Village Quotes

619 quotes by 538 authors

I'm luckier than my grandfather, who didn't move more than five miles from the village in which he was born. — David Attenborough
When I gave birth to my fourth child, I suffered from post partum hemorrhaging. I almost lost my life. I was lucky to be under… — Joyce Banda
I stay in France. Better to be the queen of a village than a servant in a kingdom. — Emmanuelle Beart
Emigration, forced or chosen, across national frontiers or from village to metropolis, is the quintessential experience of our time. — John Berger
The destruction of India's village system was the greatest of England's blunders. — Annie Besant
I began when I was a child, because I was born and grew up in a little village. And many people ride the horses. So,… — Andrea Bocelli
When you truly accept that those children in some far off place in the global village have the same value as you in God's eyes… — Bono
The people in the villages had turned in on themselves. You can understand it. When you have a bad day on the field, what do… — Ian Botham
In the globalized world that is ours, maybe we are moving towards a global village, but that global village brings in a lot of different… — Lakhdar Brahimi
Because I worked as a newspaper reporter for about 14 years before attempting my first novel, I learned to write under almost any circumstances- by… — Geraldine Brooks
If you go out on the Appalachian Trail, you have to bring so much more equipment - a tent, sleeping bag - but if you… — Bill Bryson
One cannot live on potatoes alone. It is said that one wants bread with potatoes. And when there's no bread, a Jew takes his stick,… — Sholom Aleichem
I had rather be first in a village than second at Rome. — Julius Caesar
There is one timeless way of building. It is a thousand years old, and the same today as it has ever been. The great traditional… — Christopher Alexander
I'm the most recognized and loved man that ever lived cuz there weren't no satellites when Jesus and Moses were around, so people far away… — Muhammad Ali
Very much like that, and very much a loner, do you know and I didn't fit really into sport or all kind of group activities… — Eric Clapton
Giving women education, work, the ability to control their own income, inherit and own property, benefits the society. If a woman is empowered, her children… — Isabel Allende
Early on, I was so impressed with Charles Dickens. I grew up in the South, in a little village in Arkansas, and the whites in… — Maya Angelou
To know after absence the familiar street and road and village and house is to know again the satisfaction of home. — Hal Borland
But what was most remarkable, Broadway being three miles long, and the booths lining each side of it, in every booth there was a roast… — Frederick Marryat

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