My grandfather loved the countryside.

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

My grandfather would have loved to have met you," he told her huskily. "He would have called you 'She Moves Trees Out of His…

— Patricia Briggs

“{Debbs' letter to Robert Ingersoll 's granddaughter} I was the friend of your immortal grandfather and I loved him truly… the name of Ingersoll…

— Eugene Victor Debs

“my grandfather would have loved to have met you," Charles told her huskily. "He would have called you 'She Moves Trees Out of His…

— Patricia Briggs

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

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

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

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

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

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

— Prince Harry

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

I always go for walks in the countryside.

— Matt Bellamy

“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

Two things revolutionised life: moving to the countryside and falling in love.

— Nick Love