Quotes About Adventure

Man will not always stay on Earth; the pursuit of light and space will lead him to penetrate the bounds of the atmosphere, timidly at first, but in the end to conquer the whole of solar space.

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties. Erich Fromm To be alive at all involves some risk. Harold Macmillan

One warm night four children stood in front of a bakery. No one knew them. No one knew where they had come from.

How they love the old boxcar!

Gertrude Chandler Warner

Just as she said this, the children heard a horse and cart coming up the road.

Henry looked around the rocky top of the mountain. He did not want to frighten the girls, but he knew that the only way down was gone. The rocky sides of Old Flat Top gave no spot to get a foothold.

Mr. Alden and Henry decided to take turns putting wood on the fire during the night. There was plenty of wood. They all lay down in a row. Benny was on one side of Grandfather, and Violet was on the other.

That's what I was doing the day you children found me in your grandfather's room." Mr.

Gertrude Chandler Warner

We don't recommend you try this one at home.

It's pronounced wee but spelled O-U-I. It's all you'll want to say when you're sitting at one of the thousands of little cafes that line the streets and you're looking at a menu full of foods you just want to eat for days. And then you wake up early, and the sun is rising in shades of pink over the white buildings as you make your way through the sleepy streets until you're upon the fresh markets!

Reality can be entered through the main door or it can be slipped into through a window, which is much more fun.

Certi tesori esistono soltanto per chi batte per primo una strada nuova.

Se gli compro una cometa il mio bambino chissà cosa combina.» E il mago: «Ma fatevi coraggio! I vostri bambini andranno sulle stelle, cominciate ad abituarli da piccoli.»

Solitude goes wherever you go, traveler.

I don't feel so sad when somebody dies, Julio, because they fly away to explore the stars and planets. When it's our turn we join them in exploring the universe.

An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered; an adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered.

To be born into this earth is to be born into uncongenial surroundings, hence to be born into a romance.

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It must be remembered that the sea is a great breeder of friendship. Two men who have known each other for twenty years find that twenty days at sea bring them nearer than ever they were before, or else estrange them.

They're more fun outside your head than in, Campbell.

merchants who financed this expedition viewed it as a reconnaissance mission rather than a trading venture and little cargo was loaded on board the ships. Instead, all available space was converted into living space for the large number of men on board, a necessary feature of long voyages into the unknown. Many would die on the outward trip and for those that survived there was a cornucopia of tropical diseases awaiting them on their arrival in the East

desk simply to say: "Would you be willing to be parachuted into Greece next week?"' Woodhouse thought about it for a moment. 'There seemed no reason to say No, so I said Yes.'5 He reasoned that it would be a good opportunity to practise his Greek.