Growing up in the English countryside, I feel like I'm in a Jane Austen novel when I walk around. I just feel… — Lily Collins Copy Share Image
Being at boarding school in the pre-internet era, especially a boarding school tucked away in the Oxfordshire countryside, was like being in… — James Lovegrove Copy Share Image
“Our stomachs live in towns," said Mma Potokwani, patting the front of her dress. 'That is where the work is. Our stomachs… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My brother and I were brought up outdoors. We appreciate the countryside; we appreciate nature and everything about it. — Prince Harry Copy Share Image
Japan was this wonderful unexplainable sensual explosion - everything about it I found fascinating. There's a real dichotomy between the 'Blade Runner'-esque… — Edith Bowman Copy Share Image
Chicago happened slowly, like a migraine. First they were driving through countryside, then, imperceptibly, the occasional town became a low suburban sprawl,… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
The English countryside is the most staggeringly beautiful place. I can't spend as much time there as I like, but I like… — Guy Ritchie Copy Share Image
For such a small country, Britain packs in an amazing diversity of landscapes: coastline, lakes, mountains, rolling countryside, villages and great cities. — Rory Bremner Copy Share Image
I come from the deep countryside. My family was in farming. I was not really exposed to business. Coming from that environment,… — Jean-Pascal Tricoire Copy Share Image
This whole effort to rebuild and stabilize a countryside is not without its disappointments and mistakes... What matter though these temporary growing… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
Living here where I live, on a farm way out in the countryside, in the woods, in fact, I have plenty of… — Per Petterson Copy Share Image
I roamed the countryside searching for answers to things I did not understand. Why shells existed on the tops of mountains. How… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
[Commuting by bicycle is] an absolutely essential part of my day. It's mind-clearing, invigorating. I get to go out and pedal through… — James L. Jones Copy Share Image
These monster cities we live in today are blights of modern society. They will certainly give way to planned cities interlinked to… — James P. Cannon Copy Share Image
We didn't speak, just drove out of the city into the countryside on our way to absolutely nowhere, and when we found… — Annabel Pitcher Copy Share Image
One of the great things about being a writer/journalist is that my boss loves me to go out and do features on… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
You are worried about what man has done and is doing to this magical planet that God gave us. And I share… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
So,” Royce said, “you want us to escape from this prison, kidnap the king, cross the countryside with him in tow while… — Michael J. Sullivan 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
Country things are the necessary root of our life - and that remains true even of a rootless and tragically urban civilization.… — Esther Meynell Copy Share Image
Windmills are going to be the death of Scotland and even England if they don't do something about them. They are ruining… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
It is very difficult to say nowadays where the suburbs of London come to an end and where the country begins. The… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
“People from the country ought to be at the forefront of humankind's struggle for kindness and equality, and yet, the situation is… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
I think fracking for gas will reduce the incentive to turn to renewables, and I think it will do a lot of… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
Hobbits are an unobtrusive but very ancient people, more numerous formerly than they are today; for they love peace and quiet and… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
Aspects of life here civility, courtesy, coziness have always bound Britons to their country . . . They are part of the… — R. W. Apple Copy Share Image
It was ironic that there I was finally painting the pictures I'd always wanted to paint and feeling very much at home… — Brian Froud Copy Share Image
I prefer the countryside to cities. This is also true of my films: I have made more films in rural societies, and… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
“Blending into the tinctures and textures of the countryside. The tree which falls without any human hearing still falls, as the creatures… — Sara Baume Copy Share Image
Living in London with one child was great, but when number two came along - an energetic little boy - the countryside… — Jack Savoretti Copy Share Image
And here he was, a little halfling from the Shire, a simple hobbit of the quiet countryside, expected to find a way… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've been trekking the hills and lanes of the British countryside for nearly four decades now and I've come to associate my… — Arthur Smith Copy Share Image
The way in which the vast mass of the poor are treated by modern society is truly scandalous. They are herded into… — Friedrich Engels Copy Share Image
When I was 18 years old, I came to Tokyo from my hometown, Ise, in the countryside. I'd always been really inspired… — Hiroshi Fujiwara 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
I suppose most crime writing is urban. There's not a lot... certainly not in Australia, people don't often set books in the… — Peter Temple Copy Share Image
Slow, skinny, and an utter countryside coward: I lived in dread of nettles, spiders, and the very sound of a wasp. As… — Robert Webb Copy Share Image
Stress is the demon in our society, stalking the cities and the countryside, striking down young and old and growing in strength… — Srikumar Rao Copy Share Image
We wouldn't have to speak so critically if businesses would stop feeding dead animals to live ones, putting non-food substances into food,… — Donella Meadows Copy Share Image
A wealthy landowner cannot cultivate and improve his farm without spreading comfort and well-being around him. Rich and abundant crops, a numerous… — Antoine Lavoisier Copy Share Image