Island Quotes

"We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender."
-Sir Winston Churchill

"Don't allow yourself to get into a condition where you are not able to defend yourself. This is not a safe world. You are not safe in an Internet chat room and you are not safe on an exotic island with your friends."
-Beth Twitty

"For the most part, most of the people on this island do not demand too much of government, but when an emergency happens, they expect government to respond."
-Harry Kim

"I see a much stronger case for Grand Island. But, all of us here are kind of playing God without any context."
-Andrew Rudnick

"An Englishman is a man who lives on and island in the North Sea governed by Scotsmen."
-Philip Guedalla

"People [will] understand this is not an island that no one takes care of."
-Patrick Lawrence

"My feelings are not about personalities. It's the institution itself. Whether it is a viable institution for this Island anymore is the issue to me."
-Tristan Israel

"We're in a beautiful area, we're on an island. Guys can go 25 feet from their rooms and catch supper. A guy can come here, get a good education and play for an up-and-coming program."
-Ronnie Arrow

"We are not an island. Botswana should use all the available regional interventions to articulate this daunting problem."
-Bernard Balikani

"Hans Island is Canadian."
-Maple Leaf

"This is a fun way to make it open to the community, by having outer island student representatives on the commission."
-Lois Hamaguchi

"That would be the end of Long Island."
-Mike Wyllie

"Oh I am gonna buy an island I am gonna buy an airplane. In reality, gee, not a fan of flying, and I do not really like water."
-Michael Terpstra

"They are changing the island forever."
-Richard Bailey

"I remember when you could drive Galveston Island, from end to end, on the natural beach. I don't think there will ever be any hope of doing that again."
-Lorraine Brown

"We took it. We showed we have a tough group of guys on this island."
-Scott Junk

"Hugging trees has a calming effect on me. I'm talking about enormous trees that will be there when we are all dead and gone. I've hugged trees in every part of this little island."
-Gerry Adams

"If I were to close the lot at Grass Island, they're just going to go to some side street and unload."
-Joseph Siciliano

"It's a remote island with very little access, so it has been little studied over the years."
-Haraldur Sigurdsson

"Every Haitian here is supporting 10 people back on the island, and that's 10 votes."
-Quetel Osterval

"Is going to take on a lot of water. But as far as the winds, I think here on the island, it will be a little bit less than they anticipated."
-John Benson

"We're all island people, we enjoy one another's company, but don't invade us."
-John Noonan

"Brings home $1.2 billion for Rhode Island transportation."
-Sue Barker

"Well, darn her anyway. I wonder why she left Baby Island off?"
-Roger Sherman

"We didn't affect the quarterback. We brought pressure but we didn't get to him. That left people on an island."
-Mark Dantonio

"I would ask you to envision this island not as it is but as it could be, as part of the greatest harbor district in the world."
-Daniel Doctoroff

"I don't feel embraced. I feel like a survivor. I was almost like we were on a deserted island. But we survived."
-John Carlos

"Crude oil is a global market unlike natural gas. We are almost an island when it comes to gas, with most of our imports coming from Canada."
-Neil Gamson