The days of languorous shore leave are long gone. Overnight stays are unheard of and sailor towns a distant memory. In better… — Rose George Copy Share Image
Especially for me, growing up in such a small town in the middle of nowhere, the desire to be away was incredible.… — Garrett Hedlund Copy Share Image
The form of a town changes more swiftly alas! Than the heart of a mortal. — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
I just moved [Bloomington] because I didn't do well with New York. It made me kind of anxious and it was just… — Shaun Fleming Copy Share Image
I've never really topped myself, because awards in themselves really don't reflect major accomplishment. It's kind of a strange, backslapping ritual that… — Rod Serling Copy Share Image
I'm not from the heart of Atlanta, I'm from the Eastern outskirts. Stone Mountain is the town - Gambino is from there,… — Gucci Mane Copy Share Image
In the past, it was possible to destroy a village, a town, a region, even a country. Now it is the whole… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Americans don't like to waste time on stupid things, for example, on the torturous process of coming up with names for their… — Ilya Ilf Copy Share Image
The best thing we're put here for's to see; The strongest thing that's given us to see with's a telescope. Someone in… — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
I was 17 when I left the small Maine town where I'd grown up. I wanted to do something I thought was… — Patrick Dempsey Copy Share Image
Danzhol. The one with the marriage proposal and the objections to the town charter in central Monsea. "Bacon," Bitterblue muttered. "Bacon!" she… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
I am, as far as I can tell, about a month behind Lord Byron. In every town we stop at we discover… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
You can go to any small town in America, there's going to be a metal fan there. You can't say that about… — David Pajo Copy Share Image
The happiest hour a sailor sees Is when he's down At an inland town, With his Nancy on his knees, yo ho!… — W. S. Gilbert Copy Share Image
I was born and grew up in Vandalia, Illinois, a small town of about 6,000. It was farm country, and this was… — June Squibb Copy Share Image
A total of 1,580 people, the civilian population, suffered as a result of the bloody wave of terrorist acts that swept over… — Boris Yeltsin Copy Share Image
From a social point of view, it's beneficial that homeownership encourages commitment to a given town or city. But, from an economic… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
The scripture in times of disputes is like an open town in times of war, which serves in differently the occasions of… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
John Adams was a farmer, Abraham Lincoln a small town lawyer. Plato and Socrates were teachers. Jesus was a carpenter. To equate… — Mark Sheppard Copy Share Image
I literally integrated the small town of Libertyville, Illinois. I was the first person of color to reside within its borders. — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
High School: Oh, man. This is where boys and girls go from tweens to teens and become complicated and cruel. Girls play… — Eugene Mirman Copy Share Image
People there’s a new sheriff in town. One of the great running backs in line of Pittsburgh Steelers [and] his name is… — LaDainian Tomlinson Copy Share Image
I am the Executioner. Murder someone in my town, and I’m the one that you get to see. Once. — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
Oh, sheez, what’s Syd Vicious doing back in town? (Payne) How’d the testicle retrieval go, Payne? You still limping?...Thought so. I got… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
Prayer is essentially the practice of the presence of God, and that is the road to Heaven. There is no alternative. God… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image