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

I'm allergic to Hawaii. Everything there makes me react in some way.

- Evangeline Lilly

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 represented the people of Hawaii and this nation honestly and to the best of my ability. I think I did okay.

- Daniel Inouye

I love voyaging - the longest has been 3,000 miles to Hawaii. I've also spent weeks all over the Caribbean.

- David Crosby

When I was a kid, I loved Elvis, and Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones. But I had no connection to Hollywood - and being a movie star was such a far-fetched idea, growing up in Hawaii.

- Dwayne Johnson

I grew up in a musical family; the majority of my growing up was done in Hawaii. It's what we do. You sing, you dance, you play ukulele and you drink.

- Dwayne Johnson

Hawaii has always been a very pivotal role in the Pacific. It is in the Pacific. It is a part of the United States that is an island that is right here.

- Dan Quayle

I don't think people in Hawaii like negative ads, whether it's done by an independent group or whether it's done by the campaign itself.

- Colleen Hanabusa

I always wanted to film 'Biggest Loser' in Hawaii. We could call it, 'Come on I wanna weigh you.'

- Caroline Rhea

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

Hawaii's the 50th state? I thought it was a suburb of Guam.

- Bobby Heenan

The one we keep pitching and there are no takers is The Fabulous Baker Boys Go To Hawaii. There don't seem to be any takers on that one!

- Beau Bridges

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

There's this Bruno Mars guy. I met him in Hawaii when was doing Elvis imitations at the age of about five or six years old. There's a lot of old school in him. He's got a depth that I just love.

- Bill Medley

In Hawaii, some of the biggest radio stations are reggae. The local bands are heavily influenced by Bob Marley.

- Bruno Mars

Hawaii is paradise. It sounds cheesy to say it, but there's music in the air there.

- Bruno Mars

I love to surf. Hawaii has some of the best waves in the world, and the most consistent as well. That's always fun.

- Brendon Urie

The United States, a signatory to the Chemical Weapons Convention, destroyed the last of its stocks of VX and other chemical agents on the Johnston Atoll, 825 miles southwest of Hawaii, in November 2000.

- Barton Gellman

I wanted to go back on 'Dancing With the Stars,' I did it. One of my favorite shows is 'Hawaii Five-0.' I went on, guest starred. I wanted to be in a film, did 'Tasmanian Devils' in Vancouver. Wanted to host a show, boom, did it.

- Apolo Ohno