#island

Read through the most famous quotes by topic #island




Yet, Puerto Rico's economic convergence and political integration with the rest of the nation is in a state of arrest - even though the island has been within the national borders, political system and customs territory of the U.S. for a century.


Dick Thornburgh


#been #borders #century #convergence #customs

We wanted to step off our island and add the color of the third world. We got gold cigarette paper and stuck it around our teeth. We really did look like pirates and dressed to look the part.


Vivienne Westwood


#around #cigarette #color #did #dressed

I would love to be the poet laureate of Coney Island.


Thornton Wilder


#island #laureate #love #poet #poet laureate

Niger is not an isolated island of desperation. It lies within a sea of problems across Africa - particularly the 'forgotten emergencies' in poor countries or regions with little strategic or material appeal.


Desmond Tutu


#africa #appeal #countries #desperation #emergencies

Victoria was just as much in love with me as I was with her. We could not bear to be apart for a single second. We were like two lovers shipwrecked on a desert island. There was no world outside our love.


Andy Gibb


#bear #could #desert #desert island #her

Islands are known to differ in the food supply available to ground finches, mainly seeds.


Peter R. Grant


#differ #food #food supply #ground #islands

My boyhood saw Greek islands floating over Harvard Square.


Horace Gregory


#floating #greek #harvard #islands #over

On embarking to return we could perceive no sign of One Tree Island; and as we swept down towards the sea the leafy top of a tree seen in the clear water under the boat was the only evidence of its existence; though a few hours ago it had formed so prominent an object.


George Grey


#boat #clear #could #down #embarking

Most American Jews came from the lower middle classes, and therefore they brought with them not a lot of Jewish culture. The American Jewish story starts with Ellis Island, and the candy store in the Bronx.


Arthur Hertzberg


#bronx #brought #came #candy #candy store

I love our shared island, our shared Ireland and its core decency. I love it for its imagination and its celebration of the endless possibilities for our people.


Michael D. Higgins


#core #decency #endless #i #i love