Top 175 Hawaii Quotes

Words matter. These are the best Hawaii Quotes from famous people such as Adam McKay, Marcus Mariota, James MacArthur, Walter Becker, Mike Newell, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.

It's time Hawaii answer doubters and produce documents

It’s time Hawaii answer doubters and produce documents proving that it is a state. What are they hiding? And why haven’t we seen these documents?
Adam McKay
It is, to me, a goal of mine to come back to Hawaii and to play in the Pro Bowl.
Marcus Mariota
Some people say Hawaii is spoiled, but I don’t think so. It’s modern. It’s a part of today’s world.
James MacArthur
I spent a couple of years not doing any music or anything, just here in Hawaii trying to get healthy and adjust to the new regimen I was setting up for myself.
Walter Becker
If you are going to do a film about the South Pole, the chances are that you will film it in Hawaii! Whatever is most difficult, you will get to do it.
Mike Newell
We cannot afford to continue losing our coral reefs, which are suffering from a number of threats such as warmer temperatures, more acidic waters, and disease, and that is why Hawaii has become a leader in taking steps to mitigate the harmful impacts of sunscreen on our marine environment.
Mazie Hirono
For many years, I had allowed my second husband to take credit for my paintings. But one day, unable to continue the deception any longer, I left him and my home in California and moved to Hawaii.
Margaret Keane
I don’t care about the money. I’m just interested in the perks. I’ll do a series if I am picked up by a limo, work only until 4, and the show is shot in Hawaii.
Harry Morgan
My father is Chinese, Spanish, and Filipino; my mother is half-Irish and half-Japanese; Greek last name; born in Hawaii, raised in Germany.
Mark Dacascos
Should hostilities once break out between Japan and the United States, it is not enough that we take Guam and the Philippines, nor even Hawaii and San Francisco. We would have to march into Washington and sign the treaty in the White House.
Isoroku Yamamoto
Definitely the Korean culture is very strong to me, and I grew up in Hawaii where Asian-Americans are the dominant culture, but I never thought of myself as the minority.
Ruthie Ann Miles
Hawaii is not a state of mind, but a state of grace.
Paul Theroux
As a territory, American Samoa has no representation in the U.S. Senate, and we Samoans lost a respected and powerful ally with the passing of Hawaii Sen. Daniel Inouye.
Troy Polamalu
I represented the people of Hawaii and this nation honestly and to the best of my ability. I think I did okay.
Daniel Inouye
We were on the island of Hawaii. I think I was there three months. It was fantastic. It is not much different than films. It depends on the television show but much of television today is as good or better than most films.
Bo Derek
I’m from Canada, and New Zealand feels like you took all the best bits of Canada and squished them onto a tiny island like Hawaii. I was absolutely blown away by the beauty of the South Island.
Evangeline Lilly
I had never been to Hawaii, and now I say that my body is from L.A. but my heart is from Hawaii, because I’m in love with it and it’s home on every level, from a spiritual, soulful place.
Shailene Woodley
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
Hawaii is a beautiful place to bring up a family.
Henry Ian Cusick
I first encountered fish jerky during a marlin tournament in Kona, Hawaii. It was steeped in the island flavors of ginger, soy, and pineapple.
Jonathan Miles
I love Hawaii. I really enjoy surfing in Oahu, and Waianae is such a great area. And Maui – I like Maui a lot, too.
Troy Polamalu
I would love to go to Hawaii and do ‘Hawaii Five-0,’ because who doesn’t want to work in Hawaii?
Joanna Garcia
I really missed the East Coast. I love living in Hawaii, but I miss the changing of seasons.
Daniel Dae Kim
Too much detail can bog down any story. Enough with the history of gunpowder, the geology of Hawaii, the processes of whaling, and cactus and tumbleweed.
Edward M. Lerner
I had actually been going to Hawaii for quite a while before I ever picked up the uke. I think with anything new you’re going to get more enjoyment out of it if it comes to you quickly, and the uke facilitates that.
Eddie Vedder
I live in Hawaii, and the trails and mountains here are just magic.
Alex O’Loughlin
What I know of Hawaii is from watching the ‘Brady Bunch’ shows from the seventies.
Michael Bastian
When I first got famous in the ’60s, I got a little too famous, and in order to escape showbusiness, I moved to Hawaii.
Buffy Sainte-Marie
When people are worried about the future, they don’t take trips to Hawaii.
Linda Lingle
Our experience in Hawaii has shown that we can place common sense limits on gun sales, demonstrate our respect for gun owners, and, most importantly, help ensure the safety of our residents.
Colleen Hanabusa
I might even be at heavyweight one day; I don’t know. You guys know our eating habits is bad down in Hawaii, so your boy might get big, and we might make history.
Max Holloway
Southeast Asia was home for much of my childhood, but I

