Quotes About Outdoors

Two kangaroos were talking to each other, and one said, "Gee, I hope it doesn't rain today. I hate it when the children play inside."

We can never have enough of nature.

The fire is the main comfort of the camp, whether in summer or winter, and is about as ample at one season as at another. It is as well for cheerfulness as for warmth and dryness.

It is so rare to meet with a man outdoors who cherishes a worthy thought in his mind, which is independent of the labor of his hands.

The dusky night rides down the sky,And ushers in the morn;The hounds all join in glorious cry,The huntsman winds his horn,And a-hunting we will go.

He was fond of angling, and seemed proud of being able to like such a stupid occupation.

I love nature and enjoy learning new skills.

Scholar George Myerson has recently written a study of happiness. After 250 pages tracking moments of joy throughout history, he concludes that humans are happiest hanging with friends, gathered around tables with good food and conversation and laughter. If you can get that table out of doors, so the sun can kiss the skin—if as you dine together you can also provide help for others—then, according to Myerson, you've won the lottery of life.[36]

Draußen summten motivierte Hummeln vorbei.

I'd rather go ice fishing, which is the dumbest thing a man can do. You're sitting essentially in an out house and it's 30 below. You've cut a hole in the ice, and you're fishing for fish that you shouldn't eat, 'cause any fish that is down there is f***ing stupid.

My body's urge is to be in a pair of shorts, working and going down to the beach.

My own preferred fitness regime is to use my bicycle.

My mom used to call us 'free range kids,' like free range chickens... We roamed the countryside.

Our dad used to take us fishing, and I still love it.

My uncle used to take me out at night shooting rabbits.

And the beautiful open spaces, the forests of Pennsylvania, the recreational uses that come from having these green open spaces and forests, they contribute dramatically to the level of our tourism, dramatically.

If you want to go out for a hunting trip and shoot cans with your son and a .22, that's fine. Do I need an AK-47 with a 100-round magazine if I'm going on a hunting trip? No. It is, to borrow a phrase from Confucius, like using a cannon to kill a mosquito.

Everyone talks about Utah riding, slickrock and all that. I go through the mountain-bike magazines at the shop, and I think, 'That'd be awesome.'

When I grew up, we played in vacant lots.

As a kid, I played my share of football in the street or in a vacant lot.

I take my vacation on the combine and tractor.

If I went on vacation, I'd rather go camping than stay in some four-star hotel... My friends treat me the same at home. They just want to sit down with you and have a beer.

My idea of a vacation is staying home and doing short day hikes, floating the river and things like that.

I wish I loved to run, because I'd love to run through Central Park or on vacation on the beach, but I absolutely hate it.