Town Quotes - page 2

Hain't we got all the fools in town on our side And hain't that a big enough majority in any town. (Mark Twain)
I just owe almost everything to my father and it's passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town, in a very modest home, are just the things that I believe have won the election. View quote
Margaret Thatcher
I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself. View quote
Emily Brontë
Even in those cities which seem to enjoy the blessings of peace, and where the arts florish, the inhabitants are devoured by envy, cares and anxieties, which are greater plagues than any expirienced in a town when it is under siege. View quote
Voltaire
When the biggest, richest, glassiest buildings in town are the banks, you know that town's in trouble. View quote
Edward Abbey
From this day forward, the millions of our school children will daily proclaim in every city and town, every village and rural school house, the dedication of our nation and our people to the Almighty. View quote
Dwight D. Eisenhower
If the city is on the sea, we should choose ground close to the harbor as the place where the forum is to be built; but if inland, in the middle of the town. View quote
Vitruvius
I was quite moved to see this huge crowd which attended the ceremony in the middle of the town. View quote
Hermann Maier
If you are a married man resident in Cuba, you cannot get a passport to go to the next town without your wife's permission in writing. View quote
Edward Burnett Tylor
At sunset we are rattling through the streets of the little town of Cordova. View quote
Edward Burnett Tylor
I first visited Kurdistan in 2003. I arrived in the town of Sulaimaniyah, courtesy of smugglers who drove me across the border from Iran. Sulaimaniyah was a small, charming provincial Kurdish town. (Luke Harding)
I had daydreams and fantasies when I was growing up. I always wanted to live in a log cabin at the foot of a mountain. I would ride my horse to town and pick up provisions. Then return to the cabin, with a big open fire, a record player and peace. View quote
Linda McCartney
There are things about growing up in a small town that you can't necessarily quantify. View quote
Brandon Routh
My early childhood memories center around this typical American country store and life in a small American town, including 4th of July celebrations marked by fireworks and patriotic music played from a pavilion bandstand. View quote
Frederick Reines
A lot of things happened in a lot of places. And to see how well it was handled in Atlanta. There are a lot of reasons for Atlanta being a special town in the Civil Rights era. View quote
Ivan Allen, Jr.
The openness of rural Nebraska certainly influenced me. That openness, in a way, fosters the imagination. But growing up, Lincoln wasn't a small town. It was a college town. It had record stores and was a liberal place. View quote
Matthew Sweet
We grew up as kids watching those movies and we were exposed to themes of civil rights, unfairness, bigotry and fathers struggling against the kind of mob of the town, so you remember how you felt as a kid being taken seriously, that you are part of the human drama. View quote
Rachel Griffiths
Coming from a farming background, I saw nothing out of the ordinary in running barefoot, although it seemed to startle the rest of the athletics world. I have always enjoyed going barefoot and when I was growing up I seldom wore shoes, even when I went into town. View quote
Zola Budd
Why, of all places in Johannesburg, the Indian location should be chosen for dumping down all kaffirs of the town, passes my comprehension. Of course, under my suggestion, the Town Council must withdraw the Kaffirs from the Location. About this mixing of the Kaffirs with the Indians I must confess I feel most strongly. I think it is very unfair to the Indian population, and it is an undue tax on even the proverbial patience of my countrymen. View quote
Mahatma Gandhi
Actors always have to fight for the good parts. There are so few good roles written for women each year, and when one is written like this every actress in town covets the role. View quote
Halle Berry
It beareth the name of Vanity Fair, because the town where 't is kept is lighter than vanity. (John Bunyan)
Everybody's got a secret Sonny, Something that they just can't face. Some folks spend their whole lives trying to keep it; They carry it with them every step that they take. Till some day they just cut it loose. Cut it loose or let it drag 'em down Where no one asks any questions, Or looks too long in your face In the darkness on the edge of town. View quote
Bruce Springsteen
Born down in a dead man's town, The first kick I took was when I hit the ground. You end up like a dog that's been beat too much, Till you spend half your life just covering up. View quote
Bruce Springsteen
Except for half a dozen in each town the citizens are proud of that achievement of ignorance which is so easy to come by. To be 'intellectual' or 'artistic' or, in their own word, to be 'highbrow,' is to be priggish and of dubious virtue. View quote
Sinclair Lewis
I was proud to have been the anti-establishment candidate after more than twenty years in politics, a small town guy fighting for the ordinary Canadian. View quote
Jean Chrétien