I'm a Midwesterner by birth, and when I traveled there, when I was young, most of the small towns were thriving, vibrant… — Philip Caputo Copy Share Image
No matter where you go, big cities or small towns, you will always encounter small minded people. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
President Johnson and I have a lot in common. We were both born in small towns and we're both fortunate in the… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
It's in every single county. It's in our cities but it's also in our wealthier suburbs. It's in our small towns. There… — Mike DeWine Copy Share Image
“in those small towns you come to realize how the cathedrals utterly outgrew their whole environment.” — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
I grew up in the Dallas Metroplex. But I spent a lot of time in Waco and then in small towns down… — Jonathan Majors Copy Share Image
The secrets of small towns have fascinated writers and readers since the first psychological thriller was penned. — Fiona Barton Copy Share Image
The place of my novels is Israel, almost without exception. All of them take place in Israel - in Jerusalem, in the… — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
“I had always pictured the Albanian peasants as a very fine picturesque race of men wearing spotless native costume, and slung about… — Flora Sandes Copy Share Image
A government is republican in proportion as every member composing it has his equal voice in the direction of its concerns, not… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
City and country -- each has its own beauty and its own pain. Some of the smallness of small towns -- cattiness,… — William P. Young Copy Share Image
This President takes his inspiration from the capitals of Europe; we look to the cities and small towns of America. This President… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
In Vineyard Haven, on Martha's Vineyard, mostly I love the soft collision here of harbor and shore, the subtly haunting briny quality… — William Styron Copy Share Image
As a kid I never had the impulse to climb anything. I think that most kids who live in small towns or… — Jamie Bell Copy Share Image
A manufacturing resurgence is what will give local communities and small towns across America a fighting chance for survival. Many of today's… — Hamdi Ulukaya Copy Share Image
Standup keeps me grounded and keeps me in touch. I get to go from small towns to big cities, across Canada and… — Howie Mandel Copy Share Image
“ Language as a Prison The Philippines did have a written language before the Spanish colonists arrived, contrary to what many of… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
“My life might have been so different, had I not been known as the girl whose grandmother exploded. And had I not… — Helen Grant Copy Share Image
Ghostly legends dot the Prairie State from its big cities to its small towns. These stories make each community unique in a… — Jeff Belanger Copy Share Image
When you find yourself trapped between what moves you and what society tells you is right for you, always travel the route… — Unkown Copy Share Image
“Give me the strongest cheese, the one that stinks best; and I want the good wine, the swirl in crystal surrendering the… — Kim Addonizio Copy Share Image
Television is just amazing - how many people see it and how many people recognize you, and I think once you've had… — Robert Wagner Copy Share Image
“A universal voucher program is but one potential policy recommendation. Let others come. Establishing the basic right to housing in America could… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
“Yes, all of this I thought about, all of this filled me with sorrow and a sense of helplessness, and if there… — Karl Ove Knausgård Copy Share Image
I really love Durham more than any place I've ever been; some small towns can be really provincial and strangling, but Durham… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
“I think small towns are the closest to heaven you can get on earth. I'm glad that some other people, my wonderful… — Diana Palmer Copy Share Image
“(This town) doesn't look like anything; it isn't anything. Its five tin-roofed huts cling to the skinny tracks of the Uganda Railway… — Beryl Markham Copy Share Image
There are so many people who don't know small towns exist. When I write, I want to give my readers two things:… — Jan Karon Copy Share Image
They say people from small towns have big dreams and that pretty much describes me. I had big dreams growing up and… — Clay Guida Copy Share Image
People from small towns have to have their edges roughed up to get along in the world. But as a street reporter,… — Bill Kurtis Copy Share Image
“He had to accept the fate of every newcomer to a small town where there are plenty of tongues that gossip and… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“The town wakes early, like it does every day; small towns need a head start if they’re going to have any chance… — Fredrik Backman Copy Share Image
I love New York, but am happy to be away from it. I really like small towns, with welcoming barbecue restaurants. — David Burnett Copy Share Image
Those who live in small towns definitely are the ones who have so much of apnapan, as compared to the cold-hearted people… — Manini Mishra Copy Share Image
It's very hard for people that live in the small towns to be able to buy a certain kind of clothes because… — Fabio Lanzoni Copy Share Image
I've seen it [Australia] go from a lot of small towns to big towns, but I think it has found its identity… — Suzi Quatro Copy Share Image
In the years when teenagers really need to be connected to somebody, they aren't; especially in small towns where kids are bored… — Dash Mihok Copy Share Image
I was into punk, but I didn't go whole-hog. A lot of kids who grew up in small towns that were into… — Daughn Gibson Copy Share Image
I write about people in small towns; I don't write about people living in big cities. My kind of storytelling depends upon… — Lee Smith Copy Share Image