If Columbus was the first to discover the islands, Americus Vespucius and Cabot, and the Puritans, and we their descendants, havediscovered only… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
But the universe, as a collection of finite things, presents itself as a kind of island situated in a pure vacuity to… — Muhammad Iqbal Copy Share Image
In the world of highways, a beautiful landscape means: an island of beauty connected by a long line with other islands of… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
I'd go to Coney Island to hang out, and I saw a magician doing a rope trick on the boardwalk. I was… — David Blaine Copy Share Image
The Falklands held a mirror up to our own islands, and it reflected, in brilliantly sharp focus, all our injured belittlement, our… — Jonathan Raban Copy Share Image
Why would an all-powerful creator decide to plant his carefully crafted species on islands and continents in exactly the appropriate pattern to… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
His mom lived in Long Island for ten years or so. God rest her soul. And...although, she's...wait...your mom's still...your mom's still alive.… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
In the desert, water gives life, while in the ocean an island stands to give anchor. Opposites are desirable and necessary. Once… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
Even before 2007, this half of a small island was the richest football country on earth. In 2005-2006 the Premiership's total revenue… — Simon Kuper Copy Share Image
I think it's time we had a President who will provide the only real economic security: good jobs. A President who will… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
Education in India has made monumental progress since Independence but continues to face daunting challenges at multiple levels, particularly in terms of… — Shashi Tharoor Copy Share Image
For four hundred years the blacks of Haiti had yearned for peace. for three hundred years the island was spoken of as… — Zora Neale Hurston Copy Share Image
He only wishes there were something that would heal the scars in his mind, which he can still feel. He sees his… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
By what a delicate and far-stretched contribution every island is made! What an enterprise of nature thus to lay the foundations of… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Peitaho Heavy rains fall on Yuyen, the northland kingdom of swallows. White pages of rain envelop the sky, and fishing boats off… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
I know that the United Kingdom is sometimes seen as an argumentative and rather strong-minded member of the family of European nations.… — David Cameron Copy Share Image
The chief character in this narrative is the Caribbean Sea, one of the world's most alluring bodies of water, a rare gem… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
Happiness is actually found in simple things, such as taking my nephew around the island by bicycle or seeing the stars at… — Andrea Hirata Copy Share Image
Make an island of yourself, make yourself your refuge; there is no other refuge. Make truth your island, make truth your refuge;… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
There's the juiciest music that makes me so happy, music that I need on that deserted island when I'm stranded for the… — Esperanza Spalding Copy Share Image
I preferred to set off and perish in search of my own kind than to live a lonely half-life of physical comfort… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
I grew up in the Cayman Islands. I didn't play video games or watch TV. I would basically come home from school,… — Armie Hammer Copy Share Image
The thing about impressing your girlfriend is that when you do something like a private island in Fiji, it's all downhill from… — Kevin Hart Copy Share Image
The decision of such judges as Claudius and his Senate is worth very little in the question of a man's innocence or… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When you're on one of the Caribbean islands, sometimes it's hard to picture how they fit in with the rest, but when… — Chris Hadfield Copy Share Image
“The strange thing about ships is despite them being crowded and stinky and at the mercy of Nature, most times they are… — Louis Nowra Copy Share Image
Who rules East Europe commands the Heartland; who rules the Heartland commands the World-Island; who rules the World-Island controls the world. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
When the sea goes down, there will come from the mainland boats and men. And they will find ten dead bodies and… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
I can't say, maybe it's something in the ingredients, but again, we have a couple of contestants from Long Island and a… — Gordon Ramsay Copy Share Image
And on nearby islands, the Japanese army was eating raw fish. We felt sorry for them. We didn't know that in America… — Bob Hope Copy Share Image
Long Island - if you're from out of town, how would I describe it? Well, every girl in my neighborhood looked like… — Carol Leifer Copy Share Image
I watched a lot of series. I didn't watch a lot of movies on TV. But I watched Gilligan's Island and Star… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
I'm French. I have not become an Englishman. I have the impression of living on an island called Arsenal. If you fancy… — Arsene Wenger Copy Share Image
Our lives are like islands in the sea, or like trees in the forest, which co-mingle their roots in the darkness underground. — William James Copy Share Image
How did Italy manage to end up with no Caribbean islands at all? Christopher Columbus took the trouble to discover the Caribbean… — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
You might have mentioned this to me Molly,” said Leonard. “The fact that there are hostile natives on the island.” “I forgot,”… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
I think that’s a mercy of this island, actually, that it won’t give us our terrible memories for long, but let us… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
This is a new point in my life, and things are totally changing. But like the sunsets I saw on Tybee Island,… — Miley Cyrus Copy Share Image
The island is in Kenya, the water is in Uganda... But the [Luos, a Kenyan ethnic group] are mad, they want to… — Yoweri Museveni Copy Share Image