Eugene McCarthy Quotes

I live in a rural residential area. It's a great place for a walk. I'm at my happiest when I'm listening to my iPod while walking around where my feet take me.

I really feel that my body craves to be in the mountains or by the ocean or in the countryside.

I'm not a city kind of guy. I'm happiest when I'm tromping through the woods. That's why I don't live in Los Angeles. Being physically away from Hollywood probably loses me a few jobs, but the best ones seek me out.

My life is the land, the dogs, the car, the motorcycle, the pond, the canoe, going to pick up mail. It's just a rural retreat that I enjoy.

The only time I can really relax is up a tree or somewhere outside. I love being outside.

I long for the countryside. That's where I get my calm and tranquillity - from being able to come and find a spot of green.

The countryside, particularly, is very good for my head.

I actually moved to upstate New York to the country.

I live in a beautiful village in the middle of the countryside, and being able to disappear off on my bike for a couple of hours two or three times a week is a wonderful way to relax.

I grew up in the countryside.

The older I get and the longer I live in New York City, the more I have the desire to go elsewhere and be surrounded by nature.

All my ego wants is to be sitting by a lake in Italy. It doesn't want to be backstage, warming up.

Living in a rural setting exposes you to so many marvelous things - the natural world and the particular texture of small-town life, and the exhilarating experience of open space.

Michigan is my antidote to Manhattan. This is where I come to relax.

What makes me really happy is a walk in the English countryside. A nice sunset, that British countryside - it means I'm home.

I live in the rural area of North Georgia, so for me, those are these best days. It has little to do with humans and mostly to do with nature and what surrounds me.

I grew up in New Mexico, and the older I get, I have less need for contemporary culture and big cities and all the stuff we are bombarded with. I am happier at my ranch in the middle of nowhere watching a bug carry leaves across the grass, listening to silence, riding my horse, and being in open space.

Far from the madding crowd’s ignoble strife …

We don't have a prayer of staying in Vietnam. But I can't give up a piece of territory as big as South Vietnam and still have the people re-elect me.

I've realized that I really like spending time in the countryside and having a garden.

I'm very fortunate and grateful to wake up every morning in the rural countryside I live in, looking at farmland and these beautiful mountains.

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

I'm not going to lie: I miss the grass and the trees... I miss home. On a Sunday morning, you could chill on the deck and listen to people mowing their lawns. It was very serene.

I love London, but I miss air; I miss space. My dream is to find a mountain where I can live.

I enjoy an easy jog. In the mountains, or the forest with my own thoughts, I can escape from the world for a bit.