Islands Quotes

778 Islands quotes by 627 unique authors

For which reason the sea in those parts is impassable and impenetrable, because there is a shoal of mud in the way; and this was… — Critias
I hope that the residents of my current district - from Quincy to Provincetown and the Islands - know that their well-being is my primary… — Unknown Author
We just did a show in Providence, Rhode Island, and we got three puppy shots before we even got on the air, which was great.… — Jerry Lawler
Islands are where species go to die. — David Quammen
The insane asylum on Blackwell’s Island is a human rat-trap. It is easy to get in, but once there it is impossible to get out. — Nellie Bly
But here let me say one thing: From the moment I entered the insane ward on the Island, I made no attempt to keep up… — Nellie Bly
A bookshop is powder-magazine, a dynamite-shed, a drugstore of poisons, a bar of intoxicants, a den of opiates, an island of sirens. — John Cowper Powys
Statuettes of drunken sailors, velvet pictures of island maidens, plastic seashell lamps made in Taiwan. What contempt the people who think up souvenirs have for… — Diane Johnson
Civilisation is never so charming as when it is an island in the middle of simplicity, or of a civilisation of an alien kind. — William Hurrell Mallock
Our lives are like islands in the sea, or like trees in the forest, which co-mingle their roots in the darkness underground. — William James
Now to avoid any collision of armed forces, and perhaps the loss of life, I do this under protest and impelled by said force yield… — LiliÊ»uokalani
Every man needs to find a peak, a mountain top or a remote island of his own choosing that he reaches under his own power… — Alain Gerbault
When I retire, I don't want to just move to some island somewhere. I want to be the guy who gives it all back. I… — Michael Scott
Artificial Intelligence leaves no doubt that it wants its audiences to enter a realm of pure fantasy when it identifies one of the last remaining… — Godfried Danneels
Sometimes, if you want to be happy, you've got to run away to Bath and marry a punk rocker. Sometimes you've got to dye your… — Julie Powell
A good leader will seek the wisdom of others. After all, no man is an island! — Jim George
Put any two people together and each will seek ways of feeling superior to the other. If a ship went down in the Pacific and… — Michael Foley
There are times when the ocean is not the ocean - not blue, not even water, but some violent explosion of energy and danger: ferocity… — M. L. Stedman
The isolation spins its mysterious cocoon, focusing the mind on one place, one time, one rhythm - the turning of the light. The island knows… — M. L. Stedman
The Welsh are not like any other people in Britain, and they know how separate they are. They are the Celts, the tough little wine-dark… — Laurie Lee
We’re all trying to get to the same island, whether you swim, fly, surf, or skydive in, it doesn’t matter. What matters is when the… — Jerry Seinfeld
Our lives are like islands in the sea, or like trees in the forest. The maple and the pine may whisper to each other with… — William James
Yet in the blood of man there is a tide, an old sea-current, rather, that is somehow akin to the twilight, which brings him rumours… — Lord Dunsany
Books are islands in the ocean of time. They are also oases in the deserts of time. — Lawrence Clark Powell
Life is an island. People come out of the sea, cross the island, and return to the sea. But this short life is long and… — Martiros Saryan

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