“ Stood off and on during the night, determining not to come to anchor till morning, fearing to meet with shoals; continued our course in the morning; and as the island was found to be six or seven leag… Christopher Columbus
“ A lot of people prefer to be alone. They would rather be a palm tree on an island. I don't get it. Jose Andres
“ Believe. No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted island, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit. Helen Keller
“ Personally, my interests are ancient history and ancient civilizations. In my own life, I'd like to go to places like Easter Island. Nicolas Cage
“ The isolation spins its mysterious cocoon, focusing the mind on one place, one time, one rhythm - the turning of the light. The island knows no other human voices, no other footprints. On the Offshore… M. L. Stedman - The Light Between Oceans
“ The peaceful splendour of the night healed again. The moon was now past the meridian and travelling down the west. It was at its full, and very bright, riding through the empty blue sky. H.G. Wells
“ 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… Winston Churchill
“ Oh, she thought, how horrible it is that people have to grow up-and marry-and change! L.M. Montgomery
“ 'What comes next?' is the constant question I'm asked by outsiders eager to travel to the island. During the eleven years I traveled to Havana, very few Cubans I met on the island ever bothered to ver… Brin-Jonathan Butler
“ The nuclear industry has this amazing record, even equipment from generations one and two. But nuclear mishaps tend to come in these big events - Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, and now Fukushima - so i… Bill Gates
“ In this first testing ground of the atomic bomb I have seen the most terrible and frightening desolation in four years of war. It makes a blitzed Pacific island seem like an Eden. The damage is far gr… Wilfred Burchett
“ A letter from a French cleric to Nicholas of St. Albans, written c. 1178, rehearsed what was already a familiar perception: Your island is surrounded by water, and not unnaturally its inhabitants are… Peter Ackroyd
“ '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. Jason Scott Lee
“ They kissed in the middle of the sidewalk, letting the crowds of people flow around them like water around an island. Lawren Leo
