Hispaniola Island Quotes & Sayings

It was central to Nanny Ogg's soul that she never considered herself an old woman, while of course availing herself of every advantage that other people's perceptions of her as such would bring. — Terry Pratchett

The whole history between Haiti and the Dominican Republic is complicated. We share the island of Hispaniola, and Haiti occupied the Dominican Republic for twenty-two years after 1804 for fear that the French and Spanish would come back and reinstitute slavery. So we have this unique situation of being two independent nations on the same island, but with each community having its own grievance. — Edwidge Danticat

Being an entrepreneur isn't just a job title, and it isn't just about starting a company. It's a state of mind. It's about seeing connections others can't, seizing opportunities others won't, and forging new directions that others haven't. — Tory Burch

The people of Hispaniola had their lives unjustly and savagely taken by professed Jesus followers, and they were not, as we all know, the only ones to meet such a fate. Millions of their Indigenous sisters and brothers on Turtle Island were killed at the hands of other Europeans, as nation after imperial nation, bearing Christ on their lips and crosses on their military standards, followed suit.21 — Brian D. McLaren

I went to the Grand Canyon with my family when I was about 8 years old, and I had a very blah experience. I think the scale of it is too huge - you don't appreciate it. — David Roberts

Approach your goals with ant-like persistence. — Linda A. Tancs

As a side effect of modern warfare, we had the peculiar privilege of watching the destruction of our country on television. — Sara Novic

Red lips don't look good on blotchy, uneven skin. — Dita Von Teese

From Arawaks he later met on Hispaniola (the island of the Dominican Republic and Haiti) he learned of other people to the south, whom the Spanish called the Cariba or Caniba, from which we get the words "Caribbean" and "cannibal. — Lincoln Paine

When he arrived on Hispaniola in 1508, Las Casas says, "there were 60,000 people living on this island, including the Indians; so that from 1494 to 1508, over three million people had perished from war, slavery, and the mines. — Howard Zinn

Island of Hispaniola once so populous (having a population that I estimated to be more than three million), has now a population of barely two hundred persons. — Bartolome De Las Casas

It is hardly surprising that there are more things in heaven and earth, dear reader, than have been dreamed of in our philosophy - or in our physics. — Carlo Rovelli

Books are like music. Everyone has their own taste and it's not always for everyone. — Michael Benavidez