There's that great Irish joke: a man is lost in the countryside, stops a passer-by: 'how do I get to Dublin?'. The… — Tim Crane Copy Share Image
If your first Christmas tree is a wilting eucalyptus and if you're normally troubled by heat and sand... then, to have just… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
I have a Harley and a Bourget, which I enjoy taking into the countryside. — Andrew Flintoff Copy Share Image
Autumn that year painted the countryside in vivid shades of scarlet, saffron and russet, and the days were clear and crisp under… — Sharon Kay Penman Copy Share Image
Compared with U.S. cities, Japanese cities bend over backward to help foreigners. The countryside is another matter. — Charles C. Mann Copy Share Image
A sickening howl stopped her, sucking the air out of her lungs. The night's chatter silenced, even the loitering city rats pausing… — Marissa Meyer Copy Share Image
If I'm in the English countryside and get on my bicycle, I see what sort of strange inbred rural locals I can… — Alexander Gilkes Copy Share Image
Usually going places makes me feel optimistic. And I'm a hillbilly, so heading to the countryside made sense a number of ways. — Jenny Holzer Copy Share Image
With Wordsworth, indeed, the light of revelation did not fall upon human beings so unbrokenly as upon the face of the earth.… — Robert Wilson Lynd Copy Share Image
A lot of people went underground with their spiritual life in the seventies, but they're out there in little nooks and crannies… — George Harrison Copy Share Image
The way we deny death says something about how we live our lives, doesn't it? At least in Sweden or Scandinavia, you… — Karl Ove Knausgard Copy Share Image
“It is my belief, Watson, founded upon my experience, that the lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
I grew up in a small town in Sudan. There weren't many cars, so we did things in the countryside near where… — Alek Wek Copy Share Image
“You should enjoy the freedom. Sometimes a bit of time helps you see what matters.” — Abby Clements Copy Share Image
My life has been that of someone who has moved from the countryside to the society. To make that transition, I have… — Gong Li Copy Share Image
That's one of the things I miss most about Australia - the countryside. — Yvonne Strahovski 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
What makes me really happy is a walk in the English countryside. A nice sunset, that British countryside - it means I'm… — Natalie Dormer Copy Share Image
Being from the countryside gave me a spine, and it's why I'm so accepting - I don't judge people for how they… — Joanna Kulig Copy Share Image
As might be expected of creatures so heavenly in color, the disposition of bluebirds is particularly angelic. Gentleness and amiability are expressed… — Neltje Blanchan Copy Share Image
At home, I hardly ever leave London. I don't like the countryside in England. — Hugh Grant Copy Share Image
In my home country, there was a little shop with old books, but it was really in the countryside. You couldn't find… — Yayoi Kusama Copy Share Image
I was brought up on a council estate in the countryside near Stoke Prior in Worcestershire, but I adored visiting the farm… — Trudie Styler 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
May the countryside and the gliding valley streams content me. Lost to fame, let me love river and woodland. — Virgil Copy Share Image
