Jamaica Quotes

I'm Austrian, but my mother was Slovenian.

— Peter Handke

“She clung to her like macca bush”

— Nicole Dennis-Benn

In the abundance of water - the fool is thirsty

— Bob Marley

I live between Jamaica and Paris.

— Jimmy Cliff

My mother is French, my father is Texan.

— Mireille Enos

I wanted a fake wedding in Jamaica.

— Mandy Moore

My father was Australian.

— Jamey Sheridan

My relationship with everyone in Jamaica is good.

— Usain Bolt

My mother's side of the family tree is Scotland - Edinburgh, in fact.

— Tony Adams

I knew that Jamaica Inn was going to make me a star.

— Maureen O'Hara

I don't know where my father is from. I just don't. He's lived in so many countries.

— Mika

Doing business in Jamaica is not easy, but it is rewarding.

— Michael Lee-Chin

My mother was from upstate New York; she's of Irish and German descent. My father was from Ghana.

— Vic Mensa

Out of all the places in the world, Jamaica is my favorite place.

— Eve

Jamaica has a lot of foods that give you energy and strength, as well as being very nice to eat.

— Rita Marley

Jamaica actually had a pretty big influence on my life.

— Kofi Kingston

Today is jamaica day at my school we are celebrating our heritage an culture an am proud to be a jamaican we…

— Semone

Today, Jamaica is known because of just one man - Usain Bolt. Not many Indians have managed to reach the finals of…

— Milkha Singh

My British mum met my American dad when she was on holiday in the United States when she was 19. She kinda…

— Philip Winchester

I was born in the small city of Hobart in Tasmania, Australia, in 1948. My parents were family physicians. My grandfather and…

— Elizabeth Blackburn

I grew up all over the world. My father was in the army and was posted to a new place every two…

— Juliet Stevenson

When you're in Jamaica, unless you're in a tourist spot, you don't hear Bob Marley; you mostly hear dance hall music.

— Michael Franti

Both my parents were migrant workers who came to the U.K. in the Fifties to better themselves. The culture I grew up…

— Sanjeev Bhaskar

If you told me when I was born in Jamaica, in a war zone, that I'd be UFC champion... who could have…

— Leon Edwards

Even in Jamaica, your own country, coming into youth cricket you need to be from an upscale high school or have a…

— Chris Gayle

When the Berlin Wall came down, my dad left to visit the U.S. He met my mom at this summer camp where…

— Zazie Beetz

I think that anybody, once we leave Jamaica, automatically, any citizen becomes an ambassador for the flag, for Jamiaca. It's a country…

— Shaggy

Stuart Hall was an utterly unique figure. Although he arrived at the age of 19 from Jamaica and spent the rest of…

— Martin Jacques

Oddly enough, my mother was born in Southampton. I have roots in Southampton, Bridgehampton, Sag Harbor. My grandfather, her father, Stefano Rullo,…

— Robert Davi

I started DJing soundclashes. I used to go to Jamaica a lot. I was like a hip-hop sound boy, where I took…

— DJ Khaled

In 1976, Rastafarians were one of the most violated, persecuted groups in Jamaica. They could be beaten within an inch of their…

— Marlon James

I wouldn't have become an engineer, I wouldn't have done what I did, had a hand not been held out to me.…

— Michael Lee-Chin

This reference to the Scots side of her ancestry is the first of two visual explorations into Tori Amos's diverse cultural past.…

— Kevyn Aucoin

“Across from her, Hunter devoured her meal even more completely than she had. Sinclair watched her sink sharp teeth into the chicken…

— Fiona Zedde

“A lady sent me an email recently advising me to change my environment. I guess she read through the lines of my…

— Crystal Evans

Witch Baby wanted to ask Ping how to find her Jah-Love angel. She knew Raphael was not him, even though Raphael had…

— Francesca Lia Block

In Jamaica, them always have throwback riddims, recycled old beats, and the hardcore reggae scene is always present. You have faster stuff…

— Damian Marley

I went back to Jamaica after living in New York and started to work on experimental stuff and basically I grew as…

— Storm Saulter

“They knew that Jamaica produced sugar, rum and bananas, that Nigeria produced cocoa, and that British Guiana had large natural resources; but…

— E.R. Braithwaite

Everybody thought that Titanic was the most romantic movie ever. A story about two teenagers who knew each other for three days.…

— Greg Giraldo