William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878) American romantic poet and journalist
The Serenade http://www.gutenberg.org/files/16341/16341-h/16341-h.htm#page189, St. 14
“I just love that rug.”
Small chatter with George W. Bush in the Oval Office
Newsweek magazine
2000s
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Cory Booker (1969) 35th Class 2 senator for New Jersey in U.S. Congress
[Drabold, Will, Read Cory Booker's Speech at the Democratic Convention, http://time.com/4421756/democratic-convention-cory-booker-transcript-speech/, 21 August 2018, Time, July 26, 2016]
2016
“Madonna: "Is that a rug?" (referring to David Letterman's hair).”
Madonna (1958) American singer, songwriter, and actress
On The Late Show with David Letterman (1994)
“Here Skugg lies snug
As a bug in a rug.”
Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) American author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, …
Letter to Miss Georgiana Shipley (September, 1772); reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Epistles
“Jack: These last 2 miles were rugged, weren't they?”
Jack Benny (1894–1974) comedian, vaudeville performer, and radio, television, and film actor
The Jack Benny Program (Radio: 1932-1955), The Jack Benny Program (Television: 1950-1965)
“But to reach…the pinnacle of power, it will be necessary, to climb rugged heights.”
Jose Cecilio del Valle (1777–1996) Honduran politician-
1821
“If you own a rug you own too much.”
Jack Kerouac (1922–1969) American writer
This appears not to be a Kerouac quote. It has not been found in any of Kerouac's published work.
Misattributed
“No member of a crew is praised for the rugged individuality of his rowing.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
Widely misattributed to Emerson on the Internet, this quote is actually taken from Alfred North Whitehead's essay "Harvard: The Future" (The Atlantic Monthly, September 1936.)
Misattributed