Jamaica Quotes

You must bite the hand that feeds you. You are perhaps always told the opposite of this. The opposite of this is often said to you, 'Do not bite the hand that feeds you.' But from time to time I tell you, you must. - Jamaica Kincaid

With my first pay cheque I sent my parents to Jamaica, so they actually got passports! They're pretty grounded; it wasn't until they saw the trailer for 'Battleship' that they were like, 'Ooh, this is a big movie, isn't it?' - Brooklyn Decker

While this is a positive development in the fight against impunity for police killings, this is just the tip of the iceberg, and is not enough to restore the public's faith in the Jamaican judicial system. - Susan Lee

When people come to Jamaica, we don't want them to think about the problems of Jamaica. So let them come be in their paradise. - Ziggy Marley

We're not expecting a large volume of Chinese visitors to (suddenly) run to Jamaica. So we're looking at the marketing in a structured, managed way. We know we need to look at the return on the investment. There are lots of challenges but there has been tremendous support from other agencies of government, from the foreign affairs and national security ministries. We have to be patient. - David Shields

We'll also have the Chinese and a team from either Jamaica or the Bahamas. This meet ranks with a lot of meets in Europe. What better place to take a test? - Bubba Thornton

We would much rather that she married a good Jamaican. They got along after that. - Phillippa Lack's

We were sort of having to extricate ourselves from bodies which just takes a bit longer but it's very good for when we play the likes of Jamaica and etc, that you just don't get free runs at things. It was a good reminder that you certainly have to meet the ball. - Ruth Aitken