Quotes by Islands Situated on an island which I think it will one day cover, it rises like Venice from the sea, and like that fairest of cities in the days of her glory, receives into its lap tribute of all the riches of the earth. Frances Trollope new-york islands thinking The brain is an island in an osmotically homogeneous sea. Francis Daniels Moore sea islands science Your grandparents did not endure the indignities of a steerage journey to Ellis Island so that you could stand outside a discothèque and beg a wallpaper designer to take you in with him. Fran Lebowitz grandparent journey islands It was dawn now on Long Island and we went about opening the rest of the windows downstairs, filling the house with gray-turning, gold-turning light. The Shadow of a tree fell abruptly across the dew and ghostly birds began to sing among the blue leaves. There was a slow, pleasant movement in the air, scarcely a wind, promising a cool, lovely day. F. Scott Fitzgerald light air islands Englishmen must have an island. F. Scott Fitzgerald englishmen islands I'm one of relatively few stage-trained actors who doesn't much like acting on stage. It feels kind of like riding the Cyclone at Coney Island, which I did when I was eight. When it was all over, I was glad I had done it, but most of the time when it was actually happening, I was just kind of hanging on for dear life. Fred Melamed eight acting islands The decision of such judges as Claudius and his Senate is worth very little in the question of a man's innocence or guilt; but the sentence was that Seneca should be banished to the island of Corsica. Frederic Farrar judging islands men The three most celebrated doctors on the island have been to see me. One sniffed at what I spat, the second tapped where I spat from, and the third sounded me and listened as I spat. The first said I was dead, the second that I was dying and the third that I'm going to die. Frederic Chopin health islands death In no way can words convey the nagual. But they open up the possibility. They allow an admission on the island of the tonal. Frederick Lenz buddhism islands way Mankind has always drawn from outside sources of energy. This island was the first to harness coal and steam. But our present sources stand in the ratio of a million to one, compared with any previous sources. The release of atomic energy will change the whole structure of society. Frederick Soddy atomic-energy coal islands I have often sung to drown my sorrow, but seldom to express my happiness. Crying for joy, and singing for joy, were alike uncommon to me while in the jaws of slavery. The singing of a man cast away upon a desolate island might be as appropriately considered as evidence of contentment and happiness, as the singing of a slave; the songs of the one and of the other are prompted by the same emotion. Frederick Douglass islands song men As finite creatures who think and feel, we can create islands of meaning in the sea of information. Freeman Dyson sea islands thinking This is only a small part of the totality. From this island earth we see only a fragment of creation and its knowledge. Frederick Lenz other-worlds buddhism islands In Hawaii, if you're invited to dinner, it's assumed that the children are invited as well. On the islands, no one treats children like they're not part of the conversation. People talk to children as people and include them in adventures and conversations. Gabrielle Reece islands adventure children What if all those strange and unexplainable bends in history were the result of supernatural interference? At which point I asked myself, what's the weirdest most eccentric historical phenomenon of them all? Answer:the Great British Empire. Clearly, one tiny little island could only conquer half the known world with supernatural aid. Those absurd Victorian manners and ridiculous fashions were obviously dictated by vampires. And, without a doubt, the British army regimental system functions on werewolf pack dynamics. Gail Carriger army fashion islands I think the water dictates how food will taste in a country. In England the apples taste unlike apples grown in any other place. England is an island, there's a lot of salt in the air and in the water. I think that has something to do with it. Gael Garcia Bernal islands country thinking The odd thing about Cripple of Inishmaan is its never actually been performed on the island. Garry Hynes odd-things odd islands I pledge allegiance to the soil Gary Snyder turtles ecosystems islands We used two Princess Cruise ships. The Island Princess and The Pacific Princess. They were identical ships. Gavin MacLeod princess islands two I am the byproduct of an Ellis Island orgy, basically. I'm everything. I've got quite a mixture in me. I know a lot of it and I don't know some of it. I'm pretty mixed up, but mostly Russian and Irish. Gavin DeGraw ellis-island mixtures islands «89101112131415161718»