Small Town Quotes

282 Small Town quotes by 249 unique authors

As a kid I never had the impulse to climb anything. I think that most kids who live in small towns or rural areas outside… — Jamie Bell
Petite ville, grand renom. Small town, great renown. — Francois Rabelais
It's true that what you find in New York is something other than America. Only small towns and small countries are self-satisfied; a real capital… — Simone de Beauvoir
San Francisco has a flowers-in-your-hair kind of vibe, while Chicago's got this very funny, big-city/small-town coolness to it. — Dave Matthews
I knew I would be famous one day. That's because I lived in a very small town and nobody liked doing the same things I… — Alice Munro
The small town is passing. It was the incubator that hatched all our big men, and that's why we haven't got as many big men… — Will Rogers
If you walked around like David Bowie in 1973 in Reading, you'd get beaten up. The 1970s in a small town was more like the… — Ricky Gervais
I had a very simple, unremarkable and happy life. And I grew up in a very small town. And so my life was made up… — Ishmael Beah
In small towns, bored teenagers turn their eyes longingly to the exciting doings in the big cities, pining for urban amenities like hipster bars and… — Thomas Frank
I grew up in southwestern Virginia. I was born in South Carolina, but only because my parents had a vacation cabin or something there on… — William Gibson
On the Web we all become small-town visitors lost in the big city. — Alison Gopnik
I kept saying that I'd never live in L.A., and I didn't think I would. But that's where the work is, and I ended up… — John Cusack
I come from this really small town near Nashville, Tennessee, where everything was la-di-da and normal. — Miley Cyrus
My father was a Norwegian who came from a small town near Oslo. He broke his arm at the elbow when he was 14, and… — Roald Dahl
I do like men and I had, you know, a guy in high school that I wanted to marry desperately. He's the mayor of some… — Ellen DeGeneres
Everybody wants you to do good things, but in a small town you pretty much graduate and get married. Mostly you marry, have children and… — Faith Hill
Any institution becomes a community - whether it's a high school or a boarding school or a publishing company or a small town where everybody… — Alice Hoffman
From 1985 to 1994, I lived in Manhattan in a big old loft right off Times Square. I could walk to work, which was in… — Penn Jillette
In small towns people scent the wind with noses of uncommon keenness. — Stephen King
People from small towns have to have their edges roughed up to get along in the world. But as a street reporter, you learn quickly. — Bill Kurtis
I sort of always had an inkling towards some kind of an art form. I grew up in a very small town, and I just… — Rachel McAdams
I grew up in a small town in India, but through books I knew the world. — Mira Nair
I grew up in a very small town which is remote even by Indian standards. I always dreamed of the world. — Mira Nair
President Johnson and I have a lot in common. We were both born in small towns and we're both fortunate in the fact that we… — Richard M. Nixon
I grew up in a small town in Illinois, and my dad was a basketball coach. Thanks to him, I have excellent fundamentals in both… — Nick Offerman

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