Southeast Asia was home for much of my childhood, but I moved to Hawaii when I was in high school.
Tammy Duckworth
In Hawaii, we go to this wonderful place, all families. My wife and I go directly from breakfast to a beach chair where we read all day. My daughter goes from water to pool to running around with friends she meets, some of whom are regulars there.
Stephen Collins
I would love to rent a little cottage or cabin in Colorado and learn to ski or snowboard. And on the warmer side, I also want to rent a house in Hawaii and learn to surf!
Karlie Kloss
I think $100 at the end of the year doesn’t mean a lot to me, but $100 from everyone in the state at the end of the year could mean lots of programs that could be good for Hawaii.
John Higgins
I’ve always been under the impression that it would be such a bummer to be in a peaceful place like Hawaii or the tropics and be stressed about catching waves.
Shaun White
Hawaii is a small, close community.
Jake Shimabukuro
People love the ocean. People are always asking me why I don’t study the ocean, because, after all, I live in Hawaii. I tell them that it’s because the ocean is a lonely, empty place.
Hope Jahren
Any frequent visitor to Hawaii is fixated on mapping how the islands have changed since their last visit.
Hanya Yanagihara
When I’m in New York, I bike everywhere. I have a couple of bikes stored over at Ed Norton’s. It’s the only way to go. But in Hawaii, I drive. I have a little Volkswagen Bug, from the ‘Drive it? Hug it?’ phase. I run it on biodiesel.
Woody Harrelson
A friend bought me a plane ticket to Hawaii, which is where I got discovered and became an actor, so I guess a friend bought me a winning lottery ticket.
Chris Pratt
My husband is from Hawaii and his father who was also born in Hawaii was a teenager when Pearl Harbor happened, right before church and he ran up and got on the roof of his grandfather’s house and watched the planes go over.
Sigourney Weaver
Japan and Hawaii already have strong economic, cultural and education ties, and we intend to build upon those ties and relationships as we look toward the future.
David Ige
Japan and Hawaii enjoy a special connection, and I want to honor this enduring relationship.
David Ige
Is there any nation on earth that has more natural attractions, from the scenic coastal towns of Maine to the volcanic islands of Hawaii and the natural beauty of our majestic national parks?
Stephen Moore
Waterworld was the best time of my life. It was physically demanding, but it was fun. I mean, you’re in Hawaii for nine months shooting on the water every day.
David R. Ellis
I got a wonderful life back in Hawaii.
B. J. Penn
Belize has a tropical climate and is quite affordable and is developing a reputation as an inexpensive Hawaii. If you want to hide away someplace that is extremely low-key, Placencia is perfect. San Pedro is more touristy and modernized.
Kenneth Choi
One cheerleader per season per NFL squad is chosen to attend the Pro Bowl in Hawaii. All season long, the cheerleaders speculate about who will be chosen.
Jeanne Marie Laskas
I dropped out of college in Hawaii just because I thought school was for losers. But school’s really important.
Jacob Batalon
I volunteered to deploy to Iraq. I was one of the few soldiers who were not on the mandatory deployment roster – close to 3,000 Hawaii soldiers were.
Tulsi Gabbard
Chasing kids on the beach and sleeping is the closest I come to exercising while in Hawaii.
Adam Scott
I guess I’d be nervous to skate and do hockey. Growing up in Hawaii there’s not a lot of ice.
Marcus Mariota
I grew up in Hawaii so I was outside a lot playing in the water.
Kelly Preston
I figured, correctly, that Berlin in February was not a destination coveted by tourists. I found good airfares on Lufthansa, an airline I quite like, and got a great rate at a brand new Ritz-Carlton, which clearly hoped to seduce visitors into forsaking Hawaii for Potsdammer Platz.
Erik Larson
I was raised all over. Kansas, Hawaii, Georgia, Texas and Kentucky, by the time I was 11.
Jeri Ryan
The paintings are transferred from my computer to a disk, and I can hand it to the printer this way; or I can modem the painting to the printer over the phone lines from my house in Hawaii.
Buffy Sainte-Marie
I think it accrues to Hawaii’s benefit that I have friends in Harry Reid and Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin. We’re already geographically isolated, so it’s really critical that we don’t become politically isolated.
Brian Schatz
Hawaii is the best form of comfort for me. When I die, I want to be cremated, and I want half my ashes spread in the Pacific around the island, the rest on the property.
Richard Pryor
In Hawaii we understand why it is important to malama, or take care of, our land, ocean, and air – our way of life depends on it.
Mazie Hirono
My boyfriend, who I love to death – he’s only 17 so he’s the youngest guy I’ve ever dated – he just moved here from Hawaii to be with me and I met him when I was 10. Anyway, in Hawaii they have such a different mentality and different priorities.
Nikki Reed