Quotes about island
islands dry soil
The island Mayo is generally barren, being dry, as I said; and the best of it is but a very indifferent soil. William Dampier
islands giving generosity
Who gives an island as a gift? I frowned. I hadn’t realized Edward’s extreme generosity was a learned behavior. Bella Stephenie Meyer
islands toys welcome
Welcome to the island of misfit toys Stephen Chbosky
islands years long
The residents and elected officials of Long Island have fought vigorously for many years and spent millions of dollars to preserve the quality of life that the Long Island Sound offers. Tim Bishop
islands safety long
In my district, the budget scales back and eliminates several long-term shore protection projects important to the safety and economic security of Long Island.
islands long needs
We need to get serious about combating gang violence on Long Island, and the entire nation.
islands ships sides
When the ship is sinking and you're forced to choose sides, the new solution is to jump from island to island to island. You don't have to pick. Shia LaBeouf
islands capes instruments
Living in Cape Breton, it's really all about fiddle music, so it's not like there were other instruments out there that tempted me and it was like I had to decide which one. It was automatically fiddle, because it's the predominant instrument in Cape Breton Island. Natalie MacMaster
islands fantasy boat
I did a 'Love Boat!' And based on my trip on the 'Love Boat,' I said, 'I'd just as soon not do 'Fantasy Island.'' Tom Hanks
islands back-when fantasy
I had to say no to 'Fantasy Island' back when I was doing 'Bosom Buddies.'
islands bridges alaska
We're gonna put $456 million to go to an island of 50 people? You know...The bridge to nowhere. And this is right after Katrina happened. And so I offer an amendment to take that money from Alaska and repair the stuff in Louisiana. Tom Coburn
islands sight two
The sight of the first woman in the minimal two-piece was as explosive as the detonation of the atomic bomb by the U.S. at Bikini Island in the Marshall Isles, hence the naming of the bikini. Tom Waits
islands want tourists
I don't want to be an island. I want to be more of a tourist attraction. You stop here, I take your money and you go. Richard Sherman
islands long tests
And I really wanted a driver's license. I was 43, had my learner's permit and had failed the test once already - but that was in Riverhead, on Long Island. Suzanne Vega
islands rhode-island presidential
I had supported Governor George W. Bush over Senator John McCain in the 2000 Rhode Island presidential primary. Lincoln Chafee
islands guy desert
You put a guy on a desert island, he'll do it to mud, a chicken, a barrel, anything, a knothole. Lenny Bruce
islands white forgiving
Do you realize, when Mandela was inaugurated president, he invited as his special guests the white jailers from his Robben Island prison? He literally did forgive everybody. Rush Limbaugh
islands target terrorist
The Staten Island Ferry remains a potential terrorist target. Vito Fossella
islands heaven world
Not in Utopia, -- subterranean fields, --Or some secreted island, Heaven knows whereBut in the very world, which is the worldOf all of us, -- the place where in the endWe find our happiness, or not at all William Wordsworth
islands race blood
For four hundred years the blacks of Haiti had yearned for peace. for three hundred years the island was spoken of as a paradise of riches and pleasures, but that was in reference to the whites to whom the spirit of the land gave welcome. Haiti has meant split blood and tears for blacks. Zora Neale Hurston
islands long grandfather
My grandfather was a cop in Long Island. I often try to draw on things that I've heard about him. Yancy Butler
islands ifs
What is the good of being an island, if you are not a volcanic island? Wyndham Lewis