Quotes About Adventure

Yes! A fierce and savage wind tore at us. We were on top of Annapurna! 8,075 meters, 26,493 feet.

The swimmer unknowingly skims over a whole buried universe which would frighten him if he looked at it with undersea goggles.

Let the wild rumpus start!

And now," cried Max, "let the wild rumpus start!

And [he] sailed back over a year and in and out of weeks and through a day and into the night of his very own room where he found his supper waiting for him and it was still hot

But the wild things cried, "Oh please don't go - we'll eat you up - we love you so!" And Max said, "No!" The wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws but Max stepped into his private boat and waved goodbye.

Then from far away across the world he smelled good things to eat, so he gave up being king of the wild things.

She had the loaded handbag of someone who camps out and seldom goes home, or who imagines life must be full of emergencies.

I believe there is no philosophical high-road in science, with epistemological signposts. No, we are in a jungle and find our way by trial and error, building our road behind us as we proceed. We do not find signposts at crossroads, but our own scouts erect them, to help the rest.

But I believe that there is no philosophical highroad in science, with epistemological signposts. No, we are in a jungle and find our way by trial and error, building our road behind us as we proceed. We do not find signposts at crossroads, but our own scouts erect them, to help the rest.

In the Far West there is one thing which is more fabulously valuable then gold, even. And that is a story, whether it be truth or good, true-sounding fiction. Stories

Hooking on scuba gear and blindly diving into zombie-infested water is a wonderful way to mix the two childhood terrors of being eaten and drowning.

You may be amazed at how tough you can become with a little practice – and that will be an extra reward of the risk-taker's way of life.

No matter how you define success, risk is a necessary ingredient of every successful life. Risk puts you in position to win.

Never be afraid to zigzag. Avoid wailing yourself into a category: "I'm a secretary...I'm in the computer business...I'm a Detroiter." You never know which direction your lucky breaks may come from. When they drift into reach, grab them.

All active-minded men the world over are boys at heart, be they generals or privates, and there are few things more stimulating or conducive to high morale and self-confidence than the knowledge that you have been chosen to do something about which others know nothing and which calls for a high standard of efficiency, integrity and courage. Basically, I suppose, it is conceit – a buccaneer complex.

On 4 January 1875 he filed his first Times despatch, with the dateline: 'Under the Old Tree of Aryah, Tropical Africa'.

On 1 November the old OSS man arrived by appointment at army headquarters, wearing uniform and carrying a .357 revolver together with $US40,000 in cash, which he deemed the appropriate fashion accessories for an afternoon's work overthrowing a government.

I like reading, free diving and hiking. But my favorite thing to do is travel anywhere in Greece. I love everything about that place.

Please tread carefully and keep away from the shadows; you are about to enter the abyss.

Nobody supports me at the expense of his own adventure. Then I get bitter: I am not loved enough to be supported. That I am not a burden has to compensate for the sad envy when I look at women loved enough to be supported. Even now China wraps double binds around my feet.

I took the lake between my legs.

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Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: "I am with you kid. Let's go."