Caribbean Quotes

85 quotes by 77 authors

Africans in the United States must remember that the slave ships brought no West Indians, no Caribbeans, no Jamaicans or Trinidadians or Barbadians to this… — John Henrik Clarke
The ultimate 20-year plan is to be living in the Caribbean, writing, living off the land, eating from the ocean and probably smoking herb. — Ryan Phillippe
Lately we have been getting facts pointing to the "oceanic" nature of the floor of so-called inland seas. Through geological investigations it has been definitely… — Vladimir Belousov
It's so bad being homeless in winter. They should go somewhere warm like the Caribbean where they can eat fresh fish all day. — Lady Victoria Hervey
[The is] a mistaken belief that [the word Indian] refers somehow to the country, India. When Columbus washed up on the beach in the Caribbean,… — Russell Means
What happened to Haiti is a threat that could happen anywhere in the Caribbean to these island nations, you know, because of global warming, because… — Danny Glover
I would much rather end up a fertiliser under a sunflower which is eventually made into sunflower seed oil so that instead of nibbling me… — Oliver Reed
The Caribbean is the region in the Americas worst affected by the epidemic of NCDs. These diseases are responsible for over two- thirds of deaths,… — Freundel Stuart
Tobias Buckell combines old world with new in his novel CRYSTAL RAIN. While the rich cultures, drawn in part from Caribbean history and lore, echo… — Karin Lowachee
We must continue to deepen our ties to the Americas and the Caribbean, our common work to educate children, fight drugs, strengthen democracy, and increase… — William J. Clinton
I grew up in a Caribbean family household, so the parents are always right. My father smacked me up til I was 20. It was… — Wyclef Jean
All people of African descent, whether they live in North or South America, the Caribbean, or in any part of the world are Africans and… — Kwame Nkrumah
The Stroke Association has produced leaflets that set out clearly the health risks associated with stroke that African-Caribbean people face. — Linford Christie
The Cayman Islands, a British Crown colony in the Caribbean, for instance, is the fifth largest banking center in the world, — Michel Chossudovsky
The countless number of influential figures in American history who are of Caribbean heritage indicates the need to set aside a designated time to celebrate… — Eliot Engel
Today many Caribbean workers can be found in the hospital, construction, service and hotel industries, but there is also a growing professional sector. — Charles Rangel
It always amuses me that the biggest praise for my work comes for the imagination, while the truth is that there's not a single line… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The games haven't even started yet and already there are people complaining about the horrible accommodations at the Sochi Olympic village. Toilets don't flush. The… — Jay Leno
Rising sea levels will result in tens to hundreds of millions more people flooded each year with a warming of 3 or 4Â°C. There will… — Nicholas Stern
Visual surprise is natural in the Caribbean; it comes with the landscape, and faced with its beauty, the sigh of History dissolves. — Derek Walcott

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