An independent Ireland would see its own independence in jeopardy the moment it saw the independence of Britain seriously threatened. Mutual self-interest… — Eamon de Valera Copy Share Image
Hawai'i is not truly the idyllic paradise of popular songs--islands of love and tranquility, where nothing bad ever happens. It was and… — Alan Brennert Copy Share Image
Faced with the immensity of the universe, Job realized that there are limits to man's rationalizing, that we cannot find where the… — Ralph Washington Sockman Copy Share Image
Two of the actors, Sean Bean and Orlando Bloom, have been caught between two landslides and are now trapped in a tiny… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
Hawaii is the best form of comfort for me. When I die, I want to be cremated, and I want half my… — Richard Pryor Copy Share Image
The Aloha spirit is something that is very special and very meaningful to us and our Polynesian culture. Those of you who… — Dwayne Johnson Copy Share Image
A bookshop is powder-magazine, a dynamite-shed, a drugstore of poisons, a bar of intoxicants, a den of opiates, an island of sirens. — John Cowper Powys Copy Share Image
For white men, to live is to own, or to try to own more, or to die trying to own more. Their… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
Women are like those blinkin' little Greek islands, places to call at but not to stay. — Stacy Aumonier Copy Share Image
Huh," Leo said. "Well, if you ever get off this island and want a job, let me know. You're not a total… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Whether our ancestors came here on the Mayflower, on slave ships, whether they came to Ellis Island or LAX in Los Angeles,… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
In the bare room under the old library on the hill in the town at the tip of the small peninsula on… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
[Long Island] is buoyant, it's on the outskirts of Manhattan, and so they have access to phenomenal restaurants. — Gordon Ramsay Copy Share Image
Land! An island! We devoured it greedily with our eyes and woke the others, who tumbled out drowsily and stared in all… — Thor Heyerdahl Copy Share Image
On May 7, a few weeks after the accident at Three-Mile Island, I was in Washington. I was there to refute some… — Edward Teller Copy Share Image
Most agreeable are the memories of events and labours, connected with the cruise:- of companions in travel, ... of coral islands with… — James Dwight Dana Copy Share Image
We live on a minute island of known things. Our undiminished wonder at the mystery which surrounds us is what makes us… — Damon Knight Copy Share Image
By the time I retire, I will have fought the best. I will have made my money. Maybe I'll be a boxing… — Oscar De La Hoya Copy Share Image
Sprinkled along the waste of years Full many a soft green isle appears: Pause where we may upon the desert road, Some… — John Keble Copy Share Image
Every summer, my grandparents would rent a house on Balboa Island. They had the house next to Bob Hope's. I've been going… — Mike Love Copy Share Image
Writes have an island, a center of refuge, within themselves. It is the mind's anchorage, the soul's Great Good Place. — Wright Morris Copy Share Image
What is the nature of the search? you ask. Really it is very simple, at least for a fellow like me; so… — Walker Percy Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, books took me away from my life to a solitary place that didn't feel lonely. They celebrated… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
We need real tax reform which makes the rich and profitable corporations begin to pay their fair share of taxes. We need… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
But anything worth doing is worth doing badly. Like being there by that summer ocean on the other side of the island… — Jack Gilbert Copy Share Image