A sense of uncertainty that is potentially fatal is what makes climbing an adventure. Anything less is just working out

I think I got him hooked on climbing when I gave a slide show at Darmouth. So there's probably another mother out there who hates me.

My best vacation is your worst nightmare.

Sport climbing is a lot like sport f*#king. It's a lot of fun and requires no commitment.

Doubt is the enemy of success.

Vanity is man's love affair with himself.

Create/add value to your life on a daily basis

We did everything possible to keep up the spirits of the men, but it was exceedingly difficult because there was nothing for them to do.

We turn from the light to see.

The most important discoveries will provide answers to questions that we do not yet know how to ask and will concern objects we have not yet imagined.

Workers insist that they are not disgruntled. They are very gruntled.

My alma mater was books, a good library.

Every human being is in need of talking to somebody. In this country nobody has time. It seems that talking to a friend has gone out of style. Now you have to pay money to go to an analyst.

We in the House of Lords are never in touch with public opinion. That makes us a civilised body.

No one with a happy childhood ever amounts to much in this world. They are so well adjusted, they never are driven to achieve anything.