Rural Quotes · Page 5

I grew up in the country in the rural South, and I have a brother a year older than me and a…

— Bryan Stevenson

We are neither anti-urban nor pro-rural. We know there is a gap between urban and rural areas; we are only trying to…

— H. D. Kumaraswamy

I came from a rural background, and I didn't come in contact with a lot of wealthy people.

— Josh Turner

Our small airports and rail stations are hubs of commerce that connect rural New Mexico with markets across the United States and…

— Ben Ray Lujan

Whenever I leave home to film, my wife Marina gets terrified that I'm going to come back having bought a tiny plot…

— Ben Fogle

Democrats do best in urban centers, Republicans in outer suburbs and rural areas.

— Thomas E. Mann

New Mexico's rural counties must have their voices heard on the federal policies that impact their communities.

— Ben Ray Lujan

The older I get, the more I appreciate my rural childhood. I spent a lot of time outdoors, unsupervised, which is a…

— Barbara Kingsolver

What I'm trying to do as an Australian is to say to people, 'You've got to go back out to Australia,' because…

— John Torode

I wish every international or national corporate would be given a rule to set up companies in rural areas, where they would…

— Raveena Tandon

“In cities and factories, the vices of our nature are more fully displayed,” declared James Hammond of South Carolina in 1829, while…

— James M. McPherson

Yes, many people in rural parts of India are very orthodox and have arranged marriages. But I won't - I want to…

— Shilpa Shetty

It's common in rural Ireland to pick up a nickname that relates to an animal, bird, or a spider. Mine became 'scorpion'…

— Walter O'Brien

Folks have a common misconception that Mississippi is strictly a rural, outdoors state. While we are famous for our hunting, sport fishing…

— Gregg Harper

Let us build a 21st-century rural economy of cutting-edge companies and technologies that lead us to energy and food security. Such an…

— Tom Vilsack

“An exaltation of spirit lifted me, as it were, far above the earth and the sinful creatures crawling on its surface; and…

— James Hogg

The worst example of rural poverty is that of migrant farm workers. They have no permanent jobs, so they have no equity…

— Wendell Berry

People are important too, however, and what a terrible impact a total ban on hunting would have on the rural economy, which…

— Ann Winterton

[Rural voters] have a different view of the world than people do in these urban centers.

— Collin Peterson

I was raised in rural south Jersey, and there was no culture there. There was a small library, and that was it.…

— Patti Smith

I think my songs are singing to the rural heart. It's not whether you're from a big city or the middle of…

— Rodney Atkins

Poverty, to be picturesque, should be rural. Suburban misery is as hideous as it is pitiable.

— Anthony Trollope

North Dakota's long-term prosperity depends on the success of its communities and rural areas.

— Doug Burgum

It's rural America. It's where I came from. We always refer to ourselves as real America. Rural America, real America, real, real,…

— Dan Quayle

I grew up in a rural area. Books are what helped me transcend my circumstances.

— Charlamagne tha God

Its the sort of thing in your blood. You don't think about the long hours or the money, you do it because…

— Anonymous

Probably I look different in different get-ups, so I can pass off as an urban and rural character, hopefully with the same…

— Sayani Gupta

As rural people like to maintain a good name in society, they are more honest about repaying loans.

— Ananya Birla

There is still a severe and scary amount of extreme poverty in rural parts of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Burma and sub-Saharan Africa.

— Hans Rosling

A bright future for the nation depends on the health and prosperity of rural America.

— Kirsten Gillibrand

Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilirate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature.

— William Cowper

I grew up in Maryland on the East Coast - you know, close to D.C. but sort of in the suburban, rural…

— Chris Carmack

Although I've lived in England for more than twenty years, I still have a foreigner's passion for all the details of English…

— Meg Rosoff

I know firsthand how our being such a rural state presents challenges to healthcare.

— Cindy Hyde-Smith

Though I've lived in the rural West most of my life, I never once fell in love with a horse. Not once.…

— Edward Abbey

New markets could be created by rural potentials, which could lead to rise in the employment.

— A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Part of my childhood was spent in Sydney and part in rural New South Wales, at Armidale.

— John Cornforth

We grew up in rural Arkansas without any Koreans close by, and when I go to Korea feel out of place.

— Lee Isaac Chung

Here is a rural fellow that will not be denied your Highness' presence: he brings you figs.

— William Shakespeare

Rural Alberta is a lot less homogeneous than it used to be, partly because of my immigration policies.

— Jason Kenney