Top 217 Jamaica Quotes & Sayings

I wanted a picture of Jamaica that isn't in books, and certainly not in novels.

My family were from Jamaica.

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.

My parents are from Jamaica, and I love reggae music.

Feb 6 1945 St. Ann, Jamaica, Daddy was born. I remember us celebrating one of his birthdays in Jamaica at 56 Hope Road with him, no big superstar party, just us kids, Mommy, some cake, few laughs and that was it. Even if he wasn't known to the world on Feb 6th I would still think of him and in my heart say Happy Birthday Daddy. Love.

Politicians need to stop the violence because it has become a way of life in Jamaica. It's the thing to do - be violent in Jamaica.

I want to tell Jamaica, Happy 50th Anniversary.

I'm intent on marketing Jamaica. Jamaica has the best coffee, the best sugar, the best ginger and some of the best cocoa in the world.

Jamaica is so musical, diverse and so extreme, from people singing in the streets to dancing.

I have an uncle in Jamaica who's an OG producer/songwriter over there, Mikey Bennett.

I'm the national champion of Jamaica now, I go into the Olympics like this.

Politics is tricky, especially in Jamaica. There are two parties, Jamaica Labour Party and People's National Party, and if I went for one, I would upset supporters of the other. I stay as far from politics as I can.

Last time I was in Jamaica I financed a teacher to teach in an orphanage.

I never did feel any pressure in Jamaica. You just someone, not nobody big.

My parents immigrated to this country from Jamaica with no more than a fifth-grade education.

I go back five generations in Jamaica. My dad grew up in Port Royal, and my mom grew up in Kingston. My family is from the country like West Moreland and also in Manchester. I've been there countless times. As far as cuisine, there's not really much that comes out of Jamaica that's on a plate that I don't like.

It is good to make my comeback in Jamaica after not playing for so long.

I would be lying if I didn't say that the most inspirational place for me is Jamaica.

I grew up with coconuts as the main flavor in food in Jamaica. It's part of our culture.

I'm the blackest member of my family. You know, these mixed families produce children of all colors, and in Jamaica, the question of exactly what shade you were, in colonial Jamaica, that was the most important question. Because you could read off class and education and status from that. I was aware and conscious of that from the very beginning.

Out of all the places in the world, Jamaica is my favorite place.

I have always loved doing accents. I have lived with my parents in a number of countries, including Italy and Jamaica.

Yesterday President Obama traveled to Jamaica, where he will meet with students and Caribbean leaders. Jamaica's such a beautiful place, Obama says he can't wait to just take it all in, hold it for several seconds, and then exhale.

I've been in Africa, America, moving around a lot. It's helped me to open up my mind. I was born in Jamaica; I've lived all my life there and got all I could from Jamaica. But I needed to be somewhere else to grow.

Jamaican music can be aggressive, soulful, smooth and exciting all at once - just like hip-hop. At the same time, there's nothing like Jamaica in the United States. Jamaica is its own thing.

My dad came from Trinidad to Jamaica when he was 19. He had to go to Jamaica to join the British regiment, where it was based. After Sandhurst, he returned to the Caribbean as a junior lieutenant, based in Jamaica. He met my mum and became a Jamaican citizen.

My earliest memory of dancing is that I won a dance contest in Jamaica when I was 6.

Even if I wasn't in music, even if my father was a carpenter, some guy in Jamaica would go 'You're just like Bob. You're just like your father.' That happens in Jamaica all the time.

[Kingston, Jamaica] is the city, it's not a beautiful beach. But at the same time when I go to Jamaica, that's the only place I want to go. It's where the culture is its richest. Or if you have the opportunity, you can go to the North Coast and go to Montego Bay. That's where you get the beauty of the miles of beaches and beautiful resorts.

In Jamaica, you learn as a child how to roll a joint. Everyone here has tried it. I did too

The very best place to be in all the world is St. Mary's parish, Jamaica. And the best spot in St. Mary's is Port Maria, though all of St. Mary's is fine. Old Maker put himself to a lot of trouble to make that part of the island of Jamaica, for everything there is perfect.

I live between Jamaica and Paris.

The music that I represent and helped to create and establish was born in Jamaica.

My relationship with everyone in Jamaica is good.

I wanted a fake wedding in Jamaica.

I was brought up in Jamaica when people had to occupy themselves and entertain each other.

I knew that Jamaica Inn was going to make me a star.

I'm not an American, Do they count the votes in America? I haven't voted in Jamaica either.

I think Jamaica would thrive if we promote agriculture as a way to bring people here.

Jamaica actually had a pretty big influence on my life.

My timing’s a little off. But I’m about to get hotter than Jamaica in the middle of August.

I was actually born in deep rural Jamaica and came to Kingston as a high school girl.

I definitely know I'm going to be working a lot more with my foundation when it comes to developing the kids in Jamaica.

I went to Jamaica for six months, and in Jamaica there was a lot of stillness.

When you see a Jamaica video, it's always the hood. Everybody in the video's got guns, and the world looks at it like that's what Jamaica's about. And it affects the economics of the music.

Recording in Jamaica is like nothing else. The studios are always closed in America. But in Jamaica, the studio doors are wide open, and there's music blasting out in the street. You can see the reaction of people immediately.

Jamaica is an island that is filled with so much culture.

Twenty or 30 years from now, I'm going to be on a beach in Jamaica.

My dad is a great cricket fan, and I used to play a bit back in Jamaica.

There is a very strong socialist movement in Jamaica. I was in Jamaica years ago. All the talk, all day they talk politics. The literacy rate is very low. Everyone is so interested in politics, more than those who can read in the United States.

In France, I am just Madame Campbell. In Jamaica, nobody uses my title.

I can't really live outside Jamaica. I can be away, but only for a while.

Doing business in Jamaica is not easy, but it is rewarding.

Being in Jamaica, I feel comfortable there.

Jamaica full of ghetto, but boy, I tell you: me never see it like that.

Obviously, I rep Jamaica. I'm a first generation born Jamaican-American. My parents are born and raised in Jamaica, my grandparents are born and raised in Jamaica, my other family still lives in Jamaica, and I still go back there.

A family holiday to Jamaica in 2004 - my uncle was getting married out there, and it was the first holiday I'd had in Jamaica, which is where my father is from. My friends and I stayed in a really plush hotel, The Ritz-Carlton, so we had a great experience.

I mean, Manhattan is cool. But weird parts, I like that. Jamaica, Queens, that's great.

My father's from Jamaica.

I'm always in Jamaica in my fantasies. We have a home there, and it's my special spiritual place where I get re-nourished.