Island Quotes - page 4

Cicero, in his treatise concerning the Nature of the Gods, having said that three Jupiters were enumerated by theologians, adds that the third was of Crete, the son of Saturn, and that his tomb is shown in that island. (Lactantius)
The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder. View quote
Ralph W. Sockman
Below me Rontu was running along the cliffs barking at the screaming gulls. Pelicans were chattering as they finished the blue water. But suddenly I thought of Tutok, and the island seemed very quiet. View quote
Scott O'Dell
My parents tried to shield me from how famous they were when I was growing up on Long Island. I had no idea. View quote
Alexa Ray Joel
Judging is a lonely job in which a man is, as near as may be, an island entire. View quote
Abe Fortas
I have a massage when I want to relax. I love being pampered. I love island massages when you're outside in the fresh air. View quote
Angie Stone
You can see when an actor gets bored: Their eyes go dead. I promised myself I'd never let that happen. If it does, I'll go and live on a desert island for a year. View quote
Anna Friel
I was a choir boy for 3 years in high school at St. George's in Newport, Rhode Island. View quote
Billy Bush
Gilligan's Island is wherever you want it to be in your mind. View quote
Bob Denver
The guy who owned that island was from Oregon and he decided that he wanted to have an Oregon feeling to it, so he planted pine trees all over the place! View quote
Christopher Atkins
Let me tell you something: if you're on an island for three and a half months and you're four and a half hours by boat from the nearest store, and there's nobody but 30 crew members on the island, I guarantee that you'd be running around without your clothes on. (Christopher Atkins)
Right now I'd love to be sitting on a Greek island somewhere because of being Greek American, eating great octopus salad and some fantastic lamb. Or sipping a little ouzo. I think the Mediterranean diet is one of the healthiest... Lots of nuts, vegetables, fruits, fresh fish, lean meats, yogurt. View quote
Cat Cora
If you go to old houses on Long Island you will see painted Chinese wallpaper, which was big in the 18th century. Throughout history, notable, established families have always tried to link to the 18th century. View quote
Catherine Martin
I haven't bought a yacht or an island or even a palm tree. View quote
David A. Siegel
It's like turning the space program over to the Long Island Railroad. View quote
David R. Brower
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. View quote
Dick Thornburgh
What happened to Haiti is a threat that could happen anywhere in the Caribbean to these island nations, you know, because of global warming, because of climate change and all this. View quote
Danny Glover
While Haiti has recently celebrated more than 200 years of independence from French colonial rule, the citizens of the island remain vulnerable to poverty, poor health, and political chaos. View quote
Eliot Engel
I consulted a Chinese herbalist and spent two weeks on an island off the coast of Zanzibar. I was away from any kind of contemporary technology. View quote
Francesca Annis
The odd thing about 'Cripple of Inishmaan' is it's never actually been performed on the island. View quote
Garry Hynes
We used two Princess Cruise ships. The Island Princess and The Pacific Princess. They were identical ships. (Gavin MacLeod)
Every summer my husband and I pack our suitcases, load our kids into the car, and drive from tense, crowded New York City to my family's cottage in Maine. It's on an island, with stretches of sea and sandy beaches, rocky coasts, and pine trees. We barbecue, swim, lie around, and try to do nothing. View quote
Hope Davis
In the islands of the Aegean Sea, every island is full of graves. View quote
James Theodore Bent
I took four years off after 'In the Cut' because I wanted to see who I'd be without work. I even tried being a hermit in the wilderness in New Zealand. I stayed in a warden's hut two-and-a-half hours off the Routeburn Track through the fjords on the South Island. It was early winter, so there was no electricity or running water. View quote
Jane Campion
'Rapa Nui' is about the conflict in the 1600s on Easter Island. It's about the clash of the royal clan and the working class. View quote
Jason Scott Lee