Samoans Quotes & Sayings

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

For them to have the season that they had, for them to have us on the ropes ... Congrats to the Cavs. — Steve Kerr

But lots of emerging racial tensions in California have nothing to do with whites: Filipinos and Samoans are fighting it out in San Francisco high schools. Merced is becoming majority Mexican and Cambodian. They may be fighting in gangs right now, but I bet they are also learning each other's language. — Richard Rodriguez

I wondered if maybe this kind of thing happened all the time in Vegas
cars full of late-arriving passengers screeching desperately across the runway, dropping off wild eyed Samoans clutching mysterious canvas bags who would sprint onto planes at the last possible second and then roar off into the sunrise. — Hunter S. Thompson

Artistic development is a thing of the past, sadly. — David Coverdale

Travel is a vanishing act, a solitary trip down a pinched line of geography to oblivion. — Paul Theroux

Pardon me, is this some kind of social experiment? You want me to get a hundred and forty-four Samoans and cram them into your cabin with a case of whiskey? — Kevin Hearne

Sandpaw, put that fire ant down. No, I don't care that Firepaw might not know what it is. — Erin Hunter

I find it hard to think of myself as selling books. I don't even have a Web site. I want to sit and write, not sell. — Stephen Carter

The big change was reggae and hip-hop, which came along after Split Enz had started. When Bob Marley first visited New Zealand, he lit a fuse that is still burning very brightly. The Maori people particularly honor reggae music in a very big way. So there is a strong reggae scene and a strong hip-hop scene, especially among Samoans. There's still plenty of quirky stuff around. No one expects to make much money here, so it definitely does encourage an underground sense. — Tim Finn