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I don't keep women friends for too long largely because i do not trust them and i hate gossip. A lot... CRYSTAL EVANS I am heartened by the prime minister's (Hon PJ Patterson's) comments about 'rupture in the circle' b...
HER EXCELLENCY MERLENE OTTEY Other people migrate everyday and decide to become citizens of the country where they live, and I do...
HER EXCELLENCY MERLENE OTTEY I'm Jamaican, man. I'm Jamaican first. You gotta understand that's where I'm from. T...
DONOVAN BAILEY I'm real proud of her ... a Jamaican double is great. It felt good.
ASAFA POWELL It's a little funny for me, because I'm part Jamaican as well, and I am very familiar with the Jamai...
MALCOLM HARRIS
Part of the desire to see each other succeed is to stop putting a price on success. CRYSTAL EVANS People love my collard greens. They love my macaroni and cheese. They love the gumbo. They love my J...
TAMALA JONES A very tough game against a decent Jamaican side that played very well today.
IAN BRIDGE My favorite runner is Usain Bolt, who happens to be Jamaican and is the fastest man in the world.
DULE HILL
I was the only black girl at my junior high school. I had an afro, a Jamaican accent, I looked reall... GRACE JONES No call alligator long mouth till you pass him
JAMAICAN PROVERB Those who can't dance say the music is no good
JAMAICAN PROVERB Prayer only from the mouth is no prayer
JAMAICAN PROVERB One one coco full basket.
JAMAICAN PROVERB Cows have no business in horseplay
JAMAICAN PROVERB Make a friend when you don't need one
JAMAICAN PROVERB If you follow a fool, you're a fool yourself
JAMAICAN PROVERB Back in those early days when I began my apprenticeship as a poet, I also tried to voice our anger, ...
LINTON KWESI JOHNSON The U.K. is one of the places that has always been an advocate of my music and I spend a lot of time...
DAMIAN MARLEY I got into dub a long time ago. I was into dub before I even had any interest in reggae or Jamaican ...
BILL LASWELL Strong black women have been an integral part of Jamaican society for a very long time, but never in...
MARLON HILL
Music was always heavily involved with my spirit. My entire family is Jamaican. It's nothing but... SHAMEIK MOORE Your Excellency, I am aware of my responsibilities,
ATSUKO ABE I certainly hope that the Jamaican population is watching what is happening with Katrina and learnin...
DR BARBARA CARBY
...a young man, Jamaican, perhaps, his head circled in a scarf with sunbleached dreadlocks on piled ... STEVE MARTIN
My dad knows every single accent from being an old Yiddish grandpa to being Indian or Jamaican. It w... ASHLEY BELL
Dear Non-American Black, when you make the choice to come to America, you become black. Stop arguing... CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE We have Americans, Latin, African-American, Jamaican. We have a little bit of everything. There's a ...
HECTOR MORENO
People come in here and say, 'Why can't we get Jamaican food where we live in Ohio or California?' .... SHIRLEY MACLAINE It was the vehicle that propelled me to international stardom. I was known as a singer songwriter be...
JIMMY CLIFF The authentic Gullah dialect is actually very clipped, and so it would sound almost Jamaican and be ...
AUDRA MCDONALD The print material that are being distributed at parties and social events have been extensively tes...
ELIZABETH WARD She's definitely a pioneer in the local Jamaican business economy and the community at large. If she...
MARLON HILL
I am a wire-walker. I can walk any time, anywhere - I'm indestructible. PHILIPPE PETIT
We measure the excellency of other men by some excellency we conceive to be in ourselves JOHN SELDEN I can confirm that His Excellency the President has accepted my letter.
DAVID MWIRARIA [Powell, who may still compete in the 400m relay, was initially injured at the Jamaican championship...
PAUL DOYLE
It may be the optimist in me, but I think America has a uniquely powerful and capacious glue interna... AMY CHUA The authentic Gullah dialect is actually very clipped, and so it would sound almost Jamaican and be ...
AUDRA MCDONALD Here's the key to Jamaica, the secret to Jamaican dancehall parties, no matter where you are in ...
WALSHY FIRE
If I am who I am, I'm provocative, candid, and androgynous; there's nothing I can do that wi... HALSEY Dancehall culture in Europe is very close to Jamaica. Europe and Japan have a very close link to Jam...
WALSHY FIRE
I'm not prejudiced in any way that I can think of. That's just not the guy I am. WILLIE NELSON I guess it's a good idea, but I don't think it's anything new. People have always been able to downl...
CLYDE SHAW
A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her. OSCAR WILDE
A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her. OSCAR WILDE
A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her OSCAR WILDE
I am very resourceful, as any woman would be. VALENTINA TERESHKOVA
I can, therefore I am. SIMONE WEIL Forgive me, Excellency. The fact you do not know is that Japan also is a nuclear power. I am convinc...
