Towns Quotes

1595 Towns quotes by 1229 unique authors

There's a man in the world who is never turned down, whatever he chances to stray; he gets the glad hand in the populous town,… — Walt Whitman
While in the city and its suburbs, I fed as if in danger of imminent execution. And I was able to confirm earlier reconnaissance: Vancouver… — Sam Sifton
The Europeans and Americans residing in the town of Zanzibar are either Government officials, independent merchants, or agents for a few great mercantile houses in… — Henry Morton Stanley
It’s hard to grieve in a town where everything that happens is God’s will. It’s hard to know what to do with your emptiness when… — Miriam Toews
Twitter is a global town square. — Dick Costolo
In a town of 3,000 people there is no privacy. Everybody knows what everybody is doing. — Vinton Cerf
Poetry is my cheap means of transportation, by the end of the poem the reader should be in a different place from where he started.… — Billy Collins
In our town there was a Gestapo officer who loved to play chess. After the occupation began, he found out that my father was the… — Bruno Schulz
If these town gods can't detect the thieves who steal from their own temples, it's hardly likely they'll tell me who stole my spade. — Aesop
The present moment is nice but it does not last. Living in it is like waiting in a junction town for the morning limited; the… — Bruce Catton
If you really want space on public transport you should carry some pornography from the 1970s and a pair of children's safety scissors, then delicately… — Robin Ince
It's fun to come back to the town where I went to school and see all the new Wildcat players — Natalie
I came from a small town and at school in one class there was me, a member from Depeche Mode and someone who went on… — Alison Moyet
There were some older guitarists on my side of town, and I got to know many of them — Tommy Shaw
Every small town that I had ever been to had had a caboose. — Laura Miller
I have always longed to be part of the outward life, to be out there at the edge of things, to let the human taint… — John Austin Baker
If Hitler’s still alive, I hope he’s out of town with a musical. — Larry Gelbart
L.A. is not a town that supports a lot of theater. Most of the shows don't get through a week or two and then, the… — Matthew Ashford
In a deal, you give and take. You compromise. Then you grab the cash and catch the next train out of town. — Irving Paul Lazar
I heard there were two local guys in town doing songs and comedy so I thought I'd take a look....they took my breath away...with their… — Tommy Smothers
Perhaps my children will live in stone houses and walled towns - Not I — Genghis Khan
Where the Tennessee River, like a silver snake, winds her way through the clay hills of Alabama, sits high on these hills, my home town,… — William Christopher Handy
Man is full of desires: he loves only those who can satisfy them all. "This man is a good mathematician," someone will say. But I… — Blaise Pascal
What youth or maiden conspires with the wild luxuriant beauty of Nature? She flourishes most alone, far from the towns where they reside. — Henry David Thoreau
Even in our democratic New England towns the accidental possession of wealth, and its manifestation in dress and equipage alone, obtain for the possessor almost… — Henry David Thoreau

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