Some crave the safety of boredom while others crave the…

Bravery and adventure! That's the ticket! Don't sit and gather moss. Get up, get out, do what you dream of doing, and if it…

— Garrison Keillor

“It seemed sensible to crave safety, to crave shelter from the bombs and the Birds and the daily depravity of war. But somewhere deep…

— Omar El Akkad

“It all had to be squeezed and squeezed again, to provide a thrill, to provide enjoyment. What did people mean, with their simply determined…

— D.H. Lawrence

“It always gave Wolf a peculiar thrill thus to tighten his grip upon his stick, thus to wrap himself more closely in his faded…

— John Cowper Powys

“Love can give you such happiness, then can break the very heart it filled, leaving a hole that can never be fixed or protected…

— Kevin McLeod

As an adventurer...I try to protect against the downside. I make sure I have covered as many eventualities as I can. In the end,…

— Richard Branson

“Exactly. I think the original tantric Buddhists took notice of was some very wise old people who never studied in their youth, but took…

— Joe Niemczura

A common fallacy in much of the adverse criticism to which science is subjected today is that it claims certainty, infallibility and complete emotional…

— Cyril Norman Hinshelwood

“So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned by a…

— Alexander Supertramp Chris McCandless

What a thrill. You know you've entered new territory when you realise that your outfit cost more than your film.

— Jessica Yu

I am attracted to looking at the different things language can mean even in one sometimes quite ordinary utterance. Writing is partly about listening…

— Rae Armantrout

I have lifted my plane . . . for perhaps a thousand flights and I have never felt her wheels glide from the Earth…

— Beryl Markham

I've used the Phoenix Centrifuge to replicate what the body's going to go through on the flight up. I've also done some gravity tests…

— Richard Branson

I painted the words "GREAT ADVENTURE" in Beijing, Dallas, San Francisco, Copenhagen, and Japan. What it means to me is completely different to everybody…

— Ben Eine

I'm trying to write a film with my friend. I'd love to get the thrill of speaking actors making my work even funnier.

— Russell Howard