My Local Quotes
27 quotes by 27 authors
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When I speak at my local church, which I try to do 35 to 40 times a year, I try in every lesson to take…
— Jimmy Carter
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For years I walked around with the phrase "Green River" because I had seen that on a soda fountain drink when I was probably 8…
— John Fogerty
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Government power must be dispersed. If government is to exercise power, better in the county than in the state, better in the state than in…
— Milton Friedman
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In my local newspaper, they had this advert: 'please look after your neighbours in the cold weather'. I live next door to this 84-year-old woman,…
— Jack Dee
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I spent my 16th birthday high as a kite, jumping out of a tree topless in my local park just because it felt amazing hitting…
— Florence Welch
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I was a hugely unchaperoned reader, and I would wander into my local public library and there sat the world, waiting for me to look…
— Patrick Ness
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I grew up in Baltimore. And yes, I am a big sports fan, especially when it comes to my local teams.
— Josh Charles
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But the best problem I ever found, I found in my local public library.
— Andrew Wiles
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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
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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
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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
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I vote Democrat because I'm way too irresponsible to own a gun, and I know that my local police are all I need to protect…
— David Letterman
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As a kid, I would get my parents to drop me off at my local library on their way to work during the summer holidays,…
— Neil Gaiman
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Just about every children's book in my local bookstore has an animal for its hero. But then, only a few feet away in the cookbook…
— Jonathan Safran Foer
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Every story was being made up. My true friends weren't the ones speaking. It was people who never knew me, making up stories. Even my…
— Marla Maples
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I don't have any writing routine. Sometimes I go to my local coffee shop and I write there for some hours. Apart from that, I…
— Jo Nesbo
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They usually have two tellers in my local bank, except when it's very busy, when they have one.
— Rita Rudner
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I am a regular, if not exactly enthusiastic, patron of my local bookshop. I try to buy at least some books there because I cling…
— Will Self
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There are times, like after a long day of work, when the thought of an easy drive-through is enticing. But then I remember how crappy…
— Alison Sweeney
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So I rang up my local swimming baths. I said 'Is that the local swimming baths?' He said 'It depends where you're calling from.'
— Tim Vine
Who Wrote These My Local Quotes
27 authors contributed a total of 27 My Local Quotes, led by these top contributors: