Jamaica Quotes · Page 3

Although Jamaica and Panama are great places to visit I could never call them home.

— Colin Jackson

In France, I am just Madame Campbell. In Jamaica, nobody uses my title.

— Lady Colin Campbell

“We knew Down South. Everyone had one. Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico.”

— Jacqueline Woodson

I'm part Maori. My mum's Maori, and she raised me. And my grandma, she's Maori.

— Jemaine Clement

It is good to make my comeback in Jamaica after not playing for so long.

— Fidel Edwards

My father's parents were from Sardinia and my mother's from Barcelona.

— Eric Cantona

When my mom was pregnant with me, my parents moved from France to America.

— Rostam Batmanglij

My family come from Antigua, my mother was born in Saint Kitts.

— Andi Oliver

I'm always in Jamaica in my fantasies. We have a home there, and it's my special spiritual place where I get re-nourished.

— Mariette Hartley

My father came from Germany. My mom came from Venezuela. My father's culturally German, but his father was Japanese.

— Fred Armisen

At Harvard, I got to meet and have dinner with Jamaica Kincaid. Just to have conversations with professors was absolutely amazing.

— Anonymous

My mother, Jeanne, was a TV and radio presenter in Jamaica. Bob Marley used to appear on her shows all the time…

— John Barnes

Jamaica's probably the most dominant island as far as influence goes, as far as music and dancing and culture.

— Joey Badass

Because I come from a place like Jamaica, which is a small, open economy, I viscerally get the importance of the global…

— Peter Blair Henry

I was born in Cuckfield, West Sussex, but then spent some time in the Bahamas, where my parents moved to join my…

— Tara Fitzgerald

Early in the spring of 1750, in the village of Juffure, four days upriver from the coast of The Gambia, West Africa,…

— Alex Haley

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

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

My dad was born in Chicago in 1908... his parents came from Russia. They settled in Chicago, where they lived in a…

— Bob Balaban

My parents, Santos and Lupe Padilla, immigrated separately from Mexico and met in Los Angeles in the late 1960s. It was love…

— Alex Padilla

I grew up in Senegal but I was born in St. Louis. My mom and pop made sure we were all born…

— Akon

The whole world is set up so that for places like Switzerland to exist, that are crime-free and with the best care…

— Damian Marley

Jamaica is one of the most musically influential nations in the world. Throughout the entire globe, there are pockets that are constantly…

— Kreesha Turner

Ive always loved Jamaica as its weather is so different from that in England. Theres something lovely, too, about walking along the…

— Mary McCartney

I can't really live outside Jamaica. I can be away, but only for a while.

— Usain Bolt

“Which distressed that Old Man of Jamaica. nonsense”

— Edward Lear

Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality.

— Bob Marley

Ever proud to represent Jamaica achieving new levels in any endeavor.

— Skip Marley

My great grandfather came from Scotland to Brazil, George Gracie, from Dumfries.

— Rickson Gracie

I was raised in Maryland. My mom was born in London, and my dad was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

— Jovan Adepo

Jamaica is so musical, diverse and so extreme, from people singing in the streets to dancing.

— Kreesha Turner

Last time I was in Jamaica I financed a teacher to teach in an orphanage.

— Ziggy Marley

My roots are Scottish. My dad's parents are from Scotland, and my mum's dad is Scots.

— Katharine Isabelle

I wanted a picture of Jamaica that isn't in books, and certainly not in novels.

— Marlon James

I'm not an American, Do they count the votes in America? I haven't voted in Jamaica either.

— Ziggy Marley

My father is from Bosnia, and my mother is from Croatia, but I was born in Sweden.

— Zlatan Ibrahimovic

My mother was born in Ghana, but she moved to the U.K. when my sisters and I were born.

— Philomena Kwao

I grew up in a middle-class family in Jamaica, I had no self-worth issues whatsoever.

— John Barnes

I never did feel any pressure in Jamaica. You just someone, not nobody big.

— Ziggy Marley

In Jamaica, you learn as a child how to roll a joint. Everyone here has tried it. I did too

— Usain Bolt