Quotes About Adventure

We had seen God in His splendors, heard the text that Nature renders. We had reached the naked soul of man.

People ask, 'What are the scientific questions you're going to answer?' New Horizons doesn't have any of those; it's purely about raw exploration... We're not 'rewriting the textbook' - we're writing the textbook from scratch.

We must get beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths... and tell the world the glories of our journey.

Scientific facts are often described in textbooks as if they just sort of exist, like nickels someone picked up on the street. But science at the cutting edge, conducted by sharp minds probing deep into nature, is not about self-evident facts. It is about mystery and not knowing. It is about taking huge risks.

The real answers aren't in textbooks; they can be found through experiences.

When we were kids, every time you left the house with your friends you had it in the back of your head that you could go on a crazy adventure just like the characters in those movies we loved. That's hard to do if you've got your parents constantly texting you.

If you're sitting there going, 'Well, these particular genres are the only genres I like,' that's like saying, 'I only like books with this particular kind of cover.' Because that's all genre is. It's a discussion of texture.

The food and the people in Thailand never let you down and Bangkok is an astonishing place - the culture's lovely and gentle.

I was focused on my career, so my father, brothers and sister went to places like Korea, Thailand, Malaysia.

I backpacked around Thailand when I was a university student and have wanted to return ever since.

I have smuggled so many ingredients across so many borders, like shallot confit from Thailand, or a new sauce from New Orleans not approved by the FDA.

I'd say the most dangerous thing I've ever done is probably bungee jumping in Thailand.

Thailand was a revelation to me; the landscapes, the culture, the food and the people.

I've always wanted to go to Phuket in Thailand.

For 'Around the World in 80 Plates' we got to travel all over, having what was like a cross between a culinary competition and races. And in each country we had a chef Ambassador. We went to London, Barcelona, Bologna, Hong Kong, Thailand, Morocco... It was amazing.

When I was in Thailand, I went into the up-country because Marco Polo didn't get down into the flesh pots of Bangkok because they didn't exist in those days.

Shooting the music video for 'Party' on Thailand's Ko Samui Island was such a blast.

I ate bugs while I was in Thailand.

Yeah, I spent a year in Thailand back in 2015-2016, and I wrote, like, 40 songs.

I've enjoyed so many fantastic holidays over the years, but some of my best have been in Thailand.

I packed my bags and I moved to Bangkok, Thailand. I spent a year there like completely isolated, no Wi-Fi.

I have eaten grasshoppers in Thailand, snails in France, ostrich in Australia, crocodile in South Africa and Polar Bear meat in Moscow.

I get recognised everywhere in Thailand.

No, I'm alright for adventure. I will up the Thames in one of those Jacuzzi dingys.