Islands National Nature

Famous quotes containing the words islands, national and/or nature:

    “What are the islands to me
    if you are lost
    what is Naxos, Tinos, Andros,
    and Delos, the clasp
    of the white necklace?”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

    “Thinking is the most unhealthy thing in the world, and people die of it just as they die of any other disease. Fortunately, in England at any rate, thought is not catching. Our splendid physique as a people is entirely due to our national stupidity.”
    —Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

    “But Lord! to see the absurd nature of Englishmen, that cannot forbear laughing and jeering at everything that looks strange.”
    —Samuel Pepys (1633–1703)