ATSUKO ABE I am not a lobbyist. I am not a political activist. I am not a leader, as far as I'm concerned.
JOSE ANTONIO VARGAS I can remember the first time I ever recorded my vocals on to a beat. Cat Coore from Third World - a...
DAMIAN MARLEY I'm the ultimate studier of comedy. I grew up in a very funny household. My dad is the king of o...
SUSAN KELECHI WATSON I am a huge fan of her work and can honestly say that any phrasing similarities between her works an...
KAAVYA VISWANATHAN Coming from Tribulations, which had more of a rock sound, I think Kevin wanted to get back to more o...
ALEX BERAM I can only be who I am.
ENYA
What I can do for my country, I am willing to do. CHRISTOPHER GADSDEN Lord take me as I am just the way I am. Set my soul ablaze, never quench the flame
VENES A quote isn't a quote until that quote is quotably quoted by and official Quotesman
I AM TIMEPIECE The internet has too much information out there for you to ask a dumb question
I AM TIMEPIECE I am no longer a rare breed, I am an endangered species
I AM TIMEPIECE I wish there was an edit button on Life because sometimes we don't realize the mistakes we've made u...
I AM TIMEPIECE Life are full of memories, capture them
I AM TIMEPIECE I don't fit in because I was born to stand out
I AM TIMEPIECE I want to assure your excellency that I am occupying myself permanently and jointly with my team to ...
ALBERTO FUJIMORI I want to assure your excellency that I am occupying myself permanently and jointly with my team to ...
ALBERTO FUJIMORI I just believe that the feeling of wonder is amazing. I am pushing myself as far as I can humanly pu...
DAVID BLAINE And if you can’t shape your life the way you want, at least try as much as you can not to degrade ...
CONSTANTINOS P. CAVAFIS
I am not her. I will never be her. JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT
I am happy to be alive, as long as I can paint. FRIDA KAHLO I am afraid we cannot say our remedy has had any real impact, as far as we can see.
PER HELLSTROM
I am not as cross about Thatcher now as I was in the '80s. Begrudgingly, I can see that some of ... MARTIN PARR Sometimes we have to remind her he'll still be in the family. She'll be just as close to my baby as ...
ERICA BULLOCK I'm not funny. Never have been and, as far as I can tell, I never will be.
DAVID DOBKIN
As long as I can wear a wig I can be any character, and in real life I can be myself. GINNIFER GOODWIN I see her as big time. Barring any injuries, if she stays on the path she's on right now she can be ...
DENISE VAN DE WALLE Draw me close to you, teach me to be like you. When people look at me I want them to see you
VENES
I don't think any teacher is as ready as I am, CHRISTA MCAULIFFE I've learned now to have a second title in reserve because, frequently, I come up with titles th...
NALO HOPKINSON I am Amaxon Corazon Junia Principia Delgado the Third, and I bent over my meal and wept luxurious te...
NALO HOPKINSON I love science fiction. There are ways in which this community kept me and my partner alive through ...
NALO HOPKINSON I'm a novelist, editor, short story writer. I also teach, and I freelance sometimes as an arts c...
NALO HOPKINSON I figure this current era of history is the one with the best chance of quality of life for a black,...
NALO HOPKINSON I'm constantly coming up with new strategies for getting to the mental place where writing is so...
NALO HOPKINSON It's the thing I struggle with every day: the mental diligence and stamina needed to sit in fron...
NALO HOPKINSON I directed 24's pilot. I felt we should follow the characters around as if we were a documentary...
STEPHEN HOPKINS You look at science fiction and look how often it talks about being alien, being alienated about the...
NALO HOPKINSON I wouldn't be where I am, if not for Jamaica. My formative years were here. I wouldn't have ...
MICHAEL LEE-CHIN My first playpen was a cardboard box.
MICHAEL LEE-CHIN Life is not linear; you have ups and downs. It's how you deal with the troughs that defines you.
MICHAEL LEE-CHIN You can't look at the intrinsic value of gold as you can a business. Gold doesn't give you c...
MICHAEL LEE-CHIN Gold is a commodity; over the long run, as we look back, it has not been a good investment. You can&...
MICHAEL LEE-CHIN Private equity has been the purview of super wealthy individuals and institutions.
MICHAEL LEE-CHIN I wouldn't have become an engineer, I wouldn't have done what I did, had a hand not been hel...
MICHAEL LEE-CHIN Doing business in Jamaica is not easy, but it is rewarding.
MICHAEL LEE-CHIN My wealth came from growing businesses. I had wealth, but not liquidity. Basically I transferred ill...
MICHAEL LEE-CHIN I have an adult emotional life and an editing system inside me which prevents me from being preposte...
STEPHEN HOPKINS There's no attempt to manipulate the audience. We made our choice at the start.
STEPHEN HOPKINS There were no previews; we made the film we wanted to make.
STEPHEN HOPKINS
