Quotes of Isle - somelinesforyou

“ Columbus discovered no isle or key so lonely as himself. ”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ Edward VIII replaced his fly buttons with a zip, a revolutionary move; and his Fair Isle pullovers, shorts and Windsor knots were considered by some to foreshadow the end of Empire. ”

- Angus McGill

“ If you are to give him the whole of Great Britain and Ireland for an estate, he would ask the Isle of Man for a potato garden. ”

- Lord North

“ I felt alone out there, like I was on a desert island. I felt like Gilligan. ”

- Mickey Rivers

“ WALL STREET, n. A symbol for sin for every devil to rebuke. That Wall Street is a den of thieves is a belief that serves every unsuccessful thief in place of a hope in Heaven. Even the great and good Andrew Carnegie has made his profession of faith in the matter… ”

- Ambrose Bierce
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