The luxuries of civilization satisfy only those wants which they themselves create.

Polar exploration is at once the cleanest and most isolated way of having a bad time which has been devised.

And I tell you, if you have the desire for knowledge and the power to give it physical expression, go out and explore.

In Antarctica you get to know people so well that in comparison you do not seem to know the people in civilization at all.

Take it all in all, I do not believe anybody on earth has a worse time than an Emperor penguin.

If you march your Winter Journeys you will have your reward, so long as all you want is a penguin's egg.

And if the worst, or best, happens, and Death comes for you in the snow, he comes disguised as Sleep, and you greet him rather as a welcome friend than a gruesome foe.

We are a nation of shop keepers.

I am glad The Worst Journey is coming out in Penguins: after all it is largely about penguins.

Take it all in all, I do not believe anybody on Earth has it worse than an Emperor penguin.

Unless you keep focused on your desires through images, repetition and a positive attitude, it will come to nothing.

You do get certain publications in the States where, if things don't go according to plan, they flip the story and it becomes very negative.

I took time in the day to write as much of the book as I possibly could. I didn't write too much at night, because I don't like to - I'd rather watch TV.

Marriage is a commitment, so you always have to work at it.

It is wonderful... Steve and Dan took professional football to a whole different level with the way they played the game. The fact that Steve is going in with Dan is very special.

Dancers are instruments, like a piano the choreographer plays.

Then in my early teens, when the home computer bubble was blowing, I had one of the first, an Acorn Atom, and used to write primitive adventures on that.

Rumors of sneezing, kissing, tears, sweat, and saliva spreading AIDS caused people to panic.

Obviously he deserved that Finals MVP award. He is a great talent and he is a huge reason why we are celebrating.

My very first acting gig was in a movie for Russ Parr. He did this movie called "Love for Sale," and that was my first role in any film.