Quotes About Adventure

Careful poetry and careful people live only long enough to die safely.

We ran as if to meet the moon.

I wrote a lot of poetry that was based on stories of the sea and I was really inspired by that.

Im looking for a girl who's fun to be around.

It is sweet to think I was a companion in an expedition that never ends

I know many lives worth living.

When I talk of taking a trip I mean forever.

Outside our small safe place flies mystery.

Nearly everybody is looking for something brave to do. I don't know why people shouldn't write poetry. That's brave.

What is more beautiful than a sea of water with a number of white-winged boats skirting its surface? Poetry and beauty contesting with the wind and the waves!

Pleasured equallyIn seeking as in finding, Each detail minding, Old Walt went seekingAnd finding.

If I stay close to the sea, I will go on well.

If my life were a fragrance, it would smell like the sea.

When you are lost in the right way, you don't go back to being found in the wrong way.

Push off, and sitting well in order smite the sounding furrows

I'm a wanderessI'm a one night standDon't belong to no cityDon't belong to no man(Note: These lyrics were inspired by Roman Payne's quote from his novel "The Wanderess".)

The mind that finds its way to wild places is the poet's but the mind that never finds its way back is the lunatic's.

I ain't rich, but Lord I'm free. Amarillo by morning, Amarillo is where I'll be.

When I became leader, I made very clear I was not going to choose the easy life. I have always taken risks. I don't like comfort-zone politics.

Well, it would have to be "The Man Who Was Thursday." It's a damn good read that I believe should be read by everyone in politics.

... after you have once ridden behind a motorcycle escort, you are never the same again

I could always write songs, act, get into politics, or stay home with the kids. But I've got to have some fun.

Life is a journey, not a destination; there are no mistakes, just chances we've taken.

This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.