Islands Quotes · Page 7

The boy was standing alone as though the broken glass all around him were a shining sea and he were an island.

— Cassandra Clare

England, an old and exhausted island, must one day be contented, like other parents, to be strong only in her children.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The Kiril Islands had changed hands more times than a good coin in a whorehouse.”

— Jaida Jones

The sea which we think of separating the two island actually joins them.

— Conor Cruise O'Brien

When I was 16, I discovered this island called cinema and I thought: 'Oh, how wonderful; I'm ready.'

— Leos Carax

The truth is, until you know any different, the island is enough. Actually, I know different. And it's still enough.

— Maggie Stiefvater

My great strength is knowing who I am and where I come from - my island.

— Oscar de la Renta

My father used to run auctions. He's now a singer in the Canary Islands.

— Jason Statham

In violent and chaotic times such as these, our only chance for survival lies in creating our own little islands of sanity…

— Sue Kaufman

Small islands, not capable of protecting themselves, are the proper objects for kingdoms to take under their care; but there is something…

— Thomas Paine

Life is an island. People come out of the sea, cross the island, and return to the sea. But this short life…

— Martiros Saryan

I would not be cured if the price of the cure was that I must leave the island and give up my…

— Father Damien

In no way can words convey the nagual. But they open up the possibility. They allow an admission on the island of…

— Frederick Lenz

I love giving gifts and I love receiving them. I really like giving little kids extravagant gifts. You see their little faces…

— Gina Gershon

There is perhaps no surer road to peace than the one that starts from little islands and oases of genuine kindness, islands…

— Dominique Pire

If you want to take the island, then burn your boats. With absolute commitment come the insights that create real victory.

— Tony Robbins

I wonder how long this word will last, governed exclusively by the merciless, inhuman and immoral criteria of global economy. Seeing the…

— Tiziano Terzani

The savage, rocky shores of Christmas Island, 200 miles south of Java, in the Indian Ocean. It's November, the moon is in…

— David Attenborough

Through it all, this wild life on and off the road , through Jordanian deserts , Spanish islands, German prisons, Caribbean tax…

— Eric Burdon

“A human being without the proper empathy or feeling is the same as an android built so as to lack it, either…

— Philip K. Dick

I think the Caribbean countries face rising oceans and they face increase in the severity of hurricanes. This is something that is…

— Steven Chu

Romance is sort of an island right next to care. When you care about someone and you listen to them and you…

— Ashton Kutcher

There is a scene in the movie where Astrid and Hiccup fly on Toothless's back toward the island of Berk. The animation…

— Craig Ferguson

It is a time when one’s spirit is subdued and sad, one knows not why; when the past seems a storm-swept desolation,…

— Mark Twain

My goal is to be living back in Canada as soon as I can, hopefully somewhere in the Gulf Islands.

— Nicholas Lea

the islands of Italy combine all the elements - fire, water, earth, and air - and that is irresistible.

— Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

1 Universe,9 Plants, 204 Countries,809 Islands,7 Seas, And I Had The Privilege To Meet You..!

— Anonymous

Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.

— Anne Lamott

I was a small kid from Huntington, Long Island. I never imagined that anything like that would happen to me.

— Gerry Cooney

When ghettos become the mainstream of society, islands of individuality cannot help but harbor an elite.

— Anton Szandor LaVey

[I've worked as a guard at Rikers Island] from 1988 to 1990.

— Sharon Jones

I discovered Musha Cay and the islands around it in the Exumas.

— David Copperfield

Books are islands in the ocean of time. They are also oases in the deserts of time.

— Lawrence Clark Powell

I would love to go to Iran. The island of Madagascar, everyone says is pretty exotic, or the wonderful Namibian desert.

— Michael Palin

I graduated from CUNY College of Staten Island with a 3.9 GPA in three and a half years.

— Vinny Guadagnino

Pacific Islands are among those that contribute least to global warming, yet suffer most.

— Ban Ki-moon

“She has mischievious moments when she wishes she could get him alone on a desert island...”

— George Bernard Shaw

The candle-buds opened their wide white flowers…Their scent spilled out into the air and took possession of the island.

— William Golding

You were a stone wall, a fort in high, unreachable trees, an island, my own island, that no boat could reach.

— Deb Caletti

If I was on an island, just for melody, I would take albums by the Stones, AC/DC and the Beach Boys' Smiley…

— Steven Tyler