--- title: "12 Tiny Town Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Tiny Town quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Tiny Town sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cb/hope-jahren-4468_being_in-our-tiny-town-my-father-wasn-t-a-scie_2418935.jpg" --- > [In our tiny town, my father wasn't a scientist - he was the scientist, and being a scientist wasn't his job: it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-jahren/in-our-tiny-town-my-father-wasn-t-a-scientist-he-was-the-scientist/) [Hope Jahren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-jahren/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cb/hope-jahren-4468_being_in-our-tiny-town-my-father-wasn-t-a-scie_2418935.jpg) > [I lived an idyllic 'Huckleberry Finn' life in a tiny town. Climbing trees. Tagging after brothers. Happy. Barefoot on my pony. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sissy-spacek/i-lived-an-idyllic-huckleberry-finn-life-in-a-tiny-town-climbing/) [Sissy Spacek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sissy-spacek/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9a/sissy-spacek-3393_barefoot_i-lived-an-idyllic-huckleberry-finn-life_2241482.png) > [In the Dominican Republic, my mom and I lived in this little tiny town called Cabarete, which is very poor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maika-monroe/in-the-dominican-republic-my-mom-and-i-lived-in-this-little-tiny-town/) [Maika Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maika-monroe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d72/maika-monroe-7472_dominican-republic_in-the-dominican-republic-my-mom-and-i-l_1729034.jpg) > [“It’s almost seven AM by the time I make it to the Markham residence in the tiny town of Avon, which sits…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sawyer-bennett/it-s-almost-seven-am-by-the-time-i-make-it-to-the-markham-residence/) [Sawyer Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sawyer-bennett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e40/sawyer-bennett-15138_time_it-s-almost-seven-am-by-the-time-i-make_1086412.jpg) > [Well, I was born in Miami, and then I lived for a long time in Tallahassee, and before that, Winter Haven, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cheryl-hines/well-i-was-born-in-miami-and-then-i-lived-for-a-long-time-in/) [Cheryl Hines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cheryl-hines/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/076/cheryl-hines-16342_before_well-i-was-born-in-miami-and-then-i-live_1320827.jpg) > [I spent my first 4 years living in the tiny town of Snug, by the sea near Hobart. Curious about animals, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-blackburn/i-spent-my-first-4-years-living-in-the-tiny-town-of-snug-by-the-sea/) [Elizabeth Blackburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-blackburn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56a/elizabeth-blackburn-12953_animals_i-spent-my-first-4-years-living-in-the-t_2240725.jpg) > [I grew up in a tiny town in Texas, so I understood the world of high school football.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-plemons/i-grew-up-in-a-tiny-town-in-texas-so-i-understood-the-world-of-high/) [Jesse Plemons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-plemons/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07e/jesse-plemons-14985_education_i-grew-up-in-a-tiny-town-in-texas-so-i-u_814641.jpg) > [My family is from a tiny town in Alabama. So all I wanted to do was get out of this town.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lennon-parham/my-family-is-from-a-tiny-town-in-alabama-so-all-i-wanted-to-do-was/) [Lennon Parham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lennon-parham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a45/lennon-parham-13306_alabama_my-family-is-from-a-tiny-town-in-alabama_2586359.jpg) > [I grew up in this tiny town in Rhode Island, and we didn't have cable. We had three TV stations, and one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arden-myrin/i-grew-up-in-this-tiny-town-in-rhode-island-and-we-didn-t-have-cable/) [Arden Myrin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arden-myrin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77f/arden-myrin-40091_cable-tv_i-grew-up-in-this-tiny-town-in-rhode-isl_312709.jpg) > [I lived a few miles outside of a tiny town in central Oklahoma. I would often run amok though the fields of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chelsea-manning/i-lived-a-few-miles-outside-of-a-tiny-town-in-central-oklahoma-i/) [Chelsea Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chelsea-manning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc4/chelsea-manning-3116_dirt_i-lived-a-few-miles-outside-of-a-tiny-to_1196094.jpg) > [I'm not sure, exactly, why someone would want to move to S.F. or N.Y.C., even. I would only wanna live in L.A.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunx/i-m-not-sure-exactly-why-someone-would-want-to-move-to-s-f-or-n-y-c/) [Hunx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunx/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/742/hunx-7484_live_i-m-not-sure-exactly-why-someone-would-w_2875462.jpg) > [I'm somebody from a little tiny town, who had boxed in leisure centres, and my last fight was in Madison Square Garden…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-calzaghe/i-m-somebody-from-a-little-tiny-town-who-had-boxed-in-leisure-centres/) [Joe Calzaghe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-calzaghe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c98/joe-calzaghe-3421_fight_i-m-somebody-from-a-little-tiny-town-who_1204357.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tiny-town/#itemlist", "name": "Tiny Town Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In our tiny town, my father wasn't a scientist - he was the scientist, and being a scientist wasn't his job: it was his identity.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Hope Jahren" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-jahren/in-our-tiny-town-my-father-wasn-t-a-scientist-he-was-the-scientist/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cb/hope-jahren-4468_being_in-our-tiny-town-my-father-wasn-t-a-scie_2418935.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cb/hope-jahren-4468_being_in-our-tiny-town-my-father-wasn-t-a-scie_2418935.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cb/hope-jahren-4468_being_in-our-tiny-town-my-father-wasn-t-a-scie_2418935.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In our tiny town, my father wasn't a scientist - he was the scientist, and being a scientist wasn't his job…” — Hope Jahren", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I lived an idyllic 'Huckleberry Finn' life in a tiny town. 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