Islands Quotes

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Tourism is a crucial industry that could employ millions of Filipinos, skilled and unskilled alike, cross those 7,107 islands of the Philippines. From the current… — Benigno Aquino III
Hugging trees has a calming effect on me. I'm talking about enormous trees that will be there when we are all dead and gone. I've… — Gerry Adams
The Japanese invaded Tulagi, in the Solomon Islands, on May 4. — Jack Adams
Our task force put to sea in early January 1942, to attack the Japanese in the Marshall and Gilbert islands, but the mission was called… — Jack Adams
Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. — Dave Barry
More varied than any landscape was the landscape in the sky, with islands of gold and silver, peninsulas of apricot and rose against a background… — Cecil Beaton
This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish at the… — Aneurin Bevan
If the people of New Zealand want to be part of our world, I believe they should hop off their islands, and push 'em closer. — Lewis Black
If September 11th has taught us anything, it's certainly that the world has never been so interdependent. It is impossible now to be an island… — 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 Down Island. So,… — Jimmy Buffett
Little islands are all large prisons: one cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow. — Richard Burton
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 British sensibility than… — 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 being a hermit… — 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 grounds, we shall… — Winston Churchill
Indeed, most magicians catch the bug as kids. My first audience was my family in Long Island. My first 'assistant' was my mother, whom I… — Criss Angel
I consulted a Chinese herbalist and spent two weeks on an island off the coast of Zanzibar. I was away from any kind of contemporary… — Francesca Annis
Water is the formless potential out of which creation emerged. It is the ocean of unconsciousness enveloping the islands of consciousness. Water bathes us at… — Scott Sanders

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