Quotes by Islands Now then, Pooh," said Christopher Robin, "where's your boat?" "I ought to say," explained Pooh as they walked down to the shore of the island, "that it isn't just an ordinary sort of boat. Sometimes it's a Boat, and sometimes it's more of an Accident. It all depends." "Depends on what?" "On whether I'm on the top of it or underneath it. A. A. Milne ordinary islands robins In our interdependent world, our neighbors are not only on our street, but can be ten thousand miles away on an island in rising seas. Achim Steiner rising sea islands Verse 11. (They presented unto Him gifts). The people of the east never approach the presence of kings and great personages, without a present in their hands. The custom is often noticed in the Old Testament, and still prevails in the east, and in some of the newly discovered South Sea Islands. Adam Clarke kings sea islands I love travelling, and had the pleasure of being in the most developed country in the world and then parts of two of the most pristine natural areas of the world: the Galapagos islands and the Equador Amazon jungle. The contrast was incredible. Adam Garcia islands two country We can safely make one prophecy: whatever the outcome of this war, the British Empire is at an end. It has been mortally wounded. The future of the British people is to die of hunger and tuberculosis in their cursed island. Adolf Hitler islands war people To be on an island inhabited by artificial ghosts was the most unbearable of nightmares,- to be in love with one of those images was worse than being in love with a ghost (perhaps we always want the person we love to have the existenceof a ghost). Adolfo Bioy Casares being-in-love want islands When the sea goes down, there will come from the mainland boats and men. And they will find ten dead bodies and an unsolved problem on Indian Island. Agatha Christie sea islands men Best of an island is once you get there - you can't go any farther...you've come to the end of things. Agatha Christie ends islands Reached only by boat, seaplane and, with less surety, telephone-this is Fire Island, a pile of sand beneath a pile of people. Al Aronowitz fire islands civilization We are sad at home and blame the weather and the ugliness of the buildings, but on the tropical island we learn that the state of the skies and the appearance of our dwellings can never on their own underwrite our joy nor condemn us to misery. Alain de Botton dwelling islands home 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 alone in his own good time. Alain Gerbault mountain islands men It is not just the history of the Hawaiian islands but the significance of the ordinary people whose lives - many quite extraordinary - make up that history. Alan Brennert ordinary islands people Hawai'i is not truly the idyllic paradise of popular songs--islands of love and tranquility, where nothing bad ever happens. It was and is a place where people work and struggle, live and die, as they do the world over. Alan Brennert struggle islands song Most people have learned to live in the moment. The argument goes that if the past has uncertain effect on the present, there is no need to dwell on the past. And if the present has little effect on the future, present actions need not be weighed for their consequence. Rather, each act is an island in time, to be judged on its own. ... It is a world of impulse. It is a world of sincerity. It is a world in which every word spoken speaks just to that moment, every glance given has only one meaning. Alan Lightman learning islands past Our normal sense of the person as a lonely island of consciousness, is a dramatic illusion based on theological imagery. Alan Watts normal lonely islands Generally, I like all islands. There, it is easier to rule. Albert Camus isolation easier islands Sometimes, from beyond the skycrapers, the cry of a tugboat finds you in your insomnia, and you remember that this desert of iron and cement is an island. Albert Camus new-york islands insomnia Each act is an island in time, to be judged on its own. Albert Einstein judged islands In living through this great epoch, it is difficult to reconcile oneself to the fact that one belongs to that mad, degenerate species that boasts of its free will. How I wish that somewhere there existed an island for those who are wise and of good will. In such a place even I should be an ardent patriot! Albert Einstein mad wise islands I don't know the numbers, but roughly half of the people who came through Ellis Island returned home. They came here to make money, not to make history. Aleksandar Hemon islands home numbers 1234567891011»
