Isabella Bird Oahu in the distance, a group of grey, barren peaks rising verdureless out of the lonely sea, was not an exception to the rule that the first sight of land is a disappointment. – Isabella Bird Barren Quotes Disappointment Quotes Distance Quotes Exception Quotes Grey Quotes Land Quotes Lonely Quotes Oahu Quotes Peaks Quotes Rising Quotes Rule Quotes Sea Quotes Sight Quotes Verdureless Quotes The breadfruit is a superb tree, about 60 feet high, with deep green, shining leaves, a foot broad, sharply and symmetrically cut, worthy, from their exceeding beauty of form, to take the place of the acanthus in architectural ornament, and throwing their pale green fruit into delicate contrast. The Sandwich Islands are not the same as Otaheite nor as the Fijis, from which they are distant about 4,000 miles, nor are their people of the same race. The natives are not cannibals, and it is doubtful if they ever were so. Their idols only exist in missionary museums.
Joey Heatherton I’ll crumble off a little tuna on a plate, sprinkle with lemon and spear the pieces with colorful toothpicks, so it looks festive and appetizing. – Joey Heatherton
Eddie Hall Yes, I’m doing damage to my body now. The human body isn’t designed to be this size. – Eddie Hall
Susan Choi I stopped writing short fiction early on – I was never really good at it, and I never liked the results. So I stopped trying to fit the material I was working with into these tidy little short fiction packages. – Susan Choi
Randi Zuckerberg In this age of over-connectivity, the first thing that vanishes is our ability to put down the device and play, be creative. – Randi Zuckerberg
Muhammad Yunus I began my work in the ’70s, teaching at a university in Bangladesh, and these economic theories that I had learned stopped ringing true for me, as I saw the misery of people living all around me. – Muhammad Yunus
Robert Indiana I have been writing poetry ever since I was in high school. My poetry mainly concerned the theme of love. And that, of course, is an endless subject. – Robert Indiana
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