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Quotes About Adventure

The particular weakness he indulged on this occasion was his need of excitement and stimulus from without.
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
Think of it as if you were standing on one of those globes with a map on it — I always wanted one when I was a boy." "I understand," she said after a minute. "When you do that, you can feel the earth turn, can't you?" He nodded. "Yes. Otherwise it's all just mañana — waiting for the morning or the moon.
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
I never care what I do, so I always have a good time.
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
Fine dives have been made from flimsier spring-boards
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
Mrs. Gilbert added flavor to his adventure by being impressed with his courage in braving the harsh air.
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
New York'u sevmeye baÅŸlam??t?m; gecelerinin o canl?, maceraya aç?k havas?; kad?nlar?n, adamlar?n,makinelerin sürekli deviniminin uykusuz gözlere verdiÄŸi doyum hoÅŸuma gidiyordu.
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
I'm not sure what I'll do, but—well, I want to go places and see people. I want my mind to grow. I want to live where things happen on a big scale.
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
You see, Elner, life is like one big roller-coaster ride, with all kinds of bumps and twists and turns, and ups and downs along the way." "Ahh," said Elner, "so all we have to do is just sit back and enjoy it." Raymond said, "Exactly. But the problem is Ã¢â'¬Â¦ most people think they are steering, and get so busy trying to control it that they miss all the fun parts." Elner
~ Fannie Flagg
They always said, that once you've been to Milwaukee, you're never the same.
~ Fannie Flagg
Because, honey, she said, after you've been to the moon, where else is there to go?
~ Fannie Flagg
she was not against having a little fun. After all, she had been to Milwaukee, and knew the score.
~ Fannie Flagg
He had done it all, from barnstorming to crop dusting, and had even flown a Davis Waco with the Baby Ruth Flying Circus.
~ Fannie Flagg
Clyde. This here's Bonnie.
~ Fannie Flagg
Truly Alice, books are wonderful things; to sit alone in a room and laugh and cry, because you are reading, and still be safe when you close the book; and having finished it, discover you are changed, yet unchanged! To be able to visit the City of Invention at will, depart at will – that is all, really, education is about, should be about.
~ Fay Weldon
taking in a main mast, shortening the
~ Fern Michaels
it's time to hit the road.
~ Fern Michaels
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines! Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
~ Fern Michaels
She was there! At a palace! Trish strained to see through the heavily tinted windows but was unsuccessful. In a minute, she'd be outside. Then, a few minutes after that, she'd be inside the palace. A real palace.
~ Fern Michaels
goddamn well dare the two of you to
~ Fern Michaels
Espinosa let the Rover slide to the side of the road. He parked and looked around. "Now what?" Jack pressed the button on the window
~ Fern Michaels
Später werden ihr die Leute sagen, sie soll nicht mit Zigeunern spielen, so wie sie ihr sagen, sie solle nicht alleine trampen, oder sich das Gesicht von einem Hund ablecken lassen, aber sie achtet sowieso nicht besonders darauf, was ihr die Leute sagen.
~ Fernanda Eberstadt
Life is what we make of it. Travel is the traveler. What we see isn't what we see but what we are.
~ Fernando Pessoa
Let's absurdify life, from east to west. Let us play hide-and-seek with our consciousness of living.
~ Fernando Pessoa
I do not evolve, I simply journey.
~ Fernando Pessoa