Rural Quotes

280 Rural quotes by 240 unique authors

Strengthen the rural areas and you will find less people migrating to urban areas. You give them opportunity, self respect & self confidence, they will… — Bunker Roy
There is scarcely any writer who has not celebrated the happiness of rural privacy, and delighted himself and his reader with the melody of birds,… — Samuel Johnson
According to traditional wisdom in rural France, a baby in the womb should be compared to fruit on the tree. Not all the fruit on… — Michel Odent
The rural Chinese in Henan Province mixed alcohol and business like you wouldn’t believe. Perhaps as a result, they also had a charming nationalistic blind… — Matthew Polly
Communities of every demographic (north, south, urban, rural, public animal control shelter, private shelter) have achieved No Kill success. — Nathan Winograd
In the past two or three years, the number of clubs has doubled ... we've got close to 8 000 players, about 60 to 80… — Nasser Hussain
Medicare debates in Congress should result in better Medicare benefits for all our nation's seniors. We're not asking for special treatment for rural America, just… — Bennie Thompson
And so I love films that are kind of rural in atmosphere. And you know, it's just a nice place to be day after day.… — Keith Carradine
When not protected by law, by popular favor or superstition, or by other special circumstances, [birds] yield very readily to the influences of civilization, and,… — George Perkins Marsh
Those living in rural areas as well as those with a planning policy remit for those areas have an important responsibility to protect green belt… — Phil Harding
The Americans never use the word peasant, because they have no idea of the class which that term denotes; the ignorance of more remote ages,… — Alexis de Tocqueville
I lived a normal life for a number of years. I had kids. I lived up on a farm in Gloucestershire in rural England, and… — Roger Taylor
Strengthening local airports in Iowa is important for economic development and improving the quality of life our rural areas and urban communities — Chuck Grassley
Life's a car ride...Sometimes it's cruise control down smooth highways. Other times it's potholes on rural roads. — Carolyn Mackler
I was brought up in a very open, rural countryside in the middle of nowhere. There were no cell phones. If your lights went out,… — Juno Temple
Our marvelous new information technologies boost our power and opportunities for political engagement, but they can also disempower us by contributing to extreme political mobilization… — Thomas Homer-Dixon
Make no mistake. This is a war on rural America. ... It is chilling to watch people who joined the military to defend American citizens… — Matt Shea
Rather than squander the surplus on tax breaks for the rich, we should add a prescription drug benefit to the Medicare program, shore up Social… — Bennie Thompson
The openness of rural Nebraska certainly influenced me. That openness, in a way, fosters the imagination. But growing up, Lincoln wasn't a small town. It… — Matthew Sweet
For my part, I make this pledge to all of you: The politics of division, of pitting east against west, urban versus rural, region against… — Ed Rendell
A rural Venus, Selah rises from thegold foliage of the Sixhiboux River, sweepspetals of water from her skin. At once,clouds begin to sob for such… — George Elliott Clarke
The idea of windmills conjures up pleasant images - of Holland and tulips, of rural America with windmill blades slowly turning, pumping water at the… — Lamar Alexander
Edward Abbey said you must brew your own beer; kick in you Tee Vee; kill your own beef; build your cabin and piss off the… — Bernd Heinrich
But, also, before I even go on the Medicare prescription drug debate, I always tell the folks in rural Illinois, and I represent 30 counties… — John Shimkus
India's place in the sun would come from the partnership between wisdom of its rural people and skill of its professionals — Verghese Kurien

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