I picked a name that was a combination of an island name and a very English name. Havana was one choice and… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
My mother gave birth to me at Fort McPherson in Atlanta, Georgia. A short while later we were living in Stuttgart, Germany. — Harris Faulkner Copy Share Image
The 70's was a great time for artistic expression in Jamaica and I was in the heart of it, unconsciously soaking it… — Michael Hyatt Copy Share Image
This is what I know - Jamaica. No matter where I go, how long I stay there... here is always home for… — Koffee Copy Share Image
My mother born in Mexico, but was Lebanese in origin. She born 1902 the same year my father arrived to Mexico when… — Carlos Slim Copy Share Image
Jamaica has the best coffee, the best sugar, the best ginger and some of the best cocoa in the world. — Chris Blackwell Copy Share Image
Deep down in Jamaica close to Mandeville. Back up in the woods on top of a hill. There stood an old hut… — Peter Tosh Copy Share Image
Countries like Jamaica do not have a random program, so they can go months without being tested. I'm not saying anyone is… — Carl Lewis Copy Share Image
Ive always loved Jamaica as its weather is so different from that in England. Theres something lovely, too, about walking along the… — Mary McCartney Copy Share Image
I was born in Munich, and my father was stationed in Salzburg. For the first three years of my life, I lived… — Rick Atkinson Copy Share Image
“I Write books for the little girl in the adult woman who some man told she was not good enough. Let us… — Crystal Evans Copy Share Image
With my first pay cheque I sent my parents to Jamaica, so they actually got passports! They're pretty grounded; it wasn't until… — Brooklyn Decker Copy Share Image
My family moved - first to Washington, D.C., and then, in the spring of 1975, to Lebanon, where my father worked as… — Greg Kinnear Copy Share Image
My parents, Santos and Lupe Padilla, immigrated separately from Mexico and met in Los Angeles in the late 1960s. It was love… — Alex Padilla Copy Share Image
I grew up in Senegal but I was born in St. Louis. My mom and pop made sure we were all born… — Akon Copy Share Image
My dad was born in Chicago in 1908... his parents came from Russia. They settled in Chicago, where they lived in a… — Bob Balaban Copy Share Image
I grew up in Birmingham, but my parents are originally from Barbados. My dad, Romeo, was a long-distance lorry driver, and my… — David Harewood Copy Share Image
'Yo I'm from Africa' Boy you're just a faker. Name one city: 'Uhh, Jamaica!' Wrong! And I think that's a shame, An… — King Sun Copy Share Image
I was born in Lausanne, Switzerland, and we lived there for three to five years - with my mother and father. And… — Yasmin Aga Khan Copy Share Image
Anwar al-Awlaki was a U.S. citizen by virtue of his birth in Las Cruces, New Mexico, in 1971 while his Yemeni father… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
I want people to know that Jamaica is filled with youngsters with a lot of potential. Smart people who are talented across… — Koffee Copy Share Image
Gay people are nice people. Just like any other people. And gay people love reggae music. Yeah. And gay people love Jamaica. — Yellowman Copy Share Image
I feel really strongly about immigration because my mom is... from Jamaica. She still has a green card here. — Ayesha Curry Copy Share Image
There are some popular artists - you would say they run Jamaica, like their songs are played everywhere in Jamaica, because everyone… — Koffee Copy Share Image
What we struggle to make of it is our sole gift to Jah. The process of what that struggle becomes, in time,… — Bob Marley Copy Share Image
My dad would arrive periodically, show his face, and go back to Jamaica. Which was weird, because he used to pretend he… — Alison Hammond Copy Share Image
Gays and lesbians should have the same rights as anybody else, and when they're in Jamaica, they do have the same rights. — Shaggy Copy Share Image
I was the first person in my family born in the United States. My mom is from Croatia, and my dad is… — Ottessa Moshfegh Copy Share Image
In Jamaica, we eradicated polio many years ago, but there are a lot of kids suffering in Africa still. — Ziggy Marley Copy Share Image
I've opened up more by traveling outside Jamaica. It helps me to grow as a person to be outside of my element;… — Ziggy Marley Copy Share Image
I was born in Berlin on March 15, 1830, the second son of the royal university professor K. W. L. Heyse and… — Paul Heyse Copy Share Image
I slept in the bedroom used by Sabine Baring-Goulds wife when I was researching The Moor, and later the Jamaica Inn on… — Laurie R. King Copy Share Image
My dad is from India, my mom is from Russia. Fortunately, we moved a lot. I went to a lot of different… — Annet Mahendru Copy Share Image
My mother was an O'Kane from Swatragh in County Derry. My father had a Donegal background. I came into the world when… — Martin O'Neill Copy Share Image
I was born in Jamaica but was educated by, and now serve, prestigious First World institutions, so I believe that I have… — Peter Blair Henry Copy Share Image
One of the things we're trying to do more of is not just take money from corporate partnerships, but get more involved… — Usain Bolt Copy Share Image
I have never been to Jamaica and in footballing terms, I feel English because this is where I grew up and played… — Troy Deeney Copy Share Image
As a little girl growing up in Southside Jamaica Queens, if anyone would've told me I'd have my own perfume one day,… — Nicki Minaj Copy Share Image
Jamaica's a country of great dichotomy. On the one hand you have a tourist industry with great beaches and resorts, but on… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
“The person who judges you without getting to know you has revealed nothing about you but exposes everything about himself to the… — Crystal Evans Copy Share Image
