Geographic Influence Quotes

The biggest difference between England and America is that England has history, while America has geography.

I'm from New York, so I'm not a big driver.

I am a typical Telugu boy dominated by all the qualities of a Hyderabadi because I was born and brought up here.

As Maine goes, so goes Vermont.

My accent gets more pronounced when I've been talking to people from Derry.

I grew up in Texas, and I think anybody who grows up in the Midwest or in the South, it's just a different way of life.

I don't want to cancel the South out in my life. I carry my Southernness with me. God knows, it's a great place to come from. It's also a place I had to get away from. It is just an endless world for me, so much culture and eccentricity.

The countries of the American continent and the adjacent islands are for the United States the natural marts of supply and demand.

The best people, like the best wines, come from the hills.

As with wine, geography affects the flavor. Oysters are usually named for a locale.

Again and again, to be sure, on the way to America, and under many other circumstances, man has passed through the most adverse climates and has survived, but he has flourished and waxed strong only in certain zones.

The chairman thought it was violent. If he had come from Montana, he wouldn't think it was so violent.

I started out in New York, and New York has a way of countering a Southern accent, naturally; when I moved to Los Angeles for a job, and I just stayed, the dialect out here doesn't really counter, and my Southern started coming back.

It's hard to say if actual places really affect the way you write.

If you write a book about a bygone period that lies east of the Mississippi River, then it's a historical novel. If it's west of the Mississippi, it's a western, a different category. There's no sense to it.

When Washington State has been good, they've always had a connection to Southern California. You know, as far as visiting, that's different than recruiting. Recruiting is based on production and players, who you can get. You know, so, the nicest parts of Southern California aren't necessarily the best players.

I'm from Chicago and it's a huge influence on me.

We grew up in the South, but in a very liberal household - both our parents are from the Northeast.

I think the sensibilities of having grown up in Upstate New York and the concerns, the fears, the hopes of the people there are reflected all over the country.

The physician must give heed to the region in which the patient lives, that is to say, to its type and peculiarities.

When I'm doing a store in a country, I always like to consider the concept of the country and the city.

At my core, I'm a Midwesterner.

Growing up, all I did was write about the fact that I'm from where I'm from. I was a big champion of where I was from and Wisconsin in general, and the Midwest.

My own style depends on my location. Hippie-chic in Costa Rica, tailored and clean in N.Y.C., and great jeans and comfy tops with fun sneakers in L.A.

I didn't grow up in one place, so I never had a certain mentality. I have some aspects of growing up in Texas, but I also have a lot of East Coast family. I would have loved to grow up on the East Coast.