We took special pride in the fact that climbing rocks and icefalls had no economic value in society...We were like a wild species living in the edges of an ecosystem - adaptable, resilient and tough.

The hardest thing in the world is to simplify your life; it’s so easy to make it complex.

How you climb a mountain is more important than reaching the top

Real adventure is defined best as a journey from which you may not come back alive, and certainly not as the same person.

The whole purpose of an adventure is to gain some spiritual or emotional insight. When you compromise the process, you compromise the gain.

It's not an adventure until something goes wrong.

You ask me about the past, you ask me about the future, the only way to be happy is to be living right now.

To do good, you actually have to do something.

If you want to understand the entrepreneur, study the juvenile delinquent. The delinquent is saying with his actions, ‘This sucks, I’m going to do my own thing.’

We're a part of nature. As we destroy nature, we destroy ourselves. It's a selfish thing to want to protect nature.

Mastery... is to work toward simplicity; replace complex technology with knowledge, hard work, and skill.

I am deeply in love with you but you are so ethereal. I may not know how to touch your heart.

Let’s talk about love, Baby Let’s talk about our dreams ...Just in your arms ...Oh I’ll be safe it seems…

Do You BelieveDo you believethat I have loved yousince the dawn of time?Do you believethat we were destinedto be intertwined?...

I'm a laugh tart. I make no secret of that fact.

They all start competing against Lincoln as the greatest president. And the [library] building becomes the symbol, the memorial to that dream.

What I have found is that real friends stand by you.

Your heart opens and of course you're completely panicked because you're used to guarding this organ with your life.

In beef trade issues, we base our decisions upon science.

The lotus' stem is as long as the depth of water, So men's height is just as great as their inner strength.

I don't really feel McCain. It ain't just because Barack is black; he can make change. Just like Bush equals recession, Barack equals progression.