Big Kahuna Quotes & Sayings

When you get past all the boa feathers, every woman born in this world wants a strong man who knows her like a book, who's not only her lover but he who keepeth Israel. Stupid, isn't it? — Harper Lee

I think it's important to have confidence, but then it's also important to try to try something new, to leave your comfort zone to try to grow. That's why I'm trying to grow as an artist and trying to figure out what kind of artist I want to be. — Kadir Nelson

I have written this book with the conviction that the response to injury does not have to be vengeance and that we need to distinguish between revenge and justice. A response other than revenge is possible and desirable. For that to happen, however, we need to turn the moment of injury into a moment of freedom, of choice. For Americans, that means turning 9/11 into an opportunity to reflect on America's place in the world. Grief for victims should not obscure the fact that there is no choice without a debate and no democracy without choice. — Mahmood Mamdani

There is no spray can called 'Instant Stardom', only talent can keep you at the top. — Jim Dale

First impressions never have a second chance. — Charles R. Swindoll

Empathy for the people you're working with and being aware of their needs ... that's the "big kahuna" in managing people. — Barbara Corcoran

'New Jack City' and 'Boyz 'N the Hood' are realities, but movies like 'Strictly Business' are realities, too. — Tommy Davidson

For every remote miss who becomes stronger, there are countless near misses who are crushed by what they have been through. There are times and places, however, when all of us depend on people who have been hardened by their experiences. — Malcolm Gladwell

If you desire ease, forsake learning. — Nagarjuna

You want hot days to get your fruit ripe but then you want it to cool off nicely at night so that the grapes stay on the vine longer and develop complexity. — Drew Bledsoe

That most dangerous of opponents: the one who took pains to comprehend the position of his adversary. — Piers Anthony

They were smoking huge cigarettes they had rolled in newspaper. — Kurt Vonnegut