Suburbs Quotes

136 Suburbs quotes by 125 unique authors

In the suburbs it's hard to buy your Christmas gifts early in the year. You never know who your friends will be in December. — Milton Berle
As suburbs go, Bromley's not bad. But as David Bowie and Hanif Kureishi have observed, you do want to get out of there quickly. — Tibor Fischer
I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago. — James Iha
I'm a Sydney suburban boy shaped entirely by the western suburbs. — Bryan Brown
If you say city to people, people have no problem thinking of the city as rife with problematic, screwed-up people, but if you say suburbs… — Eric Bogosian
The nation can no longer afford to continue policies that hasten the flight of persons to the distant suburbs. — Jane Byrne
I was born in Darien, Connecticut, but in 1959, when I was four, my parents moved to the suburbs of Toronto. Then, in the late… — Linwood Barclay
The rapid growth in many of our suburbs has spawned a booming construction industry eager to hire low wage immigrants who gladly fill these jobs,… — Spencer Bachus
I'm from the US of A. Born in Des Moines, raised in the New York suburbs. — Stephen Collins
I grew up in the suburbs. — Rosemarie DeWitt
I was born in Paris, and I haven't moved, except until now - I live in the suburbs and I hate it. — Luc Ferrari
I think there are two prevailing views of the suburbs in the States: either they're this sort of tedious place, where everyone is the same,… — Megan Abbott
It is very difficult to say nowadays where the suburbs of London come to an end and where the country begins. The railways, instead of… — Anthony Trollope
And there are men behind bars who pray for the light and there are men in the suburbs who pray for the night. — Elton John
We were the children of white flight, the first generation to grow up in postwar American suburbs. By the time the ’60s rolled around, many… — Herbert Muschamp
You need to take small steps when you dream big dreams. I am a published author with dyslexia, a professional speaker who was in speech… — Karl Mecklenburg
I grew up in the suburbs north of Atlanta. I had an amazing childhood, and I still go back to my home in Atlanta often. — Devon Werkheiser
Simplicity in its essence demands neither a vow of poverty nor a life of rural homesteading. As an ethic of self-conscious material moderation, it can… — David Shi
The reality is that our economy now consists of driving 250 million vehicles around the suburbs and malls and eating fried chicken. We don't manufacture… — Joe Bageant
You have a real asset-price bubble in places like parts of California and the suburbs of Washington, D.C. — Charlie Munger
Wilderness is not only a haven for native plants and animals but it is also a refuge from society. Its a place to go to… — John Muir
When it came to hip-hop... I don't know. Maybe I was insecure. You know, this is the early '90s. If you were a white guy,… — Charlie Day
If Dante was writing The Divine Comedy in 2013, he might very well have set part of it in the suburbs. — Joshua Mohr
Living on the street as a kid changed the way I looked at everything. It was a different time and while it had its dangers,… — Charles de Lint
Slums may well be breeding grounds of crime, but middle class suburbs are incubators of apathy and delirium. — Cyril Connolly

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