A strong nation is one that is loved by its people and, as Edmund Burke put it, for a country to be loved it ought to be lovely.
I think people are drawn to 'The Pioneer Woman,' not because I am some fascinating person but because I present things that a lot of people can relate to.
[On Italy:] ... the country where kindness to strangers is a religion, you can't turn your head without seeing something beautiful, and you can't get a bad meal if you try.
I'm a country girl at heart. I think an old-school Western would kind of be really up my alley and would be so fun. I'm so comfortable in that genre and around horses.
I'm a country girl at heart.
I actually have a pig collection in my cabin: all types of old wood hand-carved pigs that my mom started for me as a housewarming gift.
Turkey was a peaceful county, Turkey was a lovely county.
Two things revolutionised life: moving to the countryside and falling in love.
I'm a real big country boy.
In the end, for congenial sympathy, for poetry, for work, for original feeling and expression, for perfect companionship with one's friends--give me the country.
We were taking some photos one day in front of one of these old antebellum homes, and one of us said the word. And we all kind of stopped and said, 'That could be a name!' ... It just feels kind of country and nostalgic.
Summertime in Montana, I become a monosyllabic baboon. I want to ride with the cowboys, go to brandings, doctor cattle, and train my horses. But in a few months, the snow starts to fly. The days become shorter; the yellow color of interior light becomes delicious. I look at my shelves, and every book just glows, and I want to be inside of that.
A country girl can talk her way out of a ticket.
I'm a small-town girl, and it'll never be beaten out of me.
There's an intelligent redneck in all of us somewhere.
A genial hearth, a hospitable board, and a refined rusticity.
I make very basic country rustic furniture.
I am just a country lawyer from way down in North Carolina, and I probably make inquiries with a little bit more vigor than some of these high-falutin' city lawyers do.
Asked about the thoroughness of his committee's investigations into the Watergate break-in, he replied:
It sometimes happens that the town child is more alive to the fresh beauty of the country than a child who is country born
Fort Worth is friendly; it's still a Texas town. It's the most Texas city in Texas.
The cowslip is a country wench.
I would have to say my favorite thing about hosting 'Redneck Island 4' was the cast. They were the most genuine, fun, and down-to-earth Southerners. They just reminded me of the kids I went to school with.
It was the best place to be, thought Wilbur, this warm delicious cellar, with the garrulous geese, the changing seasons, the heat of the sun, the passage of swallows, the nearness of rats, the sameness of sheep, the love of spiders, the smell of manure, and the glory of everything.
My mom is a country lady. She wants to be in the trees.
Country acquaintances are charming only in the country and only in the summer. In the city in winter they lose half of their appeal.