Quotes About Exploration

Sometimes Bagheera the Black Panther would come

Baloo and Bagheera, for, at the pace the monkeys were going, he knew his friends would be left far behind. It was useless to look down, for he could only see the top sides of the branches, so he stared upward and saw, far away in the blue, Rann, the Kite, balancing and wheeling

He is not Ikki to dig holes, nor Mao, the Peacock, that he should fly. He is not Mang the Bat, to hang in the branches. Little bamboos that creak together, tell me where he ran?

As Mang flies between the beasts and birds, so fly I between the village and the jungle. Why?

It is the hardest thing in the world to frighten a mongoose, because he is eaten up from nose to tail with curiosity. The motto of all the mongoose family is, Run and find out.

It is the hardest thing in the world to frighten a mongoose, because he is eaten up from nose to tail with curiosity. The motto of all the mongoose family is "Run and find out," and Rikki-tikki was a true mongoose.

Now I shall go far and far into the North, playing the Great Game

Hemos venido a verle para saber de este país, para leer un libro sobre él y para que nos enseñe mapas. Queremos que nos diga que estamos locos y que nos enseñe libros.

Hemos venido a verle para saber de este país, para leer un libro sobre él y para que nos enseñe mapas. Queremos que nos diga que estamos locos y que nos enseñe libros.

One view called me to another; one hill top to its fellow, half across the country, and since I could answer at no more trouble than the snapping forward of a lever, I let the country flow under my wheels.

To wake for the first time in a new place can be like another birth.

We've tried the other way; we've tried making both things and people It, and we've seen the results.

People who for years had not looked for things in booked found new appetites for knowledge when they spoke to him. To someone who came in asking for the latest novel he might sell not only the novel but a biological treatise on the life of ants, an ecological study of ancient man, a philosophical work, and a history of small sailing-craft.

If you are an alien, how come you sound like you're from the north?' 'Lots of planets have a north!

I would rather be confused for 10 minutes than bored for 5 seconds.

she turned to the first page, feeling vaguely prurient, like an eavesdropper or a peeping tom. Novelists spend a lot of time poking their noses into other people's business. Ruth was not unfamiliar with this feeling.

Dreams are like doors. They're like portals to another reality, and once they're open, you better watch out.

Music is like outer space, Benny. No need for flying to some other place. Everything is so beautiful right here.

On the far side stretched the open Pacific and beyond, but the crow could not fly high enough to see its way home.

Could Pesto be his own observer? Interesting question. He used to like to raise his leg and study his asshole. It didn't seem like this observation caused him to split into multiple cats with multiple assholes.

I don't mind the risk, because the risk makes it more interesting

As we moved from Tokyo the world became greener.

Ruth had always been fascinated by the meandering currents of his mind

Never be afraid of not knowing, young man. Not knowing is ze practice of poets and sages.