John Milton Quotes

I spent the first 18 years of my life in the pastoral town of Vernal, Utah, in the shadows of the Book Cliffs and the Uinta Mountains.

the streams buck like rams in a tent / whips crack and from the hills come the crookedly combed /shadows of the shepherds. /black eggs and fools' bells fall from the trees. / thunder drums and kettledrums beat upon the ears of the donkeys. / wings brush against flowers. / fountains spring up in the eyes of the wild boar.

Where I live is about an hour and a half West of London. I live in the countryside... It's a classic little village, and it's idyllic in a lot of ways.

I like rural areas.

My house borders horse farms, and I can look out my window and see the horses and the new colts. It's really peaceful.

The countryside in Belfast is beautiful. No technical wizardry is needed to show quite how glorious it is in its natural state.

Northern Wisconsin, where I'm from, is so ridiculously rural.

I don't have any romantic notions about villages.

I live sort of in the country and I like that. It's very quiet, it's beautiful.

There are portions of Malibu that are very remote; it's like living in the country somewhere.

I grew up in Ditchling. It was an idyllic village at the foot of the South Downs. In those days, the village was full of artists and sculptors.

I have, I must admit, despised the English countryside for much of my life - despised it and avoided it for its want of danger and adventure.

The space and light up there in Norfolk is wonderfully peaceful. I find myself doing funny things like gardening, and cooking, which I rarely do in London.

Years ago I had a house in Sussex, it was like Arcadia, with an old Victorian bridge, a pond and the Downs.

I live on a farm in Dorset. The nearest neighbour is a quarter of a mile away. It's really quiet, with an amazing view - can't see a pylon, can't see a road. Blockbuster's an event in our house, when the little blue envelope comes in.

My wife and kids like the quiet and the countryside - I still find that kind of quiet hard to listen to.

We lived in this area that was basically two circular roads next to each other. There were forests and pastures and stuff. I remember walking around the forest quite a bit.

I was brought up in a very rural area on grounds of a castle. It was a working farm, and I even remember the local shepherd wearing his Barbour jacket.

I am not an enthusiast when it comes to cities, preferring rolling scenery, wildlife and stars to museums, monuments, architecture and traffic.

I like to be in Le Mans during the summer, of course because I have my family over there but also because the nature is just beautiful at this time and it's in the country. There is a relaxing spirit in this place.

I grew up in a village just outside Le Mans, so nature and fresh air are among the things I love the most.

I grew up surrounded by two farms and their fields. My earliest memories are of our mongrel dog running around and cows looking in the window while we ate our tea.

My California sunrise, there's a real mist in the air. I think of the mountains. You can smell the farm fields. You can smell the dirt and the lights and the whole sun.

I love the countryside, which is where I live and feel most comfortable, and hate being surrounded by herds of people.