Rough Quotes

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Politics cannot stop to study psychology Its methods are rough; its judgments rougher still. — Henry Adams
Man is a rough-hewn and woman a finished product. — Rabindranath Tagore
You can find a diamond in the rough a lot of times. — Babyface
Unfortunately, a lot of executives aren't like producers, and can't hear the diamond in the rough. — Babyface
Our destiny often looks like a fruit-tree in winter. Who would think from its pitiable aspect that those rigid boughs, those rough twigs could next… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Jeb Bush gave a speech yesterday. He had a pretty rough time. He accidentally said that ISIS has 200,000 men instead of 20,000, and then… — Jimmy Fallon
I thought how utterly we have forsaken the Earth, in the sense of excluding it from our thoughts. There are but few who consider its… — Wallace Stevens
Hard are the ways of truth, and rough to walk. — John Milton
If you make believe that ten guys in pin-striped suits are back in a kindergarten class playing with building blocks, you'll get a rough picture… — Lee Iacocca
Men should have rough hands and be strong. — Scott Caan
... to die on a kitchen floor at 7 o'clock in the morning while other people are frying eggs is not so rough unless it… — Charles Bukowski
Sure God created man before woman, but then again you always make a rough draft before creating the final masterpiece. — Robert Bloch
I like the rough impersonality of New York ... Human relations are oiled by jokes, complaints, and confessions-all made with the assumption of never seeing… — Bill Bradley
If we are on the outside, we assume a conspiracy is the perfect working of a scheme. Silent nameless men with unadorned hearts. A conspiracy… — Don DeLillo
Boxing is rough. Even if you win, you get hurt. — Joyce Carol Oates
The long morning shadows lay as still and dark as lakes and patterned the rough ground with straight margins. — Paul Theroux
Because the road is rough and long, Should we despise the skylark's song? — Anne Bronte
Leave part of the yard rough. Don't manicure everything. Small children in particular love to turn over rocks and find bugs, and give them some… — Richard Louv
When rough times have fallen upon our state in the past, Texans have always responded with generosity and an eagerness to help. The compassionate response… — Randy Neugebauer
Rednecks' always made me nervous to play, but I'm glad I wrote it and I continue to play it. It's just that the language is… — Randy Newman

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