(1138 quotes found)
“Live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.”
Will Rogers
“Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest.”
Claudia Lady Bird Johnson
“The one being carried does not realize how far away the town is”
Nigerian Proverb
“Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen.”
Willa Sibert Cather
“[San Francisco] . . . the city that never was a town.”
“So live that you would not mind selling your pet parrot to the town gossip”
“Tip to out-of-town visitors: If you buy something here in New York and want to have it shipped home, be suspicious if the clerk tells you they don't need your name and address”
David Letterman
“Voters are starting to get together to keep Wal-Marts out of their town so that their economies don't get wrecked. The local elections are where you handle rent control, living wages and medical marijuana laws. Few people vote in local elections, but if more people like us vote, we have a far better chance at getting cool people and cool propositions passed. If you don't show up, you can bet your sweet ass that the Bush gang and the Christian coalition will.”
Jello Biafra
“[Referring to why the ghost town is built so far away] Because they're stupid! That's why everybody does anything”
Homer Simpson
“Paris ain't much of a town.”
Babe Ruth
