Quotes About Adventure

Die Nacht, die Stimmung auf dem Schiff und wieder dieses völlige Losgelöstsein von der gewöhnlichen Welt hatten mir jenes rauschhafte Freiheitsgefühl erweckt, das meine Droge ist.

Viaggiando per il mondo a cercar di capirlo non ci sono migliori compagni di quelli che con lo stesso spirito han fatto la stessa strada e ne hanno scritto.

Where then did I get my longing to see the world, my fetish for printed paper, my love of books, and above all that burning desire to leave Florence, to travel, to go to the ends of earth? Where did I get this yearning for always being somewhere else? Certainly not from my parents, with their deep roots in the city where they were born and grew up, which they had left only once, for their honeymoon in Prato -- ten miles away.

Quello di cui hai paura è la paura e non gli aerei. S vuoi non avere paura, devi volare. Siediti su un aereo convinto che niente di succederà, e niente ti succederà. […] Il pericolo è nella vita stessa, anche tu sei nato solo per morire.

Why did I practically flee from home when I was fifteen, to go and wash dishes all over Europe? Why, when I arrived in Asia, did I feel so much at home that I stayed there. The wish to get as far away as possible from the poverty-stricken world of my childhood? Perhaps.

Our search should not be a flight from life.

Whereas he believed life, any life, was a curious adventure, and if you merely kept your wits about you and stayed alert and in motion, you could find your way to a satisfactory conclusion.

It's romantic. You'll think I'm nuts for saying it, but sailing is like using a candle compared to using an electric light. It still gets the job done but has much more warmth

gas. I could look it up and get back to you, if you like.

Having been to Europe and working and traveling there, the restaurants my wife and I remember were always off the beaten trail restaurants. So I tried to seek a little 'off the beaten trail ' but cool area.

Doubt can lead you where certainty never will.

Trout Fishing in America.

Ik verlangde naar beweging en niet naar een zo rustig voorbijgaand leven. Ik verlangde naar opwinding, naar gevaren, naar een gelegenheid mij op te offeren voor mijn gevoel.

Let's go again to Niag'ra,This time we'll look at the Fall.Let's leave our hut, Dear,Get out of our rut, Dear,Let's get away from it all.

Remember always that the perfect circumstances for your dream tour will never exist. "You will never simultaneously have infinite time, money, freedom and mojo," says Alastair Humphreys. "So the best time is now.

I intend to resign my post without permission, illegally requisition numerous Company ships and men, and take them on a half-baked voyage to the other ends of the earth for a futile romantic cause. Do any of you wish to arrest me now?" The film, missing out several other historically recorded exchanges of dialogue for drama's sake, cuts to Ulrich Münchhausen commenting "The only reason we might arrest you is if you said we could not come with you.

The Old Testament is my favourite science fantasy reading.

Maiden China

I'm convinced that every boy, in his heart, would rather steal second base than an automobile.

When we travel as a family, there needs to be a cultural element or sporty, outdoorsy things to keep us occupied.

When I was a girl, we all wanted to have fun. That's all we thought about. It didn't occur to us to get married and have babies.

People ask me if I am thinking of retiring. Well, it doesn't occur to me. Different day, different challenge, different way. Lovely jubbly.

I love the ocean. Anywhere near the ocean will do. Preferably the Atlantic Ocean.

If you have the ocean and you have your board, nothing matters.