#island

The Romans held Britain from the invasion of Julius Caesar till their voluntary withdrawal from the island, A.D. 420,- that is, about five hundred years. ↗

— Thomas Bulfinch

#britain #caesar #five #held #hundred

My grandfather was a cop in Long Island. I often try to draw on things that I've heard about him. ↗

— Yancy Butler

#cop #draw #grandfather #heard #him

Judging is a lonely job in which a man is, as near as may be, an island entire. ↗

— Abe Fortas

#island #job #judging #lonely #lonely job

We just did a show in Providence, Rhode Island, and we got three puppy shots before we even got on the air, which was great. Although sometimes you get flashed by some puppies that you'd rather not see. They're more like mongrels. ↗

— Jerry Lawler

#although #before #did #even #flashed

I had a great education. From kindergarten to John Dewey High School in Coney Island, I am public-school educated. ↗

— Spike Lee

#educated #education #great #had #high

A self does not amount to much, but no self is an island; each exists in a fabric of relations that is now more complex and mobile than ever before. ↗

— Jean-Francois Lyotard

#before #complex #does #each #ever

We used two Princess Cruise ships. The Island Princess and The Pacific Princess. They were identical ships. ↗

— Gavin MacLeod

#identical #island #pacific #princess #ships

I like islands. ↗

— Dominic Monaghan

#islands #like

I read 'Treasure Island' for the first time at university. And I started to notice then how unresolved some things were. Later, I realised that Stevenson was interested in sequels, and I wondered whether he would have gone back to it had he lived longer. ↗

— Andrew Motion

#first #first time #gone #had #how

People in San Francisco and the East Bay have shown interest, done interviews, and have come to shows. I guess that the news travels fast out of this island that we are on. ↗

— Joanna Newsom

#come #done #east #fast #francisco