Local Quotes

1172 Local quotes by 970 unique authors

Until now in world's history, whenever we've had a dark age, its been temporary and local. And other parts of the world have been doing… — Isaac Asimov
Our local department store had two Santas - one for regular kids and one for kids who wanted ten toys or less. — Milton Berle
We are most probably here for local information-gathering and local-Universe problem-solving in support of the integrity of eternally regenerative Universe. — R. Buckminster Fuller
The view of the local scene through the eyes of a native participant in that scene is a different window. — Kenneth Lee Pike
Grassroots organizing tends to be most available to big campaigns, but it's actually most useful to small ones. You can't win a presidential campaign without… — Joe Greene
Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests; which interests each must maintain, as an agent and advocate, against other agents… — Edmund Burke
My father was an engineer - he wasn't literary, not a writer or a journalist, but he was one of the world's great readers. Every… — Janet Fitch
Eclecticism is the degree zero of contemporary general culture: one listens to reggae, watches a western, eats McDonald's food for lunch and local cuisine for… — Jean-Francois Lyotard
Priest organizations around the country, both local and national, should realize that their membership has a serious image problem and undertake programs to improve it. — Andrew Greeley
I get heartfelt thanks from all kinds of people. Today I heard from a waitress in Georgia who has lost her job and is trying… — Elizabeth Warren
My goal is to make Italian food clean and accessible and beautiful and tasty, with simple ingredients that people can find at a local grocery… — Giada De Laurentiis
When you scan the globe's hot spots, every civil war and massacre, every act of terror and every clash between states has its unique local… — Atifete Jahjaga
When I was younger, I was one of the few girls in the neighborhood who could break dance. That's kind of my local, ghetto-celebrity claim… — Joy Bryant
Normally I'm really lucky because I can go down to my local shops and no one cares. I take the Tube and the bus so… — MyAnna Buring
I came to write after several mini careers. I did live theatre, managed a cosmetics store and was a local television personality. — Sandra Brown
I was on holiday recently and I came home to find that one of the papers here had 'bikini'd' me on the beach. I was… — Amanda Burton
State and local government, with financial support from the federal government, should offer a program to educate and train foster children for employment and provide… — Charles Bass
While 45 of the 50 States have either a State constitutional amendment or a statute that preserves the current definition of marriage, left-wing activist judges… — John Boehner
As more and more women, men and young people raise their voices and become active in local government, and more local leaders take action for… — Michelle Bachelet
I completed the first three years of primary school in one year and was admitted to the local school the age of six directly into… — Sydney Brenner
I paid my way through school doing set construction for film and television. I'm a member of Local 44. I was a construction coordinator on… — Michael Cudlitz
I used to spend a lot of time at football training, but that time was later spent in amateur acting classes and my local youth… — Sam Claflin
An honest politician has no goodies to toss around. This limits his effectiveness profoundly, because political power in India is dispersed throughout a multi-tiered federal… — Aravind Adiga
A corollary is that, when laws are out of touch with the people, those laws can and should be changed - from the most simple… — Adrian Cronauer
If there is a ground zero in the cultural wars, it is Missouri, a state where pro-life groups are strong and well organized and their… — Eleanor Clift

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