Hawaiian Sayings And Quotes

by allinspiration.com

“The keiki listened politely. Then bent down, picked up another starfish, and threw it gently into the sea, just beyond the breaking waves, and exuberantly declared, “It made a difference for that one.”
– Unknown

“the kupuna saw that the dancer was a keiki (child), who was not dancing at all. The keiki was reaching down to the sand to pick up something, and was gently throwing it into the sea. The kupuna called out to the keiki, “Aloha! What are you doing?”
– Unknown

“Nearby is an interesting ruin–the meager remains of an ancient temple–a place where human sacrifices were offered up in those old bygone days…long, long before the missionaries braved a thousand privations to come and make [the natives] permanently miserable by telling them how beautiful and how blissful a place heaven is, and how nearly impossible it is to get there; and showed the poor native how dreary a place perdition is and what unnecessarily liberal facilities there are for going to it; showed him how, in his ignorance, he had gone and fooled away all his kinsfolk to no purpose; showed him what rapture it is to work all day long for fifty cents to buy food for next day with, as compared with fishing for a pastime and lolling in the shade through eternal summer, and eating of the bounty that nobody labored to provide but Nature. How sad it is to think of the multitudes who have gone to their gaves in this beautiful island and never knew there was a hell.”
– Unknown

“For me its balmy airs are always blowing, its summer seas flashing in the sun; the pulsing of its surf is in my ear; I can see its garlanded crags, its leaping cascades, its plumy palms drowsing by the shore, its remote summits floating like islands above the cloud-rack; I can feel the spirit of its woody solitudes, I hear the plashing of the brooks; in my nostrils still lives the breath of flowers that perished twenty years ago.”
– Mark Twain

“Adultery they look upon as poetically wrong but practically proper…Kanakas will have horses and saddles and the women will fornicate–two strong characteristics of this people.”
– Walter francis Frear

“This is the most magnificent, balmy atmosphere in the world–ought to take dead men out of grave.”
– Walter francis Frear

“The missionaries braved a thousand privations to come and make them permanently miserable by telling them how beautiful and how blissful a place heaven is, and how nearly impossible it is to get there.”
– Unknown

“We, the Hawaiian people, who are born from the union of Papahanaumoku and Wakea, earth mother and sky father, and who have lived in these islands for over 100 generations, will always have the moral right to the lands of Hawai’i now and forever, no matter what any court says.”
– Lilikal? K. Kame’eleihiwa

“A slight breeze cooled the Hawaiian spring air, swaying the branches of palm trees, which cast black silhouettes against the purple and orange colors of the twilight sky.”
– Victoria Kahler

“I’m enjoying two beautiful visions tonight. Watching you stand there against a marvelous background has to be the most intriguing sunset I have ever experienced.”
– K.S. Collier

“Mount Kilauea spilled glowing lava like cords of orange neon-lighting from seemingly nowhere. In the blackness that engulfed the night, electric heat lit flowing streams that fell into the sea, disappearing in a cloud of steam with a sizzling splash.”
– Victoria Kahler

“I once heard a grouty northern invalid say that a coconut tree might be poetical, possibly it was; but it looked like a feather-duster struck by lightning.”
– Mark Twain

“Chan shook his head. ‘Impossible in Rear Bay at Boston,’ he said, ‘but here at moonly crossroads of Pacific, not so much so. Twenty-five years of my life are consumed in Hawaii, and I have many times been witness when the impossible roused itself and occurred.”
– Earl Derr Biggers

“I’ve been living in hawaii for almost four years now, so it’s not really paradise any more, man. Throwing snowballs on a mountain top is now paradise. We’re moving to Oregon. I want to be closer to my brothers and their children. We really want our kids to have tight first-cousin relationships. I want to enjoy fishing, hiking, skiing, mountains and fresh air.”
– Matthew Fox

“I never would have guessed hawaii or Hollywood would be able to provide me with one of my dreams.”
– Evangeline Lily

“What makes a successful marriage? Well, I’ve been married about forty years now. My wife and I went back to hawaii in 2001 to renew our vows. It was a hippie thing. We found a woman-Reverend Jackie. Picked a spot out by the ocean where a guy was playing guitar. I think he was the best man or something.”
– Fred Willard

“I most associate with the hawaiian part. Thats where I was born. My family still live there. The best part of being hawaiian is the food. I think its hard to find people who have hawaiian in their blood. You dont hear of many people coming from hawaii. But I find I represent my people.”
– Nicole Scherzinger

“I lost an earring surfing in hawaii. It’s a light blue flat heart-shaped stud if anyone finds it…”
– Olivia Munn

“My friends on the mainland think just because I leave in hawaii, I live in paradise, like a permanent vacation. We’re all just out here, sipping Mai Tais, shaking our hips, catching waves. Are they insane? Do they think we are immune to life? How can they possibly think our famalies are less screwed up, our cancers less fatal, our heartache less painful? ”
– Matt King

“Don’t be fooled by appearances. In hawaii, some of the most powerful people look like bums and stuntmen.”
– Matt King

“Darald: What’s the state fish of hawaii? Dwayne the Bartender: The Humuhumunukunukuapua’a.”
– Forgetting Sarah Marshall

“Thats a traditional Samoan dance. I was lucky that I was able to fly my cousins, who are professional dancers, up from hawaii and they were able to be in the movie with me. We had a great time.”
– The Rock

“The people to whom your fathers told of the living God, and taught to call ‘Father,’ and whom the sons now seek to despoil and destroy, are crying aloud to Him in their time of trouble; and He will keep His promise, and will listen to the voices of His hawaiian children lamenting for their homes.”
– Queen Liliuokalani Of Hawaii

“I’m still a little girl in hawaii, I have the same friends I had when I was a kid who love me for who I am – not what I do. I never got caught up in the club scene or took wrong roads.”
– Kiana Tom

“If you want to surf, move to hawaii. If you like to shop, move to New York. If you like acting and Hollywood, move to California. But if you like college football, move to Texas.”
– Ricky Williams

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