Idyllic Quotations

A generation before, it had been sagebrush and coyotes; a generation later, it was a burgeoning movie town. But for that brief idyllic time in 1910, Hollywood looked like the perfect place for a successful writer to settle down, build his dream house, and maybe do some gardening.

Rural towns aren't always idyllic. It's easy to feel trapped and be aware of social hypocrisy.

We had common interests in the beauty of the French language. We both had a tremendous love of jazz. We shared dreams of getting married and having a family, living in the country, leading an idyllic life.

I was always a happy and loving person. Many would say that I was living an idyllic life.

Those Laurel Canyon days were great. I have a real fondness for that era, 'til about '68. Musically, it was wonderful, and there was this great innocence, an idyllic view of the world. After that, everything got a little... edgy.

There's something really simple and idyllic about living in a house very close to the water.

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 think the concept of seeking fame and fortune in women's football in the States is a bit idyllic.

An idyllic period of my existence was when I had a den attached to my home... a writing den, and no one had access to that unless they had their own special visa, applied for weeks in advance.

Where I live, in Vermont, there's this thing that women know about men, which is this disease: their childhood was so idyllic that nothing in the rest of their life can ever be satisfying. It's almost a plague.

We're investing financially and creatively to develop an idyllic environment that reflects our personal tastes and interests and where we can relax with our friends who also love this town,

I think when I started in the business, when I had my first aspirations of being in the business, I sort of pictured an idyllic life.

Reared in rural southern Alabama, we enjoyed an idyllic Huck Finn boyhood. But education there was casual at best. Our mother and father were high school teachers and challenged the pervasive easy-going ignorance.

We're clearly putting more than just our names to this project - we're investing financially and creatively to develop an idyllic environment that reflects our personal tastes and interests.

We didn't have a lot of live theater in Oklahoma. I didn't visit New York when I was growing up. I watched movie musicals, and I believed in an idealistic, idyllic version of Broadway.

With a view of Pike's Peak to the left and Cheyenne, Wyoming, to the right, we really did have an idyllic upbringing in a post-card setting..

You ever been to Oslo? ... It's like that, but prettier. It's between a hill and a river, a ridiculously green and idyllic place. And there's a full-sized mountain, and the desert's not much more than an hour away. The cost of living is pretty low, which suited us when we started. In fact, it used to be almost free.

I spent a special part of my life (in Macon), ... It was my early 20s. It was the '70s. We'd signed to Capricorn and we were touring with all our heroes. I mean, I tell my kids about an almost idyllic scene that was there ... It was a fertile time.

It was such an idyllic time when I grew up in Hong Kong. It was a British colony and very much geared towards buying the best of Britain. My childhood does have a huge influence on how we design. There must be a little bit of that nostalgia - childhood is so special.

It was a very idyllic childhood, surrounded by utterly beautiful landscapes that I got very, very bored of when I hit my teens. But being on your own a lot and being bored is good for your imagination. It makes it stretch.

The Corn Belt is like John Bunyan's idyllic Beulah-or a dark Gehenna.

I have three children, each of whom is having an idyllic childhood, probably because I have been at the office the entire time.

I have this idyllic love life, but my mind just won't accept that. I would like to bring a new guy home every night. I try to make humor out of that situation.

The Forest of Arden, where I grew up, is where As You Like It is set. It was idyllic.

I had an idyllic childhood and when my parents bought me a Punch and Judy Show and a ventriloquist's dummy, I'd perform anywhere, anytime. My parents were wonderful when I told them I wanted to be an entertainer.

An idyllic childhood is probably illusion.

You don't have to go very far away from Scandinavia to realize what an idyllic society it is.

Only animals were not expelled from Paradise.