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If our designs for private houses are to be correct, we must at the outset take note of the countries and climates in which they are built. — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

I once had a dream about getting a marriage, house in the country, and at the end of the day we'd retire, but I'm never going to retire. — Ozzy Osbourne

If you are as happy, my dear sir, on entering this house as I am in leaving it and returning home, you are the happiest man in this country. — James Buchanan

I've stayed in houses that were in the country, and in England, but I'm still not sure that I've stayed in an English country house. — Lev Grossman

I certainly couldn't run a big country house, nor could I organize the greatest show on earth. — Hugh Bonneville

All I really want is enough to live on, a little house in the country ... and a tree in the garden with seven of my enemies hanging in it. — Heinrich Heine

As a country singer, there is only one place you dream of playing in your lifetime, and that is the Grand Ole Opry House. — Blake Shelton

A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house. — Matthew McConaughey

One day I'd love a house in the country, with some chickens, dogs and kids. — Katie McGrath

This country is never going to move forward unless we end Republican rule in the House and Senate. — Bernie Sanders

There is not a country on earth that could get its fiscal house in order by shrinking opportunity and depressing growth. — Martin O'Malley

We live in a flat; my wife would be happy if we had a house with stairs. Or a little cottage in the country. — Fergus Henderson

That soul-subduing sentiment, harshly called flirtation, which is the spell of a country house. — Benjamin Disraeli

Another husband, another new house, another new country, but I never belong anywhere and I never own anything in my own right. — Philippa Gregory

Other than the fact that I like a country house, I can't think of anything I'd want to spend my money on. — Guy Ritchie

It's nice to live in a country that has its priorities straight: the library's open three hours a week, and the House of Fist is 24/7. — Dana Gould

America is the first country where people go to the poor house in their car. — Will Rogers

Country manners. Even if somebody phones up to tell you your house is burning down, they ask first how you are. — Alice Munro

Our country may be likened to a new house. We lack many things, but we possess the most precious of all - liberty! — James Monroe

I don't think you make documentary films to get your country house. If you're trying to gamble on that, you've very foolish. — Liz Garbus

Families, like countries, take their prophets unkindly, but a verse-speaker in the house is dishonor to be hooted. — Dylan Thomas

I didn't know feminism was actually a thing until I left home and found out the country didn't run the way my mom's house did, — Joss Whedon

I think there is a commitment on the part of the White House to racial justice in this country, and no ambiguity. — Richard Lugar

The goodnesses you do will beautifully cover you like the beautiful flowers covering a country house! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

In this House, we may belong to different parties, but we serve one country. — Nancy Pelosi

Together, we will lead our party back to the White House, and we will lead our country back to safety, prosperity, and peace. — Donald Trump

Buy a house in a foreign country and, it seems, that anything which can go wrong usually does. — Tahir Shah

I can write anywhere that's quiet. I have a study in my apartment, but I often work in the kitchen of a house that we rent in the country. — Jonathan Galassi

My dream is to one day own a country house on the shore in England, have gotten married, wipe some debt off and get a few more good films. — Matthew Goode

The last fight for the white metal is to be made here in this country and in this House, my friends. — Richard Parks Bland

Now, she lived with her dogs in a small house by a creek in the country, and her life had become a simple thing. — John Hart

I don't really have a great deal of spare time.I still have a house in the country, but I'm in London 90 percent of the time. — Bryan Ferry

Suburbia is the insidious cartoon of the country house in a cartoon of the country. — James Howard Kunstler

Death is not a journey into an unknown land; it is a voyage home. We are going, not to a strange country, but to our fathers house. — John Ruskin

After hearing from my colleagues, I have decided to run for Speaker of the House. Let's work together to make a difference for our country. — Kevin McCarthy

Gone to the nearest public-house. That is the centre of country gossip. They would have told you every name, from the master to the scullery-maid. — Arthur Conan Doyle

My house was a world of my own possession, a country in which I was ruler and citizen, where I chose and where I served. — Anita Diamant

The Republicans in the House and the Bush administration are bankrupting this country. — Tom Allen

Every year of my life, my dad has sent me a Valentine's Day gift. Whether I was in the same house or across the country, he always sent something. — Sevyn Streeter

Most of our country's serious problems can be laid at the feet of Congress and the White House and not at capitalism. — Walter E. Williams

A country without bordellos is like a house without bathrooms. — Marlene Dietrich

I believe Hillary [Clinton] should be the president. I believe having her and her husband in the White House is what the country needs . — Donna Karan

the drink of choice is not present, this RC cola will do. In this part of the country, it's the house wine. — W. Charlene Ammons

The English country house is certainly an icon of British culture. — Julian Fellowes

Going to another country you're not in your house, you're with people you've never met before, and I think it's definitely a good growing experience. — Amanda Bynes

Nevertheless, I drove right past my landmark, an antique store which looked to me like an ordinary house with junk piled on the front porch. — Abraham Verghese

We always had our own vegetables growing up and now I'm doing it with my kids at our house in the country. — Stella McCartney

That was quite an adventure, stopping at a different house each night, seeing new country,. — Jack Williamson

The penny-papers of New York do more to govern this country than the White House at Washington. — Wendell Phillips

I'll never be, like, sippy cup country, or write about everything I do around the house. — Randy Houser

Tom's country ends here: he will not pass the borders. Tom has his house to mind, and Goldberry is waiting! — J.R.R. Tolkien

A house in the country is not the same as a country house. — Gertrude Stein

My dream is to be on my boat. Or on an island. Or in my house in the country. That's my dream. — Cameron Mackintosh