Island Quotes

759 Island quotes by 605 unique authors

Harry is heavily into camping, and every year in the late fall, he makes us all go to Assateague, which is an island on the… — Dave Barry
I did with my wife a comic book for the Raynham Hall Museum in Long Island. They sell the book every single time a busload… — Ernie Colon
John Steinbeck's 'The Grapes of Wrath' also speaks urgently to today's concerns: the cratered trail of dreams for Mexican immigrants seeking a promised land in… — Richard Corliss
Australia is the only island continent on the planet, which means that changes caused by planet-warming pollution - warmer seas, which can drive stronger storms,… — Jeff Goodell
Like other systems in decay, the Roman Empire continued to function for several generations after its vitality was sapped. For nearly a hundred years our… — Winston Churchill
Whether our ancestors came here on the Mayflower, on slave ships, whether they came to Ellis Island or LAX in Los Angeles, whether they came… — William J. Clinton
I haven't bought anything excessive. I do plan on buying an island and filling it with baby tigers, though. — Kesha
I enjoy a four-seasonal climate and wide-open spaces, so being on an island 2,500 miles into the South Pacific made me feel a little claustrophobic. — Matthew Fox
I don't know why my brain has kept all the words to the Gilligan's Island theme song and has deleted everything about triangles. — Jeff Foxworthy
The revival of the Right is as extraordinary as it would be if the public had demanded dozens of new nuclear plants in the days… — Thomas Frank
I have a musical called Goodbye and Good Luck, based on a Grace Paley short story. I also have King Island Christmas, and there are… — David Friedman
Harbour Island in the Bahamas is beautiful, with turquoise water and pink sand. — Diane von Furstenberg
My family originally lived in Brooklyn. Our first apartment was a little place above my father and uncle's hardware store in Coney Island. Now, don't… — Gilbert Gottfried
True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert… — Baltasar Gracian
I knew I couldn't live in America and I wasn't ready to move to Europe so I moved to an island off the coast of… — Spalding Gray
Stood off and on during the night, determining not to come to anchor till morning, fearing to meet with shoals; continued our course in the… — Christopher Columbus
Let's hope I never end up on a deserted island, because I could never make a decision on which three CDs to take with me. — Willem Dafoe
There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island. — Walt Disney
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent. — John Donne
Back when I lived in Brooklyn, I'd sometimes take the Q train all the way out to Coney Island and back, and work on my… — Joshua Foer
I did a 'Love Boat!' And based on my trip on the 'Love Boat,' I said, 'I'd just as soon not do 'Fantasy Island.'' — Tom Hanks
I had to say no to 'Fantasy Island' back when I was doing 'Bosom Buddies.' — Tom Hanks
New Orleans is like the bad-kid island in 'Pinocchio.' — Jonah Hill
Here's the thing: I am not only a creature of civilization, I'm an asthmatic person. I will only live so long as I have stockpiled… — John Hodgman
But the universe, as a collection of finite things, presents itself as a kind of island situated in a pure vacuity to which time, regarded… — Muhammad Iqbal

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