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 as a kid, I couldn't find a niche. And music was not really part of the kind of village curriculum it would, you know. Eric Clapton British Musician More Eric Clapton Quotes 1
Creative people who can't help but explore other mental territories are at greater risk, just as someone who climbs a mountain is more at risk than someone who just walks along a village lane. R. D. Laing Scottish Psychologist More R. D. Laing Quotes 1
Until I was four years old I lived in the house of my paternal grandfather, about two miles from the pretty little village of Wallace, at the mouth of the river of that name. Simon Newcomb Canadian Mathematician More Simon Newcomb Quotes 0
Lincoln's stature and strength, his intelligence and ambition - in short, all the elements which gave him popularity among men in New Salem, rendered him equally attractive to the fair sex of that village. John George Nicolay American Writer More John George Nicolay Quotes 0
There were 15 people in the village, including five of us. If my father arrested somebody in the winter, he'd have to wait until the thaw to turn him in. Leslie Nielsen Canadian Actor More Leslie Nielsen Quotes 0
You arrive at a village, and in this calm environment, one starts to hear echo. Yannick Noah French Athlete More Yannick Noah Quotes 0
The amount of horror one used to hear about in one village could be quite extreme. But one might not have heard about all the other villages' horrors at the same time. Sharon Olds American Poet More Sharon Olds Quotes 0
I believe that in a great city, or even in a small city or a village, a great theater is the outward and visible sign of an inward and probable culture. Laurence Olivier English Actor More Laurence Olivier Quotes 0
Yes, in my books I do edit myself to keep from becoming the Village Explainer. Thomas Perry German Musician More Thomas Perry Quotes 0
I quit the tax job then and decided that I was going to play in a band. I answered ads in the Village Voice and went through two days of auditioning for bands. Robert Quine American Musician More Robert Quine Quotes 0
You can criticize any news staff in some ways, but the one thing that you couldn't call the Village Voice staff was a staff of stenographers, taking notes from public figures and just passing them on. Sydney Schanberg American Journalist More Sydney Schanberg Quotes 0
The more you participate in our common endeavors, the more successful your work in the factory, mine, wharf or village, in an economic institute or in the arts, in commerce or administration, the sooner we will be where we all want to be. Walter Ulbricht German Politician More Walter Ulbricht Quotes 0
This is unexposed film of Greenwich Village because nothing ever happens there. Weegee American Photographer More Weegee Quotes 0
When I was in high school I moved from the big city to a tiny village of 500 people in Vermont. It was like The Waltons! Daphne Zuniga American Actress More Daphne Zuniga Quotes 0
Franz Kline, who became known for his black and white paintings, did a whole series of gorgeous landscapes and wonderful portraits that may still hang in Greenwich Village. David Amram American Composer More David Amram Quotes 0
When I become the village idiot, or at least, it starts to become a joke, you can't do that much longer. Joan Van Ark American Actress More Joan Van Ark Quotes 0
Emigration, forced or chosen, across national frontiers or from village to metropolis, is the quintessential experience of our time. John Berger English Artist More John Berger Quotes 0
In 1978, the tradition of running from village to village with a message was revived. that first run was from Davis to Los Angeles, a distance of 500 miles. Dennis Banks American Educator More Dennis Banks Quotes 0
My family actually lived in the same village for about 400 years. They had great stability until the last century. People lived and intermarried in small villages. Roger Bannister British Athlete More Roger Bannister Quotes 0
I had rather be first in a village than second at Rome. Julius Caesar Roman Leader More Julius Caesar Quotes 0
When I walked to school in the mornings I would start out alone but would pick up four other boys along the way. We would set out together after school across the village green. Roald Dahl British Novelist More Roald Dahl Quotes 0
I would rather be first in a little Iberian village than second in Rome. Epicurus Greek Philosopher More Epicurus Quotes 0
The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow. Bill Gates American Businessman More Bill Gates Quotes 0
New Zealand is not a small country but a large village. Peter Jackson New Zealander Director More Peter Jackson Quotes 0
Every rustic who delivers in the village alehouse his slow, infrequent sentences, may help to kill or keep alive the fatal superstitions which clog his race. William Kingdon Clifford English Mathematician More William Kingdon Clifford Quotes 0