Isla Quotes & Sayings

Isla raised a brow. "So droughs need to be killed?" "Aye," Hayden finally admitted. — Donna Grant

Mr. Sparrow, you will accompany these fine men to the helm and provide us with the bearing to Isla de Muerta. You will then spend the remainder of the voyage contemplating all possible meanings of the phrase 'silent as the grave'. Do I make myself clear? — Rob Kidd

I think your heart dances to the beat of your own drum, and I'm the happiest I've ever been. — Isla Fisher

Even though it'll never be flat again, my stomach is my favorite part of my body because it reminds me of my greatest achievement - my babies. — Isla Fisher

I devote well over an hour at target practice for two reasons. First, there are a number of new weapons to train with, and I want to test them all out. Second, I naturally visualize Isla's face in place of the target sheet, and I never get tired of blasting her head into smithereens. — Siobhan Davis

Women one hundred percent support each other in the movie industry. — Isla Fisher

The evening before I departed I stood on the rim of a lagoon on Isla Rabida. Flamingos rode on its dark surface like pink swans, apparently asleep. Small, curved feathers, shed from their breasts, drifted away from them over the water on a light breeze. I did not move for an hour. It was a moment of such peace, every troubled thread in a human spirit might have uncoiled and sorted itself into a graceful order. Other flamingos stood in the shallows with diffident elegance in the falling light, not feeding but only staring off toward the ocean. They seemed a kind of animal I had never quite seen before. — Barry Lopez

Isla was named after something, too, you know." "Don't you dare," I say. Josh sits forward. His eyes shine. "Do tell." "Prince. Edward. Island, — Stephanie Perkins

I don't care about anything. But I care about you. — Stephanie Perkins

Josh: Don't do this to us. I think you're afraid. I don't know why - I don't know what I could've said or done to make you distrust me - but for once in your life, Isla, take a risk. Take a fucking risk. If you keep playing it safe, you'll never know who you are. I know who you are, and I love who you are. Why don't you trust me? — Stephanie Perkins

St. Clair gets a crush on Anna. He's torn between her and Ellie, and he spends so much time running between them that he hardly has time left for Josh. And the more time that Josh spends alone, the more he realizes how alone he actually is. All of his friends will be gone the next year. Josh grows increasingly antagonistic toward school, which makes Rashmi increasingly antagonistic toward him, which makes him increasingly antagonistic toward her. And she's upset because Elie dropped her as a friend, and Meredith is upset because now St. Clair likes two girls who aren't her, and Anna is upset because St. Clair is leading her on, and then St. Clair's mom gets cancer.
It's a freaking soap opera. — Stephanie Perkins

I love 'Monty Python,' 'Black Adder,' 'Fawlty Towers.' I'm a huge fan of British comedy. — Isla Fisher

I'd like to point out that we've had zero problem reaching each other's mouths. — Stephanie Perkins

To make lashes curl better, take a hair dryer to your eyelash curler for one or two seconds before using it. — Isla Fisher

I was raised as a tomboy with boys, and I never really feel like myself when I am really dolled up at premieres and showbiz events. — Isla Fisher

A blank canvas...has unlimited possibilities. — Stephanie Perkins

I laugh, and it sounds like I've been sucking helium. — Stephanie Perkins

In these pages, I don't beat around the bush to say shit I want to say. I don't send people on wild goose chases looking for clues. I keep things straight. So don't go trying to interpret mess, alright? — Isla Wright

I don't know what I believe. I guess that makes me a Christmas Tree Agnostic. — Stephanie Perkins

Yet the MacLeods have found a way to have their women." "And Hayden as well." Galen turned his head to Broc. "Hayden and Isla?" "I knew there was a possibility," Logan said with a knowing smile. "More than a possibility," Broc said with a grin. "I will let Hayden tell the story, though I'm sure he'll leave several things out." Galen laughed, eager to return to the home and family he had found. "And I suppose you'll be happy to provide those details?" "Of course," Broc said with a nod. "As will Ian, I'm sure. — Donna Grant

You know," I tease, "you still haven't told me why you're here. You were ... passing by? Wanted
to brag about getting a week off from school?"
"Oh. Uh, right." Josh sort of laughs and glances out my window. "I was just wondering if you
wanted to go out."
Holy.
Shit.
"I'm on my way to Album," he continues, referring to a nearby comics shop. "Since we were
talking about that new Sfar earlier, I thought if you weren't busy, you might want to come along."
... Oh.
My heart beats like a cracked-out drummer. Josh, don't do that to a lady. I'm still clutching the
book about the shipwreck, so I set it down to wipe my sweaty palms. "Sure". — Stephanie Perkins

