Help Quote by Yance Ford

I would hate for people to think that 'Strong Island' is just about a family's grief. It is about a family's grief, yes, but…

— Yance Ford

'Strong Island' is slang for Long Island, New York. And it really grew out of - what may surprise people, it really grew out…

— Yance Ford

The strength of 'Small Island' is the fact that it deals with heavy issues in a way that is appealing to watch, and it's…

— Ashley Walters

An island can be dreadful for someone from outside. Everything is complete, and everyone has his obstinate, sure and self-sufficient place. Within their shores,…

— Tove Jansson

“How, in the first place, did a peripheral island rise from primitive squalor to world domination?”

— Thomas Sowell

“Because this island is full of inimical phenomena.”

— H.G. Wells

“Just as islands—isolated places with unique, rich biodiversity—have relevance for the ecosystems everywhere, so does studying seemingly isolated or overlooked people and events from…

— Margot Lee Shetterly

Long Island is shaped the way it is largely because of Robert Moses. Long Island is a perfect example of how political power shapes…

— Robert Caro

I feel we are all islands - in a common sea.

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

“As time went by, I realized that the particular place I'd chose was less important than the fact that I'd chosen a place and…

— Richard Nelson

The fact is, we are not islands and we are far more connected than we know

— Anonymous

Better Than You island doesn't exist. And if it does it's full of idiots, looking over their shoulder for the next idiot to arrive.

— David Whitehouse