Governors Island Quotes

#1. In 1952, when I was 15 and living on Governors Island, which was then First Army Headquarters, I encountered the newly-published 'The Catcher in the Rye.' Of course, that book became the iconic anti-establishment novel for my generation.

Lois Lowry

#2. Off Castle Garden, a mile to the southeast, near the western edge of Governors Island, a ship lay resting through a foggy spring night before the long and arduous trip back to the old world - whether Riga, Naples, or Constantinople is not certain.

Mark Helprin

#3. It's so difficult to write good music. It's also really difficult to think about how to do it without violating the sanctity of the fourth wall.

Dan Harmon

#4. If there was a war, a big war, a major war on the planet, it would be a nuclear war, and it would destroy all life, human and subhuman, on planet earth.

Benjamin Creme

#5. No one who is angry or shallow can repeat what they've said. The moment you ask a person to repeat, you have won the battle. You have put them on guard. So don't reply angrily and don't take any offense, just say politely, "Yes, I understand, but could you please repeat it?" With that, you have won.

Harbhajan Singh Yogi

#6. What's wrong with living in a dream world? You have to wake up.

Sue Monk Kidd

#7. We can only be what we give ourselves the power to be.

Obert Skye

#8. The first step is the best step in a journey towards a destination.

Debasish Mridha

#9. Three great lessons for my children; love God, love yourself and love your neighbour as yourself.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#10. Never argue with a pedant over nomenclature. It wastes your time and annoys the pedant.

Lois McMaster Bujold

#11. I have the most incredible fans in the world- and I'm grateful for each and every one.

Justin Bieber

#12. By knowing the fundamental rules of life and aligning with the same one can live a happy and peaceful life.

Thomas Vazhakunnathu

#13. Don't you know that everything you do in life has consequences?

Kenneth Eade

#14. These were the moments I wished I were dead, when I was too weak to do anything about it. It was nature's cruel irony, stringing me along.

Pepper Winters

#15. There are words bandied about that are being misused - words like 'socialism,' words like 'communism,' words like 'fascism.'

Jim Leach

#16. Reading is my passion and my escape since I was 5 years old. Overall, children don't realize the magic that can live inside their own heads. Better even then any movie.

Eckhart Tolle

#17. They are trying to hold on to a world that no longer exists. They are blind and terrified because they feel it slipping away from them. They are gripping thin air but they keep trying desperately to hold on to it - hoping the air will turn into something familiar and solid.

Lillian E. Smith