My boyfriend loses his virginity, and, oh, who's that looking on?
It's a rabbit. — Stephanie Perkins

I think kissing scenes always feel awkward but there's just no way around it. But it's a part of the job. — Isla Fisher

You can't underestimate how traumatic divorce is for the children. — Isla Fisher

When you're younger, being a redhead is ... Well, my two brothers teased me no end. — Isla Fisher

The feeling is that we have everything to say. And where do you begin with everything? — Stephanie Perkins

I've never been a method actress; I've never been that person that wants to imagine horrible things happening in your own life in order to exploit them for your emotional being in the movie. I'm just not good at doing that. — Isla Fisher

I tell my girlfriends - 'Imagine if all the time you put into waxing and primping, you took all of that energy and put it into something useful.' — Isla Fisher

Confidence, darling." He leans across the table and touches a finger to my cheek. "You could learn something from me, you know. — Stephanie Perkins

I can remember, I think it was 1967, sitting in the First Unitarian Church in Isla Vista, Santa Barbara, and seeing Phil Levine come out on the little stage. He sat on the edge and said, "You know, sometimes it's hard not to hate my country for the way I feel, at times, but I won't let that happen." And then he read, "They Feed They Lion," this incredibly powerful, incantatory poem that was inspired in part by the burning of Detroit in 1967 and the riots that followed. — Sam Hamill

When the City of Goleta incorporated about 10 years ago, its founders took pains to exclude Isla Vista from the boundaries for fear that UCSB students would become enfranchised, take over the government, and enact some form of rent control. — Anonymous

What's the big story?" he asks.
"We're slacker playboys with trust funds, renting a house on Isla Mujeres."
"So, aside from the house, you're pretending to be you? — Gayle Forman

Josh: I love you. Do you still love me?

Isla: How could you ask me that? Of course I love you. This hasn't changed anything.

Josh: But it was my fault. The whole weekend was my idea.

Isla: Hey. Hey. I wanted to go. It was my decision, too. I love you. I have always loved you.

Josh: What do you mean? Always?

Isla: I mean that you never have to worry about me leaving you, because I've been in love with you since our freshman year. There's no story. I saw you one day, and I just knew. — Stephanie Perkins

I love the power women have. I think women rule the world because they rule men. Manipulating men - that's our job. That's what we're on the planet for. — Isla Fisher

Isla." Josh's voice catches on my name. "You look beautiful."
Because I see it in his eyes, I feel it in my heart. He takes my hand. His skin touches mine, and he's real again. And then we lose restraint, and he sweeps me into an embrace and kisses my cheek. And then again. I hug him. He squeezes me too hard in return, but it's wonderful and perfect and sublime. — Stephanie Perkins

What I loved about breast-feeding was that bond of one-on-one time. The serotonin that's released calms you down and connects you to the baby. — Isla Fisher

I love to cook. But I'm a bit rubbish. I tend to start something and then dip into a book or have a conversation and come back and everything's burnt. — Isla Fisher

I'm definitely attracted to other Australians; I have a laid-back attitude to life that I feel is very Australian; I love a good barbie. — Isla Fisher

After 'Wedding Crashers' I was just surprised as to the lack of comedic female material there is. So I had to start working and getting stuff out there for myself. — Isla Fisher

I think audiences have always wanted to see women in the movies, but every time a movie like 'Bridesmaids' comes out, everyone says, 'Oh how funny, people do want to see women in the movies.' — Isla Fisher

You forgot to call,' he says.
I throw open my arms. He pulls me into them, and we kiss, and his lips are cold, and I think he's crying, and I'm definitely crying, and I pull back to say, 'I am so in love with you, Joshua Wasserstein. Of course I'll wait for you. — Stephanie Perkins

I keep my eyes on his bedspread - blue-and-white plaid, very male - and try to remember how Isla-of-the-past would have fainted if she could see Isla-of-the-present. — Stephanie Perkins

Women should not have to adopt masculine traits in order to succeed. You should be able to stay as a woman, and in tune with your femininity, and still be equal. — Isla Fisher

He's so fucking hot," Isla whispered under her breath.

"Mm-hmm."

She turned to me.

