Quotes About Adventure

I was beginning to appreciate that the central feature of life on the Appalachian Trail is deprivation, that the whole point of the experience is to remove yourself so thoroughly from the conveniences of everyday life that the most ordinary things -- processed cheese, a can of pop gorgeously beaded with condensation -- fill you with wonder and gratitude.

Twice I flushed grouse, always a terrifying experience: an instantaneous explosion from the undergrowth at your feet, like balled socks fired from a gun, followed by drifting feathers and a lingering residue of fussy, bitching noise. I

I suppose because I grew up a thousand miles from the sea and missed the great age of passenger liners, I have always been subject to a romantic longing for ocean travel.

there. I had thought we would have

It would be possible to sail from Scandinavia to Canada without once crossing more than 250 miles of open sea.

Lots of people leave Pennsylvania limping and bruised. The state also has what are reputed to be the meanest rattlesnakes anywhere along the trail

It struck me, not for the first time, that there seemed to be more places in Australia for tourists to go than there were tourists to fill them. At

You are totally at the mercy of nature in this country (Australia), mate.

I looked up—a sheer, flat, white rocky face (the kind you would take a ski lift to reach the top of or wear a parachute to jump from)—and thought: Oh, shit.

Y'all feel like playing Minecraft on the Xbox 360?

You only go around once, and you've got to grab for all the gusto you can.

You must have the courage to follow an unconventional path.

New Rule: Getting up close and personal with sharks doesn't make you a wildlife enthusiast--it makes you dinner. An Austrian tourist wanted to get face-to-face with sharks, so he went diving in waters baited with bloody fish parts. And he got ate. A friend was asked to describe the man. He needed only two words: Good chum.

Wow, it really snowed last night! Isn't it wonderful? Everything familiar has disappeared! The world looks brand new! A new year ... a fresh, clean start! It's like having a big white sheet of paper to draw on! A day full of possibilities! It's a magical world, Hobbes, ol' buddy ... let's go exploring!

What fun is it being cool if you can't wear a sombrero?

CALVIN: When I grow up I want to be an inventor. First I will invent a time machine. Then I'll come back to yesterday and take myself to tomorrow and skip this dumb assignment.

Look! A trickle of water running through some dirt! I'd say our afternoon just got booked solid!

For no reason I can think of, I've wandered far astray. And that is how I got to where I find myself today.

It's a magical world, Hobbes, ol' buddy... Let's go exploring!

You never know when some crazed rodent with cold feet could be running loose in your pants.

The way Calvin's brain is wired you can almost hear the fuses blowing.

I'm resolving to just wing it and see what happens.

Virtual reality has nothing on Calvin.

Paul Gauguin asked, whence do we come? What are we? Where are we going? Well, I don't know about anyone else, but I came from my room, I'm a kid with big plans, and I'm going outside! See ya later! Say, who the heck is Paul Gauguin anyway?