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Zanzibar Quotes

It is not worth while to go round the world to count the cats in Zanzibar.

It is not worth while to go round the world to count the cats in Zanzibar.

Henry David Thoreau
Work, Cat, Zanzibar
Henry David Thoreau (2009). “Walden”, p.208, Cosimo, Inc.

I consulted a Chinese herbalist and spent two weeks on an island off the coast of Zanzibar. I was away from any kind of contemporary technology.

Francesca Annis
Technology, Islands, Zanzibar

I had intended to have gone into Africa incognito. But the fact that a white man, even an American, was about to enter Africa was soon known all over Zanzibar.

Henry Morton Stanley
Men, White Man, Zanzibar
Henry Morton Stanley (1872). “How I Found Livingstone: Travels, Adventures and Discoveries in Central Africa: Including an Account of Four Months' Residence with Dr. Livingstone”, p.34

It's supposed to be automatic but actually you have to press this button.

John Brunner
Technology, Zanzibar, Buttons
"Stand on Zanzibar". Book by John Brunner, 1968.

You know how I came up with the name 'Road to the Super Bowl?' It's an homage to the old Bob Hope - Bing Crosby buddy movies - you know, like 'Road to Zanzibar' or 'Road to Morocco.' Can you tell? All I've done my whole life is go to movies.

Steve Sabol
Names, Zanzibar, Morocco

You should hear what my parents wanted to call me. It was between Brown Rice, Neon Hitch and Z. Ziggurat Zanzibar Zandorf. I'm not joking. Imagine fitting that on my passport!

Neon Hitch
Zanzibar, Parent, Neon

It is not worth the while to go round the world to count the cats in Zanzibar. Yet do this even till you can do better, and you may perhaps find some "Symmes' Hole" by which to get at the inside at last.

Henry David Thoreau
Cat, Zanzibar, World
Henry David Thoreau (2016). “Walden”, p.228, Xist Publishing

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