“The Kerguelen Islands in the southern Indian Ocean are a six-day boat ride from Madagascar, and their only inhabitants are French scientists.”

“When it comes to scary business, I believe that forewarned is forearmed.”

“In the Middle Ages, bloodletting was often performed by barbers, which is why the traditional barbers polelike the bloody towels that once hung outside barber shopsis colored red and white.”

“The Japanese island of Okunoshima, also called Rabbit Island after the many furry inhabitants who live there, was once home to Japans poison gas factories. The rabbits are descendants of ones used ...”

“The most isolated inhabited island in the world is Tristan da Cunha, an active volcano located in the middle of the south Atlantic Ocean 1,242 miles (2,000 kilometers) from the nearest land. Trista...”

“You can't buy the love you want, you can't sell your love. Love is given by those who deserves it.”

“Facts are like cows. If you look them in the face long enough, they generally run away.”

“The truth is more important than the facts.”

“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”

“I've always said that idleness dulls the spirit. We have to keep the brain busy, or at least the hands if we don't have a brain.”

“If your workplace was somehow transplanted into the jungle and everyone was forced to survive at a very primitive level, it's safe to say that eventually your boss would rape you.”