We are very near the end, but have not and will not lose our good cheer.

Every day some new fact comes to light - some new obstacle which threatens the gravest obstruction. I suppose this is the reason which makes the game so well worth playing.

We took risks. We knew we took them. Things have come out against us. We have no cause for complaint.

To wait idly is the worst of conditions.

But we have been to the Pole and we shall die like gentlemen. I regret only for the women we leave behind.

I have come to the conclusion that life in the Antarctic Regions can be very pleasant.

As one looks across the barren stretches of the pack, it is sometimes difficult to realise what teeming life exists immediately beneath its surface.

I may not have proved a great explorer, but we have done the greatest march ever made and come very near to great success.

Great God! This is an awful place.

Each man in his way is a treasure.

With great care we might have a dog's chance, but no more.

We must seek spirituality above all things.

How much dust can a body make? Little specks of death. Measuring life in millimeters.

If you despise your people, you will disregard them.If you hate your people, you will harm them.If you esteem your people, you will serve them.If you love your people, you will even die for them.

All our talents increase in the using and every faculty both good and bad strengthens by exercise.

That is where the power, opportunity, and choice come from-when you have money. Money equals opportunity. There is no question.

The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place in which to spend one's leisure.

I started racing go-karts. And I love karts. It's the most breath taking sport in the world. More than F1, indeed, I used to like it most.

I am definitely someone who needs to take a second by myself and stretch and breathe before a show.

Melbourne is a fantastic place to work, but it's not the centre of the world.

It appears that even the different parts of the same person do not converse among themselves, do not succeed in learning from each other what are their desires and their intentions.