Quotes About Adventure

He had no wish to face whatever lurked in the unknown darkness, just beyond the little circle of light cast by the lamp of Science.

It seemed unfair that this should have happened in his time, after all these centuries of rest. But men cannot bargain with Fate, and choose peace or adventure as they wish.

Beyond gravity, some of that freedom was regained; with the loss of weight went many of the cares and worries of Earth. Heywood

When you all have figgered out how to sail across space to our shores, you'll find yourselves just as welcome as the people who come to your shores.

It still seemed incredible that one man could have done so much with such primitive equipment. But Cook had been not only a supreme navigator, but also a scientist and—in an age of brutal discipline—a humanitarian. He treated his own men with kindness, which was unusual; what was quite unheard of was that he behaved in exactly the same way to the often hostile savages in the new lands he discovered.

But dying in an exciting situation is much better than living in a boring one.

I'm lighting a cigarette—I've always wanted to smoke in a space suit.

Apart from this common Lassan tendency to procrastinate, Kumar's chief defects were an adventurous nature and a fondness for sometimes risky practical jokes. This

The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them.

I've murdered something beautiful, Jimmy told himself. But then Rama had killed him.

Sometimes, Jean thought a little wearily, he filled to perfection the classic recipe for a small boy: "a noise surrounded by dirt.

Hilvar knew better than this; he had sensed it instinctively from the first. Alvin was an explorer, and all explorers are seeking something they have lost. It is seldom that they find it, and more seldom still that the attainment brings them greater happiness than the quest. What

Nonsense," he laughed. "It's nothing to be afraid of. It's only a purr-pull peephole eater.

Well, it was unreasonable to expect more. Already he had seen wonders for which many men would have sacrificed their lives. He thought of his dead companions; he had no cause for complaint.

L'audace—toujours l'audace!

He was seeking no particular place, but a mood, an influence—indeed, a way of life.

He was a picturesque survivor, one of those who had no use for an ordered way of life. When his type vanished, if it ever did, the world would be a safer but less interesting place.

Jean thought a little wearily, he filled to perfection the classic recipe for a small boy: "a noise surrounded by dirt.

But to me, MAP was a robot Columbus.

De algum modo, não estava nem um pouco surpreso, nem alarmado. Pelo contrário, tinha uma sensação de expectativa tranquila, como sentirá quando os médicos espaciais lhe haviam aplicado testes com drogas alucinógenas. O mundo ao seu redor era estranho e maravilhoso, mas não havia nada a temer. Ele viajara aqueles milhões de quilômetros em busca de mistério; e agora, ao que parecia, o mistério vinha em sua direção.

The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible

My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces of existence. These little problems help me to do so.

Come, Watson, come! he cried. The game is afoot.

When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking.