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Island Quotes by Elwyn Brooks White
- A single flight of planes no bigger than a wedge of geese can quickly end this island fantasy, burn the towers, crumble the bridges, turn…
- The subtlest change in New York is something people don't speak much about but that is in everyone's mind. The city, for the first time…
- The city is like poetry; it compresses all life, all races and breeds, into a small island and adds music and the accompaniment of internal…
- A poem compresses much in a small space and adds music, thus heightening its meaning. The city is like poetry: it compresses all life, all…
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- Hugging trees has a calming effect on me. I'm talking about enormous trees that will be there when we are all dead… — Gerry Adams
- Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. — Dave Barry
- This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of coal and… — Aneurin Bevan
- If September 11th has taught us anything, it's certainly that the world has never been so interdependent. It is impossible now to… — Bono
- It's like turning the space program over to the Long Island Railroad. — David R. Brower
- Places I've lived since then had to have some kind of uniqueness and character about them. And logically Key West, and then… — Jimmy Buffett
- Personally, my interests are ancient history and ancient civilizations. In my own life, I'd like to go to places like Easter Island. — Nicolas Cage
- We have the character of an island nation: independent, forthright, passionate in defence of our sovereignty. We can no more change this… — David Cameron
- I took four years off after 'In the Cut' because I wanted to see who I'd be without work. I even tried… — Jane Campion
- When I was Governor of Massachusetts, we worked to get Sable Island gas into New England. — Paul Cellucci
- We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing… — Winston Churchill
- Indeed, most magicians catch the bug as kids. My first audience was my family in Long Island. My first 'assistant' was my… — Criss Angel