Quotes about islands
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 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 justice desert
All justice is inherently social. Can someone on a desert island be either just or unjust? Thomas Sowell
islands flying purpose
Today's preoccupation with physical theories of everything takes a wrong turn from the purpose of science - to question all things relentlessly. Modern physics has become like Swift's kingdom of Laputa, flying absurdly on an island above the earth and indifferent to what is beneath. Robert Lanza
islands solitude continents
The conductor's stand is not a continent of power, but rather an island of solitude. Riccardo Muti
islands ashes hawaii
Hawaii is the best form of comfort for me. When I die, I want to be cremated, and I want half my ashes spread in the Pacific around the island, the rest on the property. Richard Pryor
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 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