I blinked then looked at her. When I noticed her expression, I clarified. "Oh, the other one. — Renita Pizzitola

I never have time to cook, so I just look through the books and imagine the dishes I would make if I wasn't going out for a business dinner. — Isla Fisher

I love acting, love it. It's the greatest fun in the world. I've never had trouble feeling extremely grateful. — Isla Fisher

The great thing about doing physical comedy for film is that if it doesn't work you're not exposed. It ends up on the editing room floor, so it gives you a lot more room to experiment I guess. But I really enjoy doing it. I'm very comfortable tapping into my inner idiot. — Isla Fisher

Stories keep the fire burning inside us, stories keep us form dashing our heads against the wall. Without stories we'd be lost, dead, forgotten. — Isla Morley

Crushes are so awful. I wonder if they suck worse for the crush-er or the crush-ee. I consider my three years of watching Josh from afar. Yeah, definitely the crush-er. — Stephanie Perkins

Growing up, there wasn't much emphasis on being nice or naughty. As a family, there wasn't much discipline. It was more relaxed at home, which I'm grateful for. — Isla Fisher

I still write. I'd love to write more trashy chick-lit. At the moment, I just re-write my own lines, which probably annoys most directors - though, thankfully not Adam Brooks! — Isla Fisher

I don't like junk food, just because I don't like the taste of it, but I don't go to the gym - ever. — Isla Fisher

I love religions and find them fascinating, and I find Judaism very beautiful. It's enriched my life enormously. — Isla Fisher

I breastfed both my kids for two years so, you know it was very tiring emotionally and physically. — Isla Fisher

I love good food and I love to eat in nice restaurants. I love Japanese food. I love Gordon Ramsay in London; he is pretty amazing. — Isla Fisher

I crashed my boyfriend's birthday when I was 12 years old. He didn't invite me and so I showed up. — Isla Fisher

You know, motherhood is my favourite topic in my personal life and I won't shut up about it, but it's not something I want to discuss publicly just because of the amount of attention it draws to a small person who didn't choose to be exposed. — Isla Fisher

An easy way to get people to like you is to make them laugh. — Isla Fisher

I never had the chutzpah to just come to L.A. and make it. I didn't have that confidence. I'm always surprised when I get a job. — Isla Fisher

Hayden to his knees only to come level with a pair of the most amazing ice-blue eyes which were staring at him. "End this," Isla whispered. "Please, take my head. — Donna Grant

I find weddings really boring. They give speeches, your aunt kisses you on the cheek, and you're at a boring table. But it's different when it's your own. — Isla Fisher

You have to list all your special skills on a form when you get an agent. There's fencing, stage combat, horse riding, motorbike riding, Spanish, French, German, whatever. I just ticked everything. I talk about 10 languages according to that form. I even ticked the extreme sports box. — Isla Fisher

In real life I'm obviously a lot more shy, but once I'm on set and in costume and I'm hidden behind the person I'm playing I feel quite free to experiment. — Isla Fisher

When your parents divorce, it makes you grow up fast. I'd urge parents to strongly consider working things out. I'd work things out and I'd definitely stay put. — Isla Fisher

When you shoot an independent movie you have a very limited amount of time, and you don't want to be that actor, when a poor director is trying to get through a movie, that you're asking at every second to discuss performance. — Isla Fisher

Being proud of who we are as people is more important than cutting into ourselves to create this false idea of beauty. — Isla Fisher

The most romantic thing a guy has ever done for me is starting a family. That's as romantic as it gets. — Isla Fisher

I'm not actually very good at the maintenance thing. I don't buff, exfoliate, pluck, rinse, moisturise, suck, bleach ... whatever all those women do. — Isla Fisher

Anytime anyone compliments me on my figure, I'm wearing my Spanx undies. — Isla Fisher

You know, I didn't get to go to university because I've been acting since I was a kid. — Isla Fisher

I love marriage. I think it's a wonderful institution and it's the most important decision you make. — Isla Fisher

I think there is nothing sexier than a handlebar moustache. — Isla Fisher

All I know is that I've ruled out wearing fairy wings. When I was nine I wanted to get married in fairy wings, and now I realize that's not cool anymore. — Isla Fisher

I think there's a lack of quality roles for women in comedies. Most actresses get cast as the "eye-roller" or "the serious one," while men in comedies get to do all the fun, silly stuff and muck around. Sometimes you just have to search hard for a role or create one for yourself. — Isla Fisher

My name is actually quite a popular name in Scotland. People elsewhere always think it's far more exotic than it is. In Scotland, it's a common name. — Isla Fisher

I always try to choose material that I would want to go and see. I don't choose movies anymore to be in that other people wouldn't want to see. — Isla Fisher

