Quotations
…from other pages
It’s a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.{a}
⏱ QUICK READ
On this page we have collated all the quotes used on Saint Helena Island Info; not just those used in each page header but also the ones embedded within the text.
We should be honest: the list below is not every single quoted text on Saint Helena Island Info. It is just all the formally-displayed ones.
Quotes are listed in alphabetic order of the person quoted. To find particular words, use the Search facility in your browser (usually Ctrl+F).
Oh, Lord. I didn’t mean to say anything quotable.{b}
The Quotes
I believe what I said yesterday… I don’t know what I said, er, but I know what I think, and … well, I assume it’s what I said.{b}
Quotes about Peace
Below is a constantly-updating quote about Peace:
Quotes from Napoleon
As used on Saint Helena Island Info:
A good picture is better than a long speech. [Photography]
I fear newspapers more than a hundred thousand bayonets. [Our Newspapers]
I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up. [Government on St Helena]
If I had succeeded, I would have been the greatest man known to history. [Napoleonic Bicentenary]
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. [Invasion!]
Posterity alone rightly judges kings. Posterity alone has the right to accord or withhold honours. [Heads of State]
Religions are all founded on miracles - on things we cannot understand, such as the Trinity. Jesus calls himself the Son of God, and yet is descended from David. I prefer the religion of Mahomet - it is less ridiculous than ours. [Religion]
Success is the most convincing talker in the world. [Napoleon]
The only good thing about St Helena is the coffee. [St Helena Coffee]
The valley of Jamestown resembled an entrance to the infernal regions… nothing was to be seen but rows of guns and black cliffs, built as if by a demon’s hand to bind together the rocky peaks. [Jamestown History]
The word ‘impossible’ is not French. [Napoleon]
War is becoming an anachronism[᠁]. Victories will be won, one of these days, without cannon, and without bayonets. [Napoleon]
What then is, generally speaking, the truth of history? A fable agreed upon. [Museum of St Helena]
Whatever shall we do in that remote spot? Well, we will write our memoirs. Work is the scythe of time. [Longwood House]
Where flowers degenerate man cannot live. [National Flower]
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Credits:
{a} Winston Churchill{b} Donald Rumsfeld