West Indies Quotes

18 quotes by 18 authors

Arithmetic must be discovered in just the same sense in which Columbus discovered the West Indies, and we no more create numbers than he created… — Bertrand Russell
I grew up in a school system . . . where nobody understood the meaning of learning disorder. In the West Indies, I was constantly… — Harry Belafonte
I'm well-travelled so I can see places coming up. I went to St. Croix in the West Indies at Christmas and it had been hit… — Melanie Brown
Clearly the West Indies are going to play their normal game, which is what they normally do — Tony Greig
HURRICANE, n. An atmospheric demonstration once very common but now generally abandoned for the tornado and cyclone. The hurricane is still in popular use in… — Ambrose Bierce
I am indebted to the British welfare state; the very one that Mr Cameron would like to replace with charity handouts. When my life hit… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
The British merchants represented that they received some profit indeed from Virginia and South Carolina, as well as the West Indies; but as for the… — Ezra Stiles
Marcus Garvey was one of the first advocates of Black Power, and is still today the greatest spokesman ever to have been produced by the… — Walter Rodney
When I met my designs in the market of a remote village in the West Indies, or in the airport restaurant in Zurich, I felt… — Eva Zeisel
I go to Saint Barth in the French West Indies for two weeks each year. That place is amazing. Amazing people, beautiful beaches, great wine,… — Brooke Burke
Yeah, I know he discovered the West Indies; it wasn't America. But the whole thing with Columbus was that people had been telling him, 'Don't… — Bill Cowher
One of the bibles of my youth was 'Birds of the West Indies,' by James Bond, a well-known ornithologist, and when I was casting about… — Ian Fleming
I really cannot understand the point of what you're saying. Really,' said Clotilde, looking at her. 'What a very extraordinary person you are. What sort… — Agatha Christie
In fourteen hundred ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue and discovered America. Now, some have argued Columbus actually discovered the West Indies, or that Norsemen… — Jon Stewart
Every sea-captain who sailed to the West Indies was expected to bring home a turtle on the return voyage for a feast to his expectant… — Alice Morse Earle
England and France were rivals, not only on the continent, but in the West Indies, in India, and in Europe. — Albert Bushnell Hart
We spend cheese, in the West Indies. Then come home to plenty cream Bentleys. — P Diddy
Spent the night as a patient in the hospital. Seems I may have picked up Leptospirosis in the West Indies.This is just brutal. — Dr Drew

Who Wrote These West Indies Quotes

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