Quotes about island
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 littles tiny
I grew up on a tiny little island. Samantha Barks
islands japan people
I once said that it was unacceptable for Japan to remain "an isolated prosperous island." At one time, it might have been all right for Japan to avoid sending any citizens to dangerous areas [even as part of international efforts] and just wish for its own people's happiness. That time is gone. Sadako Ogata
islands target terrorist
The Staten Island Ferry remains a potential terrorist target. Vito Fossella
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 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 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 bird library
In the bare room under the old library on the hill in the town at the tip of the small peninsula on the cold island so far from everything else, I lived among strangers and birds. Rebecca Solnit
islands people alcatraz
So, you wrecked Alcatraz Island, made Mount St. Helens explode, and displaced half a million people, but at least you're safe." "Yep, that pretty much covers it. Rick Riordan
islands water waiting
Yeah, my bad," Leo muttered. "I should've crashed on one of the other islands. Oh, wait-there aren't any!" She [Calypso] snarled and kept walking along the edge of the water.
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 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 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