Central Pacific may refer to:
- Central Pacific Railroad, the western part of the Transcontinental Railroad in the United States
- Central Pacific Area, a subdivision of the Pacific Ocean Areas, an Allied military command in World War II
- Central Pacific languages, a branch of the Oceanic languages
Famous quotes containing the words central and/or pacific:
“The central paradox of motherhood is that while our children become the absolute center of our lives, they must also push us back out in the world.... But motherhood that can narrow our lives can also broaden them. It can make us focus intensely on the moment and invest heavily in the future.”
—Ellen Goodman (20th century)
“It is easier to sail many thousand miles through cold and storm and cannibals, in a government ship, with five hundred men and boys to assist one, than it is to explore the private sea, the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean of one’s being alone.... It is not worth the while to go round the world to count the cats in Zanzibar.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)