Hawaii Island Quotes

“I live in the formerly British Sandwich Islands!”
― Steven Magee

“The joys of hot Hawaiian coffee!”
― Steven Magee

“I spent 2021 through to 2023 on Hawaii Island defining the new classification of altitude sickness and developing the supplements that treat it.”
― Steven Magee

“I was sleeping on the back seat of my car in a car park in Hawaii and the police woke me up in the middle of the night and ticketed me! I was mentally non-functional during the entire encounter because I had sleep apnea at the time and was totally groggy! I never fully woke up until after they left. I did "reach for an object" during the encounter that was my flashlight because it was dark.”
― Steven Magee

“One of the things I like about living a rural island lifestyle is the police are generally better behaved than their city counterparts.”
― Steven Magee

“I was hallucinating without the ‘Mad Honey’ atop 13,800 feet Mauna Kea!”
― Steven Magee

“The nighttime sky in Hawaii is amazing away from the streetlights!”
― Steven Magee

“There are a lot of nice beaches from Kona to the north of Hawaii island and Hapuna beach is the famous one.”
― Steven Magee

“The heyday of high altitude professional astronomy is over, as too much information is emerging about the toxicity of high altitude exposures to sea level adapted humans.”
― Steven Magee

“Hawaii island has a history of police officers murdering their wives.”
― Steven Magee

“I lived on Hawaii Island and observed problems with their police officers.”
― Steven Magee

“The Hawaii Police Department gave me a citation for sleeping in my car. I went to the courthouse wearing a NASA tee-shirt and checked out the courtroom where I was supposed to go to for my future citation hearing. Much to my surprise, I walked in on the Mauna Kea protectors court hearing that I had no idea was taking place! I could see everyone looking at the NASA tee-shirt I was wearing and I was asked to leave by the court attendant. I told him it was public hearing and I was staying! I am a Mauna Kea protector also and I had only wore the NASA tee-shirt that day because it was the only clean shirt I had. I never bought the NASA tee-shirt, it was a gift from my daughter. Most of my tee-shirts say protect Mauna Kea!”
― Steven Magee

“Rule #1 – Do not upset the Hawaiians.
Rule #2 – See rule #1.”
― Steven Magee

“On Hawaii island, you cannot report a police officer assaulting a person to 911.”
― Steven Magee

“I drove around for almost two years with a suspended registration that I was not aware of and I was never stopped by the police.”
― Steven Magee

“I find the Hawaii afternoon heat to be fatiguing.”
― Steven Magee

“A series of altitude tests I had done in a day on Hawaii island damaged my right ulnar nerve. I had been to view the volcano at night at 4,000 feet. It was freezing cold up there!”
― Steven Magee

“When I visited Hawaii island in 2024, both the library and bus stop I use had security guards on them that were not there in the past.”
― Steven Magee