Quotes About Outdoors

It is normal nowadays to spend most of our lives inside, temperature-controlled, light-switched, water-softened, air-freshened and double-glazed. We have become like babies in incubators, unable to survive in the world. I only sense the sterility of this when my situation is reversed and I spend so much time outside that going in feels strange once more. I am more at peace with myself and the world when I spend an extended period outdoors.

And although, snug in your sleeping bag on a frosty night, the valley below may be bright with street lights and roads, the wind is as raw and fresh as ever, and a night beneath the stars remains magical and precious.

I am more at peace with myself and the world when I spend an extended period outdoors

I wanted to use the hippo to get people out of their homes, away from the Internet and the TV, and to explore London with a new perspective.

I have a Lab, it's fun to hang out and hike with the dog, people come up to him, and pet him, it's fun.

I love my pets, and I'm a big animal lover. I also enjoy the nature and countryside.

I went through a wood-chopping phase when I was nine or 10.

One of my great loves is golf. When I am in L.A., I like to play with a few close friends: no phones, no distractions, the great outdoors and the chance to bet some money to keep it interesting.

Sport is one way of keeping kids off their phones.

In the photographs themselves there's a definite contrast between the figures and the location - I like that kind of California backyard look; clapboard houses, staircases outdoors.

What I'm doing is trying to get kids to pay attention, to look at the physical world more, and to question everything. I am trying to get kids out of the house and away from screens.

I like being outside and working with the elements. The elemental aspects of it. The physicality of it.

I didn't much like being in Parliament physically. I found it a bit depressing. It's very dark and heavy. I like being out and about.

I go on a lot of hikes. I read a lot. I play piano.

Hiking is a great passion of mine, and I find myself picking up empty bottles.

I do like going out and finding free food. I've done it since I was a child. Fishing prawns and shrimps from the sea is wonderful, as is picking blackberries, sloes and mushrooms. Having a guide while out looking for mushrooms is really important, though, as picking the wrong type can be quite dangerous.

I like taking calls while I'm walking Lenny, but it's always awkward, trying to juggle a phone while picking up after your dog.

If you look at tailgating, everyone does it. It's for everyone who likes to cook outdoors. It could be a 4th of July picnic.

Nothing's better than a picnic.

Picnics enable you to be outside, eat fun finger-food and enjoy that greatest of pastimes: People-watching.

I can't get enough of London! I love all the picnic benches, the old-school phone booths and parks in the middle of the city.

There's something so intimate about a picnic with your guy.

I have composed several pieces which are performed outdoors, not only in the auditoria.

I do Pilates, and hike with my dog.