Nothing, I believe, is so full of life under the microscope as a drop of water from a stagnant pool. — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“in those small towns you come to realize how the cathedrals utterly outgrew their whole environment.” — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
In small towns, bored teenagers turn their eyes longingly to the exciting doings in the big cities, pining for urban amenities like… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
“Small towns blossomed by elevators and the trains Once every 14 miles along the prairie veins We were born of progress, now… — Phyllis Wheaton Copy Share Image
This President takes his inspiration from the capitals of Europe; we look to the cities and small towns of America. This President… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
I might add that in small towns, we don't quite know what to make of a candidate who lavishes praise on working… — Sarah Palin Copy Share Image
“And somewhere out there, in the river of addicts, alcoholics, wife beaters, doormats, overeducated legalized thieves, fascist police, and bitter rivalries— someone… — Volatalistic Phil Copy Share Image
“There was not a lot of room for someone like me, who kept the gossip mill running like a hamster wheel.” — Molly Harper Copy Share Image
“I was too smart and that made people uncomfortable--most folks where we've lived our whole lives don't trust too much intelligence in… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“He had told us then that most of us would die violently, and those who did not would be brought down to… — Ernest J. Gaines Copy Share Image
Growing up in Georgia, I used to think people up north or out west were so different. They're really not. They're just… — Alan Jackson Copy Share Image
President Johnson and I have a lot in common. We were both born in small towns and we're both fortunate in the… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
People from small towns have to have their edges roughed up to get along in the world. But as a street reporter,… — Bill Kurtis Copy Share Image
It is interesting to be here and to see that for certain actors they have to live in a way that you… — Bill Condon Copy Share Image
Walmart's period of explosive growth coincided with decades of wage stagnation and deindustrialization. By applying relentless downward pressure on prices and wages,… — George Packer Copy Share Image
“(This town) doesn't look like anything; it isn't anything. Its five tin-roofed huts cling to the skinny tracks of the Uganda Railway… — Beryl Markham Copy Share Image
Each of the Iraqi children killed by the United States was our child. Each of the prisoners tortured in Abu Ghraib was… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
I write about people in small towns; I don't write about people living in big cities. My kind of storytelling depends upon… — Lee Smith Copy Share Image
I grew up with this crazy upbringing of living many places and always being the new kid in town, not like a… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
I grew up in the Dallas Metroplex. But I spent a lot of time in Waco and then in small towns down… — Jonathan Majors Copy Share Image
“There’s a reason you probably haven’t heard much about this aspect of the heartland. This kind of blight can’t be easily blamed… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
“(This place) presumed to be a town then, but was hardly more than a word under a tin roof.” — Beryl Markham Copy Share Image
