Rural Quotes · Page 2

I grew up in a little town between Bath and Bristol with my parents and grandparents in the same house. It was…

— Bill Bailey

The fact that I have a Southern accent and write about a lot of rural things leads people to put me in…

— Jason Isbell

Many TV shows these days have rural flavor, but in terms of content, they are all family politics.

— Suhasini Mulay

I feel that there's a certain danger in always being in a lovely rural setting. You can lose touch.

— Frederick Lenz

“...but these backwaters of existence sometimes breed, in their sluggish depths, strange acuities of emotion... ("Afterward")”

— Edith Wharton

When someone with a rural accent says, I don't know much about politics, zip up your pockets.

— Donald Rumsfeld

My father worked in agriculture, and I got to travel round remote rural areas with him and see a bit of the…

— Giles Foden

I wanted to write about the experiences of the poor and the black and the rural people of the South.

— Jesmyn Ward

My preferred environment is by the sea or somewhere rural. I don't want to be in a city, I don't want to…

— Amanda Donohoe

“But maybe rural America isn't dying so much as it's Shucker-ing: adjusting, adapting, becoming something new, getting a new outdoor sign and…

— Monica Hesse

What I'm trying to do as an Australian is to say to people, 'You've got to go back out to Australia,' because…

— John Torode

There is a tone of morality throughout the rural districts of England, which is unhappily wanting in the large towns and the…

— Henry Mayhew

In providing this $5,000 tax credit for those purchasing rural homes, we're offering an important incentive to encourage people to live in…

— John M. McHugh

There was an insurgency under President Hosni Mubarak in the 1990s. Egyptian police and soldiers fought weekly battles with Islamists in the…

— Richard Engel

Rural communities and our nation's economy also stand to benefit from broadband expansion. Rural schools can expand the quantity and quality of…

— Abigail Spanberger

I realized how far-reaching the effect of hip hop was when I walked by a jewelry store named Bling in a small,…

— Steve Stoute

I think we have not done a good job of explaining to people in rural America what is actually happening, number one.…

— Tom Vilsack

“One of the things that you learn in a rural area like that is self-reliance,” he said. “People do everything themselves. That…

— Richard L. Brandt

Sometimes a rural life - without agricultural culture, community, or land - it means that you're a very long drive from everything.…

— Debra Granik

For a number of years at my public elementary school in rural Maine, I was treated like all the other girls in…

— Nicole Maines

Meeting the unique healthcare needs of the hardworking men and women who call rural Louisiana home can be challenging. It is important…

— John Bel Edwards

There's no reason why children in inner cities or rural areas do not receive the same quality education or opportunities as those…

— Al Sharpton

A number of non-banking finance companies have entered the rural microcredit market. Many microcredit agencies have been charging interest rates not very…

— M. S. Swaminathan

“They lived in rural Michigan in the pre-automobile age, and for the most part they had never been fifty miles away from…

— Bruce Catton

In Mexico, a network of government-operated rural convenience stores is offering banking services to rural communities.

— Sylvia Mathews Burwell

My commitment to rural North Carolina is personal. I understand the opportunities and challenges our rural communities face.

— Roy Cooper

I grew up in a very small, rural country town, and we didn't really have 'the arts.

— Steve Kazee

While dam-busting Democrats are focusing on destroying water storage projects, I'm busy working on real solutions that put rural communities first.

— Lauren Boebert

Most of India is rural; there is a huge population in India not being tapped for their excellence. They have no access…

— Roshni Nadar

One of India's major blessings is the rich store of experience and knowledge available in the rural and tribal areas.

— M. S. Swaminathan

In a lot of First Nations and different rural communities, kids go to school hungry.

— Carey Price

The forestry industry is central to Georgia's economy and environment, supporting critical jobs in rural communities and across our state.

— Raphael Warnock

I went to a public school in Oak Harbor, Ohio, and it's a very rural community. I was an artist kid, and…

— Crystal Bowersox

All the scientists and technologists should work in appropriate region, specifically the rural technologies, to transform Indian rural sector.

— A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

It was a rural upbringing by the seaside. A real quiet place surrounded by fields. I had to travel into town for…

— Hozier

The [Democratic] party's become an urban party, and they don't get rural America. They don't get agriculture.

— Collin Peterson

Ultimately, stable growth will ensure that urban and rural incomes increase and people's lives improve.

— Li Keqiang

I came from Iowa, south central Iowa. It was a very rural area. I saw a lot more hogs growing up than…

— Peggy Whitson

Athletes from rural areas are getting a chance to showcase their talent through the Khelo India Games.

— Dutee Chand

I took it upon myself to paint a better picture of rural life and what it is all about.

— Bubba Sparxxx