Two things revolutionised life: moving to the countryside…

“In East Sussex, let us say, an old farm sleeps in sun-dapple, its oast-house with its cowls echoing the distant steeple of SS Andrew…

— G.M.W. Wemyss

I always go for walks in the countryside.

— Matt Bellamy

It's often frustrating when you're a war reporter and you're covering these places that far away. You're frustrated by making stories that people can't…

— Rick Rowley

My brother and I were brought up outdoors. We appreciate the countryside; we appreciate nature and everything about it.

— Prince Harry

You are worried about what man has done and is doing to this magical planet that God gave us. And I share your concern.…

— Ronald Reagan

My father was trained as a saddler, but in fact as a young man worked in his father's business of rearing and selling cattle,…

— Aaron Klug

Britain still has the most reliably beautiful countryside of anywhere in the world. I would hate to be part of the generation that allowed…

— Bill Bryson

Gail Anderson-Dargatz has a noticing eye, a voice as unique as the countryside she writes about, and a heart large enough to love her…

— Jack Hodgins

What e'er you are That in this desert inaccessible, Under the shade of melancholy boughs, Lose and neglect the creeping hours of time.

— William Shakespeare

There are some delightful places in this world which have a sensual charm for the eyes. One loves them with a physical love. We…

— Guy de Maupassant

I like girls who like the countryside, put on walking boots and can bend with the wind a bit. If you're going to live…

— Jay Kay

Let us freely walk in the countryside, like a horse peacefully walking towards sunset without any particular purpose!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

“Arcady, like Death its denizen with us, is all around us, if we – stalled beasts who want to be set forth – but…

— G.M.W. Wemyss

If there was the opportunity to climb a mountain, or to go ballooning, or some adventurous activity, I would always be keen to do…

— Roger Bannister

It wasn't until I lived in the countryside that I began to understand the life of the countryside and the people in it and…

— Grace Paley