Air Force, producing and directing shows for the troops, which I absolutely loved.

Carrying those double tanks around all the time got to be a little rough on me. I had to put that damn wetsuit on and take it off, sometimes three or four times a day.

My friends, no matter how rough the road may be, we can and we will, never, never surrender to what is right.

I've tried to bring the mentality of the outside linebacker to the inside and the rough, tough style of an inside linebacker to the outside. The middle linebacker always has been known as kind of a big plugger. Outside guys are known to be able to run. I just try to make big plays wherever I am.

I've gone for each type: the rough guy; the nerdy, sweet, lovable guy; and the slick guy. I don't really have a type. Men in general are a good thing.

I lived rough, by my wits, was homeless, lived on the streets, lived on friends' floors, was happy, was miserable.

On paper, it looks rough, but I had a great childhood.