Quotes About Adventure

Douglas E. Richards

Douglas E. Richards

We all crave latitude in life, yet simultaneously dig ourselves deeper into domestic entrapment. We may dream of traveling light but accumulate as much as we can to keep us burdened and rooted to one spot.

Some of the secret joys of living are not found by rushing from point A to point B, but by inventing some imaginary letters along the way.

But the only game she wanted to play was Kidnapper, where she tied me up and left me in my own tree house for about twelve hours, until Dad climbed up and got me down. Why hadn't I at least called for help? I had. But no one had heard me. Probably because of the gag in my mouth.

I went to outer space," I said, "But I didn't like it.

Know something about the world, and by this I mean the world outside of books. This might require joining the Marines, or working on an oil rig or as a hash slinger at a truck stop in Kentucky. Know what it smells like out there. If everything you write smells like a library, then your prospective audience will be limited to those who like the smell of libraries.

The more you read, the more you know, the more you know, the more places you will go.

Travel is a caprice in childhood, a passion in youth, a necessity in manhood, and an elegy in old age.

Within the heart of every boy is an adventurer.

There's no chains to hold you now. Break out those sails and watch them fill with the wind that's carrying us all to freedom!

From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere.

You'll get mixed up, of course, as you already know. You'll get mixed up with many strange birds as you go. So be sure when you step. Step with care and great tact and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act. Just never forget to be dexterous and deft. And never mix up your right foot with your left.

Oh the places you'll go! There is fun to be done! There are points to be scored. There are games to be won. And the magical things you can do with that ball will make you the winning-est winner of all.

Oh, the things you can find if you don't stay behind!

Congratulations! Today is your day. You're off to Great Places! You're off and away!

You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book.

I know it is wet and the sun is not sunny, but we can have lots of good fun that is funny.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.

It's opener, out there, in the wide, open air.

You'll be on your way up! You'll be seeing great sights! You'll join the high fliers who soar to high heights.

And when you're alone there's a very good chance you'll meet things that scare you right out of your pants There are some, down the road between hither and yon, that can scare you so much you won't want to go on.

If you want to catch beasts you don't see every day, You have to go places quite out of the way, You have to go places no others can get to. You have to get cold and you have too get wet, too.

You will come to a place where the streets are not marked. Some windows are lighted. but mostly they're darked. But mostly they're darked. A place you could sprain both your elbow and chin! Do you dare to stay out? Do you dare to go in? How much can you lose? How much can you win?