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Quotes About Exploration

There are some who believe that the mind is a blank tablet, on which experience is writ until the page be full, and the cryptic world is known; but I see rather that my own life hath been one long forgetting, the erasure of what was drawn, a terrible redaction; til all that remains is blank white and comfortless. I know not what we have been; I know not what we are; but I know what we might be. And so I light out for the unknown regions.
~ Unknown
Hold on to your hats, ladies!' cried Jasper Dash. 'You're in for a wild ride! This futuristic buggy can attain speeds of up to thirty-five miles per hour!
~ Unknown
There are few better things in life than exploring with a dog and finding new places together.
~ Unknown
No one comes from Rome or Samarkand to see brown flowers.
~ Unknown
Ama como a estrada começa.
~ Unknown
De ontdekking van Rome laat je voelen dat Latijn weliswaar een dode taal heet, maar dat het een levende sleutel is om de talloze deuren naar ons eigen Europese culturele verleden te openen, niet op zoek naar eenheid, maar juist tastend naar de rijke verscheidenheid als de essentie van dat Europa.
~ Unknown
A loucura, objeto dos meus estudos, era até agora uma ilha perdida no oceano da razão; começo a suspeitar que é um continente.
~ Machado de Assis
The best thing to do is to loosen my grip on my pen and let it go wandering about until it finds an entrance. There must be one – everything depends on the circumstances, a rule applicable as much to literary style as to life. Each word tugs another one along, one idea another, and that is how books, governments and revolutions are made – some even say that is how Nature created her species.
~ Machado de Assis
When I was hired, I was urged] not to seek a clear definition of what I'd be doing because that would also make it clear what I was not supposed to do. Be careful not to define yourself out of an interesting job.
~ Madeleine Albright
Explore the world with an open mind, a sturdy carry-on, and clothes that don't wrinkle!
~ Madeleine K. Albright
Odpov?? na otázku, pro? jsme tady, nám nedá to, co najdeme. Je skryta v d?vodu, pro? nem?žeme pÃ…â"¢estat hledat.
~ Madeleine K. Albright
A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.
~ Madeleine L'Engle
Books have a world all their own
~ Unknown
It is normal to be curious. The only shame is if all the musts and shoulds drown out the wants that we hear inside ourselves.
~ Madeline Hunter
Kids start out meeting the world with wonder. It is our job to make sure that they don't lose their inborn curiosity, imagination, and creativity.
~ Unknown
Creativity is the language of childhood and we don't want to miss a word.
~ Unknown
And it is unstructured play that provides the greatest opportunities for kids to be curious, creative, spontaneous, and collaborative.
~ Unknown
Temperament has been shown to be extremely stable over the course of our lives. 10 This can be hard to appreciate when our kids are in the middle of this period of intense exploration and when change and heightened self-consciousness seem to be their perpetual companions.
~ Unknown
I stepped into those woods and my life began.
~ Madeline Miller
Odysseus drew the world to him," she said. "Telegonus runs after, shaping as he goes, like a river carving a channel.
~ Madeline Miller
It was true. Odysseus' favorite task was the sort that only had to be performed once: raiding a town, defeating a monster, finding a way inside an impenetrable city.
~ Madeline Miller
It was a trick of his, to set a sentence out like a plate on a table and see what you would put on it.
~ Madeline Miller
The spiral shell. Always another curve out of sight.
~ Madeline Miller
Islands were dangerous places. You met monsters as often as friends.
~ Madeline Miller