“In this country we get stuck with taxes, but in the old country we used to get stuck with bayonets.” — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
One question that has always intrigued me is what happens to demonic beings when immigrants move from their homelands. Irish-Americans remember the… — Richard Mercer Dorson Copy Share Image
“Cassandra continued her obstacle course along the wall, hoping to find a gate or a door, anything permitting entry. The sun was… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
We do Greco-Roman, freestyle. The Old Country way. No gimmick wrestling in my house. — The Iron Sheik Copy Share Image
Korean children get a lot of fuss made over them, I guess because life was tough in the old country, and it… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
I drive your truck I roll every window down and I burn up every back road in this town I find a… — Lee Brice Copy Share Image
The way I hit the ball is with a pretty good amount of topspin. It's a heavy ball that bounces up from… — Casper Ruud Copy Share Image
Our dad played us a lot of old country songs by The Carter Family and he would sing along to it. I… — Petra Haden Copy Share Image
The Lord has been there from wanting to be a momma, to having a wonderful childhood life and dreaming of having a… — Ashton Shepherd Copy Share Image
“I certainly didn't concur with Edward on everything, but I was damned if I would hear him abused without saying a word.… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
It doesn’t matter who you marry, as long as he thinks like you and is a gentleman and a Southerner and prideful.… — Margaret Mitchell Copy Share Image
I listened to a battery radio, old country and pop stuff. Because I was singing all the time, my dad bought me… — Glen Campbell Copy Share Image
“No, I mean I'm sorry that you've inherited such a miserable, collapsing Old Country. A place where rich Bankers own everything, where… — Cory Doctorow Copy Share Image
I am just an old country boy in a big town trying to get along. I have been eating pretty regular and… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial. — Charles de Gaulle Copy Share Image
“You have come to realize that you must leave it (the old country) and enter the new country, where your Beloved dwells.… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
“There's hundreds of corners on this island, Crystal said. And there are thousands of us. Exiles from the heartland without a heart.… — Tom Spanbauer Copy Share Image
“These shirts are perfectly serviceable.” I rolled my eyes. “Serviceable? Anyan, I get it that you’re utilitarian. If we were in the… — Nicole Peeler Copy Share Image
I base my roots and history in old blues, old country and old bluegrass, and I like rock 'n' roll, and somehow… — Tyler Hilton Copy Share Image
~ Eighty-nine cents in the ash tray Half empty bottle of Gatorade rolling in the floorboard That dirty Braves cap on the… — She's_gone Copy Share Image
“How he died hadn't been funny, Newt thought. "It's all right, though," Augustus said. "It's mostly bones we're riding over anyway. Why,… — Larry McMurtry Copy Share Image
“One boy's a boy; two boys be half a boy, and three boys be no boy at all', ran the old country… — Flora Thompson Copy Share Image
“...You know that my spells come from God, and that I would not harm any living creature. You believe that everyone should… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
I think I, like most people, enjoy a wide variety of music. Yeah, I like some country stuff - old country stuff.… — Charlie Day Copy Share Image