Civilization Quote by Martin Dansky

The Polynesians used to have a system where they proclaimed a fishing area as 'taboo.' If any fisherman was caught fishing in a taboo…

— Paul Watson

“At one stop in New Zealand, an Englishman bartered for sex. He was presented with a boy; when he complained, he was presented with…

— Tony Horwitz

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

— Israel Folau

For years they have been using the role of 'sex object' as a cover while they spied out the land.

— Anatole Broyard

“Taboo comes from a Polynesian word that means “sacred or holy” rather than simply “prohibited.”

— Mary K. Greer

At noon I observed a bevy of nude young native women bathing in the sea, and I went and sat down on there clothes…

— Mark Twain

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

— Henry Louis Gates

“The people of this island and of all the other islands which I have found and seen, or have not seen, all go naked,…

— David E. Stannard

It's a cool thing to see Polynesians - there's not too many of us, period - but especially doing well in American sports. It's…

— Tony Finau

“We, the Hawaiian people, who are born from the union of Papahanaumoku and Wakea, earth mother and sky father, and who have lived in…

— Lilikalā K. Kame'eleihiwa

In an age in which greed and lust stalk the land like some Biblical plague, it is easy to view sex as just one…

— Jennifer Stone

Somehow, the love of the islands, like the love of a woman, just happens. One cannot determine in advance to love a particular woman,…

— Jack London