(1138 quotes found)
“This is like the town council just hired a new marshal to clean up the town, ... I guarantee you, if I stay here long enough, they'll get rid of me, too.”
Bob Knight
“When you go to towns that are dying on the vine, it's because there is dissention between the city council and the business community - there are too many looking out for number one instead of the best interest of the community,”
Robert Butler
“Our town was rigid in many ways, in terms of the uniformity of things, the colors of skin, the makes of cars, the lushness of the lawns, but on top of that it was sort of a blank canvas so-and again, I guess this is true of any child-I was ready to quickly accept the sudden and total substitutions of all I knew to be true.”
Dave Eggers
“So I am interested in acting, but offers that have come in are ‘small town girl wants to be a singer, has dreams and aspirations, makes it as a star.’ JLo could pull that off, give it to her.”
Christina Aguilera
“There isn't much to be seen in a little town, but what you hear makes up for it”
Kin Hubbard
“I knew my own situation, my own town, and I knew I had it in my hand. Once I got it, I knew I could do things that no civil rights march ever did.”
Carl Stokes
“The improved American highway system isolated the American-in-transit. On his speedway he had no contact with the towns which he by-passed. If he stopped for food or gas, he was served no local fare or local fuel, but had one of Howard Johnson's nationally branded ice cream flavors, and so many gallons of Exxon. This vast ocean of superhighways was nearly as free of culture as the sea traversed by the Mayflower Pilgrims.”
Daniel J. Boorstin
“This tragic event has destroyed the homes and lives of many people -- people I know. Many towns are experiencing this devastation and have yet to determine what, if any, buildings will be saved. We have to do something to help ease this burden.”
Chris Duhon
“For a town this size, the level of the arts it supports is extraordinary.”
Bartlett Sher
“A lot of streets are still very dark in town and not set up numerically, ... This cuts down on our response time.”
Barbara Reynolds
