Polynesian Culture Quotes

I wonder what it's like to be from a state that is spread across a few islands way out in the Pacific Ocean, only added to the United States in 1959. Not only that but to be the birthplace of America's first black president? Pretty cool, I bet.

[Describing Hawaii:] ... essentially a part of the American system

When I lived in New Zealand I took my then girlfriend to Tahiti - which is a lot easier to get to from there than it is from England.

I am very attracted by the mysterious landscape of Easter Island. Not only because it is a piece of land that is further away from another, but also because of the beautiful statues of Moai that are there. To do a beautiful walk there, I would have to involve the Moai, and the Rapa Nui people who live on the island.

'Rapa Nui' is about the conflict in the 1600s on Easter Island. It's about the clash of the royal clan and the working class.

Queequeg was a native of Kokovoko, an island far away to the West and South. It is not down in any map; true places never are.

In a Polynesian family it's not always about yourself, you've got to look after your parents and your younger siblings.

I was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii.

The Aloha spirit is something that is very special and very meaningful to us and our Polynesian culture. Those of you who have had the opportunity to visit Hawaii, or any of the Polynesian islands, know that it's a very special thing. It's an intangible, and when you get off the plane and have your feet on the ground there, it energetically takes you to a different place.

I'm looking forward to the time when we all look like Polynesians.

I grew up as a Polynesian kid in the Polynesian community, and I was this skinny white kid.

In 1981, while doing postdoctoral field work in cultural anthropology, Bonnie A. Nardi lived with villagers in Western Samoa, trying to understand the cultural reasons that people there have an average of eight children.

I worked for my family's Polynesian dance troupe for my entire life up until I started wresting full time.

What I know of Hawaii is from watching the 'Brady Bunch' shows from the seventies.

As a Polynesian, our gods are tied to water, so this means something special.

Each Disney princess is unique in their own way, but Moana is especially close to my heart because she's Polynesian.

I do speak my mind a lot more than when I was younger. I guess that's just my Polynesian background. That's how we are: just sit back and try and fit in, try and make everyone else happy.

To be an American and unable to play baseball is comparable to being a Polynesian and unable to swim.

The Polynesian guys are pretty strong without going to the gym.

Hawaii - the Aloha state - is built on the strength of its multicultural society, from our indigenous Native Hawaiian people to the many immigrants that followed.

Tahiti has been spoiled for many years, but Bali is one of the few cultures with origins in one of the great ancient cultures which is still alive.

Personally, my interests are ancient history and ancient civilizations. In my own life, I'd like to go to places like Easter Island.

Spending time on 18th-century ships in Tahiti when I was 17 was quite unusual.

The biggest secret weapon we had in regards to really being true to this part of the world, and making sure this part of the world could see themselves in this film [Moana] in a way that felt positive and accurate, was Opetaia, my co-writer, Opetaia Foa'i, who has a great band called Te Vaka and is an amazing musical and cultural ambassador.

Hawaii made the mouth of her soul water.