I don't really watch many heist movies. Actually, I have quite eclectic tastes, but I tend to watch just foreign films. I don't know why that is. I'm not particularly deep or anything, I just like foreign movies. — Isla Fisher

I went to something like six different schools before the age of 12, so I was always the new girl and had to make friends quickly. It was difficult at the start because I was very bookish - I was literally sat in the corner reading books, with no friends. — Isla Fisher

And I can no longer remember my name or my country, or even my place in the universe. — Stephanie Perkins

'Jurassic World' takes place in a fully functional park on Isla Nublar. It sees more than 20,000 visitors every day. You arrive by ferry from Costa Rica. It has elements of a biological preserve, a safari, a zoo, and a theme park. There is a luxury resort with hotels, restaurants, nightlife and a golf course. And there are dinosaurs. — Colin Trevorrow

Family is 100 per cent my top priority. — Isla Fisher

I'm not a fashionista. I don't have much experience in that world. — Isla Fisher

Comedy has always been important in my family. If you got in a good joke at the dinner table, it meant more than almost anything else. — Isla Fisher

I have very eclectic taste in music. I like everything from Nirvana, which is featured in the film, to world music, to orchestral and jazz. For me, the nineties were about Oasis, because I was travelling around Britain when that band exploded onto the music scene. — Isla Fisher

Being a mother is by far my greatest accomplishment. — Isla Fisher

In Hollywood, you feel a responsibility to look less disheveled than you are. But I'm a mom, and I'm not good at putting time into prepping. — Isla Fisher

Hot. I've been upgraded to hot.No one has ever called me hot. Cute? Yes. Adorable? yes, often and it makes me want to punch them. I didn't know short girls could even be hot. I thought I'd been permanently relegated to elfin-pixie-child status. — Stephanie Perkins

I loved Morocco. It's very exotic and different from anywhere I've ever been. I had an amazing day there in the high Atlas Mountains near Mount Tamadot, when I rode by donkey into a Berber village and drank some mint tea with a Berber family. It was exceptional. — Isla Fisher

Unlike typical romantic comedies, Definitely Maybe is not formulaic or predictable and it spans a decade while being set against a political background. Also, the audience doesn't know who ends up with who until the very end, which makes it a sort of "romantic mystery comedy". — Isla Fisher

Morning has animated something in me, too, some dormant thing that for years has known only how to sit and wait. Get a move on, it says. Don't let the day get away. — Isla Morley

He gulped in a lungful of air and dove straight down in an effort to forget Isla and how she had complicated his life. He dove lower than he'd ever gone before. The water crackled in his ears and the pressure pushed against him, but still he continued. — Donna Grant

And in the aftermath of the Bay of Pigs failure, not only our psychological state, but living conditions generally in the prison became much more severe. Even food was much scarcer. At that time, they would bring in vats full of greasy water with some vegetables floating in it - potatoes, pumpkins, yams - frequently dirty and rotten, at that. We found out from men working in the kitchen, who belonged to Circular 4, that one hundred pounds of foodstuffs per day were allocated for the six thousand prisoners on Isla de Pinos - that worked out to less than a pound for every fifty prisoners. And that was the extent of our food. The bread had not a drop of fat or lard in it, just salt, and not always that. Its texture was so rubbery that you could stretch it out to more than a third longer without breaking it. — Armando Valladares

How does one proceed in a situation like this? If only the discovery of mutual admiration could lead promptly into making out. If only I could say, 'Listen. I like you, and you like me, so let's go find a secluded park and touch each other. — Stephanie Perkins

No matter what happened, there was always one thing Isla could rely on: the sheer arrogance of male wolves. That, and their overriding assumption all females found them irresistible and were desperate to get them in the sack. Mostly she was desperate to get them in the sack, if only to stop their whining, but she didn't think a sack six feet under was precisely what they meant. — Mina Carter

I think all married couples tend to run things by each other in every capacity and we're not different to them. — Isla Fisher

You must master the vices. You know that if a thing is worth doing it's worth doing well. If, however, a thing is not worth doing then it's worth doing fabulously, amazingly, with grace, style and panache. — Isla Dewar

I usually go into a store with a mission. My idea of a fun thing to do would not be to go to a mall and shopping. — Isla Fisher

I have a side of me that doesn't care. I really enjoy physical comedy, thinking of an idea and pitching it to the director. — Isla Fisher

Our fingers are in each other's hair, and his breath is in the hallow of my neck, and I wish the world would swallow us here, whole, in this moment. And that's when it hits me that this - this - is falling in love. — Stephanie Perkins

I do consider myself to be a feminist. — Isla Fisher