New roads carve up the countryside, dispelling peace, creating a penumbra of noise, pollution and ugliness. Their effects spread for many miles. — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
I would head to the countryside for peace and silence. That would be the best way, away from panicked, hysterical people. — Diana Rigg Copy Share Image
My partner, Patrick, and I live in an old house in Belgium that was built in 1840 and is out in the… — Dries van Noten Copy Share Image
Growing up in the English countryside seemed an interminable process. Freezing winter gave way to frosty spring, which in turn merged into… — Jessica Mitford Copy Share Image
“Élodie, who was rising fifteen, lifted her anaemic, puffy, virginal face with its wispy hair; she was so thin-blooded that good country… — Émile Zola Copy Share Image
If we did ten things, nine were bad and got disclosed by the newspapers, we will be over. Then I will go,… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
When I came to Johannesburg from the countryside, I knew nobody, but many strangers were very kind to me. I then was… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Both me and my wife's extended family all live within a 50-mile radius. Like me, a lot of them did time in… — Robert Smith Copy Share Image
“She grew up in the ordinary paradise of the English countryside. When she was five she walked to school, two miles, across… — A.S. Byatt Copy Share Image
“And it occurred to him that a walk through the countryside was a sort of epitome of the passage through life itself.… — Paul Bowles Copy Share Image
Those who believe for a while make only a brief tour in the kingdom, though thereafter they often feel qualified to inform… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Tshikona is lwa-ha-masia-khali-i-tshi-vhila, "the time when people rush to the scene of the dance and leave their pots to boil over." Tshikona… — John Blacking Copy Share Image
To his eyes all seemed beautiful, but to me a tinge of melancholy lay upon the countryside, which bore so clearly the… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
The life of a family is filled with beautiful moments: rest, meals together, walks in the park or the countryside, visits to… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
But the most obvious fact about praise — whether of God or anything — strangely escaped me. I thought of it in… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Coming back to America was, for me, much more of a culture shock than going to India. The people in the Indian… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
History is a continuum, it's not these separate moments. That's how we look at it. In the 1700s in Virginia before there… — Titus Kaphar Copy Share Image
“She gazed out at the seductive vista. The countryside was dressed in its prettiest May garb- everything budding or blooming or bursting… — Paula Brackston Copy Share Image
“We live, all of us, in sprung rhythm. Even in cities, folk stir without knowing it to the surge in the blood… — G.M.W. Wemyss Copy Share Image
I make no conscious effort to be tough, or hard-boiled, or grim, or any of the things I am usually called. I… — James M. Cain Copy Share Image
And all over the countryside, he knew, on every crest and hill, where once the hedges had interlaced, and cottages, churches, inns,… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
“Essex raised its ugly head. When i was a scholarship boy at the local grammar, son of a city-hall toiler on the… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
“And I felt next to nothing as I walked to the village; I paid my respects to the countryside yet was unable… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
He stood staring into the wood for a minute, then said: "What is it about the English countryside — why is the… — Dodie Smith Copy Share Image
If there was the opportunity to climb a mountain, or to go ballooning, or some adventurous activity, I would always be keen… — Roger Bannister Copy Share Image
The Cuban Revolutionary Government has been generous and very considerate to me and my family. I lived in Santa Clara for a… — Huey Newton Copy Share Image
I was born in the poor countryside. I was raised in the countryside, planting corn and selling sweets made by my grandmother. — Hugo Chavez Copy Share Image
I bridled strongly when Labour introduced their Right to Roam, fearing that it would be misused by the hard Left to stir… — Nicholas Soames Copy Share Image
If you live in the countryside, you understand that hunting isn't just for toffs. It's for the farmers. It's for everyone's enjoyment. — Honeysuckle Weeks Copy Share Image
I was one of the many kids in Northern Ireland who grew up in the countryside and had an idyllic childhood well… — James Nesbitt Copy Share Image
“At night in the town's countryside, you could just about feel and hear everything, but without using lamps, it was impossible to… — Peter Fryer Copy Share Image
I love the countryside, which is where I live and feel most comfortable, and hate being surrounded by herds of people. — Marco Pierre White Copy Share Image
“On the one hand,moving large companies to the countryside may reduce the tax revenue of the city government. On the other hand… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Even if I live not in a big city, even if I detest to go to parties, I love street fairs and… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I grew up in the countryside and always used to wear my parents' Barbour jackets. It is a fantastic British heritage brand. — Alice Temperley Copy Share Image
The Sussex lanes were very lovely in the autumn ... spendthrift gold and glory of the year-end ... earth scents and the… — Monica Baldwin Copy Share Image
I'm very fortunate and grateful to wake up every morning in the rural countryside I live in, looking at farmland and these… — Aaron Dessner Copy Share Image
I like looking at the countryside as well as anyone... a little countryside goes a long way, but it's almost like the… — Jonathan Meades Copy Share Image
I used to be frightened of the countryside after dark. Now I enjoy it. There is something wonderful about those strange country… — Jasmine Guinness Copy Share Image
What induces you, oh man, to depart from your home in town, to leave parents and friends, and go to the countryside… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
